Ford has started to deliver the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, but some dealers are taking advantage of the demand. One of them was spotted doubling the price of the electric pickup by adding a $69,000 markup.
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Source: Charge Forward
More than a quarter of the units in the San Francisco Bay Area were not functioning or had a design failure.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
Ditch the car and even e-bike as you get around this summer on an electric scooter. It takes up less room than a bike, still has zero emissions, and you can ride all around town with ease. Right now, the Segway Ninebot Max G30LP electric scooter is discounted to $500 in refurbished condition, which saves $390 from its normal going rate while shipping with a 90-day warranty. There are also other electric scooter deals to be had with prices as low as $330 Prime shipped, and we break down all of the info below. We also have a wide selection of Tesla, Greenworks, and other e-bike discounts in today’s New Green Deals, so you won’t want to miss that either.
Head below for other New Green Deals that we’ve found today and of course Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.
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During its 2022 annual stockholder meeting this morning, Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker shared several updates regarding the company and its progress in delivering its flagship Ocean SUV this fall. Despite supply chain constraints throughout the automotive industry, all skies look clear ahead according to Fisker, thanks in large part to a long-term agreement with contract manufacturer Magna International.
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Source: Charge Forward
The factory in Normal, Illinois, looks pretty busy in this video that details the production process for the R1 vehicles and EDV vans.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
The first of 11 8.6 megawatt (MW) turbines has been installed at the world’s largest floating wind farm, off the Norwegian coast. Hywind Tampen is also Norway’s first offshore wind farm – and it will power offshore oil and gas platforms.
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Source: Charge Forward
This endurance-ready e-bike boasts versatility and incredible value.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
Year-over-year growth almost stalled due to production constraints.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
GM hasn’t been getting much respect in the EV press lately. Industry bad boy Tesla continues to dominate the market, racking up global sales of more than 310,000 units in the first quarter of this year. Ford’s still a startup as far as EVs are concerned, but its F-150 Lightning has been getting a lot of buzz, and the company claims it has 200,000 reservations.
Meanwhile, poor little GM didn’t even manage to sell 500 EVs in the US in the first quarter. Battery problems forced it to suspend production of the Bolt, and its electric Silverado pickup remains months in the future.
However, in an interview with the New York Times, CEO Mary T. Barra, the daughter of a GM die maker who became the first woman to head a major automaker in 2014, sounded confident that, once her company hits its stride, it will be able to beat its competitors on affordability, and win over mainstream car buyers. As EV sales grow, GM expects to leverage cost advantages and to challenge Tesla before the end of the decade.
“That’s the long game we are playing,” Ms. Barra told the Times. “And I’m here to win.”
At the heart of GM’s strategy is its Ultium battery pack, which features a modular design that allows it to be used in any GM vehicle, from a cute compact to a ponderous pickup. GM has estimated that the Ultium design will cut battery pack costs by 30 percent.
The company is working on no less than seven battery plants. The first, a joint venture with LG in Lordstown, Ohio, is supposed to start producing Ultium packs later this year. All seven are to be online by 2025, and GM hopes to be producing a million EVs per year in North America by 2026.
Barra noted that most EVs being sold in the US are luxury models, and tend to be bought by people who own at least two vehicles. (For that matter, so are GM’s current offerings, the Cadillac Lyriq luxury SUV and the embarrassing GMC Hummer.)
“If you want EVs to get to 100 percent or even 50 percent of the market, there have to be affordable EVs,” says Barra. “You’ve got to provide entry models in that space.”
Sam Abuelsamid, an analyst at Guidehouse Insights, told the Times that GM’s strategy should “in theory” deliver cost advantages, but questioned how significant, and how long-lasting, GM’s edge would prove to be. Ford is working on its own modular battery design and battery plants, although it appears to lag GM in those departments. Of course, Tesla has been assembling its own packs for years, and has achieved significant economies of scale.
Ms. Barra told the Times she’s confident that GM is on the right path, and she understands the need for speed. “Do I wish the electric Silverado launch was coming sooner?” she mused. “Sure. I drive the organization crazy because I’m constantly challenging [them] on how can we go faster. Every time I go to design and see a vehicle they’re working on, I’m like, ‘How fast can we get that out?’”
Source: New York Times
Source: Electric Vehicles Magazine
Battery materials maker Sila Nanotechnologies will open an anode material plant in Moses Lake, Washington. The company claims its anode material boosts the energy density of lithium-ion batteries by 20%.
The 600,000-square-foot hydro-powered facility will begin producing silicon-based anode material in the second half of 2024, and full production is scheduled for the first half of 2025. CEO Gene Berdichevsky told Bloomberg that buying and equipping the building for the first phase of production will cost over $100 million.
The company says the plant will produce enough anode material for 10 GWh of cells when used as a full graphite replacement, or up to 50 GWh in a partial replacement. Sila also says “the Moses Lake site has the potential for further expansion and investment by 15X to reach production volumes to power 150 GWh of cells when used as a full graphite replacement or 750 GWh as a partial replacement—enough to power 2 to 10 million electric vehicles per year.”
Bloomberg also reported that Sila has partnerships with BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
Sources: Sila Nanotechnologies, Bloomberg
Source: Electric Vehicles Magazine
