Electric vehicles

Electric vehicles

Prototype of electric moped with 90-second charge time set to hit the streets in 2022

The secret sauce is a novel lithium-carbon battery chemistry.

By Jason Deign . 6 December 2021
Electric vehicles

Want a new EV delivered to your house overnight?

New startup Motor handles all the logistics for getting an electric car on a monthly subscription basis.

By Julian Spector . 23 November 2021
Climate crisis

The top 10 climate commitments from COP26

Julia Pyper, host of the Political Climate podcast, on her key takeaways from the final days of the summit in Glasgow.

By Julia Pyper . 16 November 2021
Electric vehicles

This startup aims to make it easy for corporate fleets to go electric

Inspiration Mobility secures $200 million to take on the financing and the risks of transitioning customers’ vehicle fleets to EVs.

By Jeff St. John . 10 November 2021
EV charging

Why Amazon is investing in a startup that's shrinking the footprint of EV charging

Resilient Power uses cutting-edge electronics to make heavy-duty EV charging cheaper, smaller and more flexible.

By Jeff St. John . 2 November 2021
Electric vehicles

Battery swapping: The killer app for electrifying India's millions of tuk-tuks?

Startup Power Global says modular batteries and swapping stations can cut the cost of transitioning to EVs in developing markets. It has a lot of competition.

By Jeff St. John . 27 October 2021
Electric vehicles

Will Hertz's big Tesla buy make EVs mainstream?

Hertz's 100,000-car purchase will put electric vehicles in the hands of new drivers — and pressure other rental companies to follow suit.

By Julian Spector . 26 October 2021
Policy & regulation

Don’t keep doing what you’re already doing

In climate policy and in business, sometimes you’ve gotta do things nobody has tried before.

By Julian Spector . 19 October 2021
Energy storage

Used EV batteries are storing solar power at grid scale — and making money at it

B2U Storage Solutions raises $10M to scale up site that sells solar power stored in Nissan Leaf batteries in California's wholesale markets.

By Julian Spector . 18 October 2021
Electric vehicles

Put some batteries on it

Innovators are finding hacks to get EV chargers built with fewer headaches. One: add batteries.

By Julian Spector . 18 October 2021