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Fisker is talking to Nissan for a lifeline and electric pickup partnership

Baua Electric

The Japanese automaker is reportedly talking with Fisker to invest in the company and partner on electric pickup trucks. Earlier today, we reported on Fisker’s disastrous fourth-quarter results showing that the electric vehicle startup lost $400 million in 2023 and it now has less than $400 million of cash on hands.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

Cars That Think

In subsequent years, the Far North Fiber project will lay down a cable through the Northwest Passage, connecting Iceland to Greenland, then Canada, Alaska, and finally Japan. It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

The B2 (a cousin to the B1 wagon) hasn’t been completely killed off and in 2023 the company said “engineers are once again working on developing the SUV and pickup” The B2 wasn’t looking like being cheap despite the simplicity of its aluminium body. No details have been revealed about the Alaska as yet.

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EV Radar: December 2021

Noodoe

Cheap New Method Reuses EV Batteries. Dramatically below freezing or not, Alaska has become the happy home to an electric school bus. First Name: Last Name: Email Address: Leave this field empty if you're human: The post EV Radar: December 2021 appeared first on Noodoe EV - Smart Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle.

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