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In the U.S., business incubators generally consist of one building, perhaps a single office, even. Ground has broken on a new type of incubator, one that encapsulates 175 acres of ground at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan.  Woven City is the brainchild of Toyota Motor Corporation. It is designed to become a live-work-play […]

Jaguar Land Rover has recently announced its new product strategy and now the British brand is looking for a partner to help develop a platform specifically for battery electric vehicles. A report from Automotive News Europe reveals that the company’s change in direction comes after it determined the MLA-mid platform that was already well into […]

The fourth member of Mercedes-Benz’s EQ range is reportedly debuting at the end of the year. Aimed directly at the Porsche Taycan and Tesla Model S, the Mercedes-Benz EQE will be the last addition to the German brand’s all-electric range for the year. Speaking with Automotive News Europe, Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius revealed that the […]

If you have an electric vehicle and you’re wondering which cities are the best to own one, it won’t come as a surprise that most of them are big and/or on the west coast. LawnStarter has just published its 2021 list of best cities to own an EV by looking at 11 key factors including […]

Electrify America has announced that it’s investing over $1.6 million in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs, workforce development programs, and other related infrastructures and projects. This is to help speed up the development of electric vehicles and the infrastructures supporting them. This will award funds for four organizations to support K-12 and community […]

Volvo has revealed its first dedicated electric vehicle, the 2022 C40 Recharge. Think of this as the XC40’s swoopy sibling featuring a fastback-style rear end and a lower roofline. The front fascia is also unique because the C40 sports new headlights with pixel-style lights, which will be the signature of Volvo EVs in the future. […]

It looks like Volkswagen wants more ID models and group boss Herbert Diess wants a fun convertible. “quiet, smooth, open: We‘re thinking about an e-convertible, maybe an #VWID3 convertible. What do you think?” Diess said on Twitter. Volkswagen’s CEO also included a rendering of an ID.3 convertible, which appears to be straight-up legit from one […]

Soon Mercedes-Benz EQ models will be going on sale in the United States, so the company will likely have to validate and test those vehicles using U.S. roads and utilizing U.S. charging infrastructure. Here we have some shots of Mercedes-Benz doing just that with what appears to be the EQS sedan and the EQ crossover. […]

The 2022 Nissan Ariya is undergoing the final phase of testing and part of that is putting the car in a wind tunnel. Improving a car’s aerodynamics is crucial to help the car cut through the air as efficiently as possible. A vehicle with minimal resistance to aero forces well is also more efficient because […]

Winter can be hard on a vehicle. When it comes to overall range, both gasoline and electric vehicles suffer from the changes, but it appears that electric vehicles suffer more. There’s some reasoning to why, and why the recharge rate can also vary as the thermometer drops. Electrify America’s director of Charging Infrastructure Planning and […]