Australian mining company Fortescue is making headlines again, after placing a massive, $400 million order for more than 100 new electrical equipment from Chinese heavy machinery company XCMG (Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group). The deal is the largest single resource export deal in XCMG's history. The $400 million contract also marks XCMG's largest mining equipment program …

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Kia of course recalling 62,872 EV6 electric vehicles because the internal charge control units can be damaged and initiate a reduced power driving mode. Remembering includes 2022-2024 models, with integrated charge control units may be damaged by certain electrical loads, preventing them from charging 12-volt vehicle batteries, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration …

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On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the hottest topics in the world of transportation and sustainable energy. In this week's episode, we discuss Tesla increasing its sales gains, a potential new EV credit in California, Rivian's new factory getting funding, and more. Today's episode is sponsored by Huffy Bicyclesa household name in micromobility. For a …

Podcast: Tesla sales incentives tighten, new California EV credit?, Rivian's new factory, and more Read More »

The city of Szczecinin, Poland has signed an agreement with Polish electric bus manufacturer Solaris to purchase four 12-meter Urbino 12 and 10-meter Urbino 18 electric buses. These vehicles will increase Szczecin's fleet of Solaris buses to a total of 30. They will be operated by the city's public transport company, Szczecińskie Przedsiębiorstwo Autobusowe. The …

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Will the Range Rover Electric be the “most capable electric SUV” to hit the market? That's what the company promises. As the final tests close in, Range Rover's first EV is already more efficient than the iconic gas-powered model. Here's our best look at the best electric SUV. A very capable high-end electric SUV? Known …

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Tesla unveiled a new and improved hand for its Optimus humanoid robot and pulled off an impressive display that still works. The Optimus program is somewhat controversial for Tesla. That's because it's a significant departure from Tesla's core products, but the company has also raised doubts about things like not disclosing that its robots in …

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The upgraded 2025 Audi E-Tron GT range gets performance upgrades, larger battery packs, and a simplified system, along with a $126,795 starting price that makes this model's starting point $18,800 more than it was for the outgoing 2024 model. That higher 2025 price, which includes a mandatory $1,295 destination charge, buys the new S E-Tron …

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Through the Fisker Group still through bankruptcyThe Fisker Ocean electric SUV is being recalled again, this time for a defect that could cause the vehicles to roll over. I the recall covers 7,745 vehiclesrepresenting all 2023 and 2024 Oceans produced in the US, according to Monday's disclosure from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). …

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This week it continues Electrek's Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular stories in the world of electric bikes and other unusual electric vehicles. This time around, that includes the launch of the Lectric XPeak 2.0 fat tire e-bike, Ride1Up's best-selling Prodigy XC eMTB, the best bike gear collection, the cheap Zero entry motorcycles, the …

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In a world where every new bike launch seems bigger and more powerful than the last, there's a certain comfort in feeling something nice and small between your legs again. I'm talking, of course, about the JackRabbit OG2 micro e-bike. The latest update to the original JackRabbit (literally OG) electric two-wheeler format, and by God, …

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