InsideEVs

JULY 29, 2025

A big part of the push is to reduce Americas reliance on China and build a robust domestic battery industry. 2025 Lucid Gravity Photo by: Tim Levin/InsideEVs “Some of the things that have been set up, like 45X [production credit] and the tariffs, have put us in a position to really catch up as quickly as possible,” Swan said.

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 5, 2025

million-square-foot factory expansion to build the R2 SUV is essentially complete, the company said on Tuesday. R2 production is on track, but Rivian now expects to lose more money this year. Rivian on Tuesday said the sprawling factory addition that will house production of the upcoming $45,000 R2 crossover is essentially done. "We

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 11, 2025

Manufacturing , packaging and pricing–they’re all big talking points because Ford found a way to flip things around in its favor, inventing a method of building EVs faster and cheaper than before. At least that’s what the American auto giant is hinting at through all the briefings and press releases it sent out today.

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 10, 2025

What Ionna—the new EV charging consortium backed by eight automakers—is building is nothing short of a charging revolution. The consortium is either building its own sites with dedicated driver lounges or partnering with popular host sites such as Sheetz and Wawa gas stations, which tend to have all the amenities.

BMW

InsideEVs

AUGUST 8, 2025

Photo by: Ford Moreover, a next-generation electric van, which could replace the current E-Transit , has been delayed from 2026 to 2028, with production set to be handled by the Avon Lake, Ohio, facility. We will be in Kentucky to share more about our plans to design and build a breakthrough electric vehicle and a platform in the U.S."

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 6, 2025

Changes in regulations allow manufacturers to go back to building big ICE trucks and SUVs. Regulatory changes, he said, allow companies to “just build what people want, which is probably a pretty good idea.” But For How Long? Meanwhile, tariffs hammer Honda. Probably not. tariffs on every imported thing into the U.S.

America

InsideEVs

AUGUST 5, 2025

The Taiwanese contract manufacturer is currently building electric tractors at the Lordstown facility. The mystery buyer, called Crescent Dune LLC, will pay a total of $375 million to acquire the site’s buildings, land, equipment and machinery, according to documents submitted to Taiwan’s stock exchange quoted by Automotive News.

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 13, 2025

This year it opened a production plant in India. In the markets where VinFast wants to expand, Chinese EV manufacturers (with likely superior products) are also entering or are already there. Pricing incentives are up for all used EV products, but Tesla leads the charge with a whopping 9.4% for every $1 of profit.

America

InsideEVs

AUGUST 4, 2025

It does operate several service centers outside of Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, but these are not “demo” centers, where prospective buyers can get hands-on with the product, and do any sort of purchase deal in the back. However, this came after Tesla had already established two direct sales locations in Columbus and Cincinnati.

Ohio

InsideEVs

AUGUST 6, 2025

SK On is working on improved thermal management through immersion cooling, a technology it plans to use not just in EVs, but also for its customers building AI data centers and energy storage systems. billion loan to BlueOval SK, a joint venture between Ford and SK On, to build three massive battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky.

China

InsideEVs

AUGUST 11, 2025

The updated interim guidance takes aim at what the administration claims to be "red tape" that hamstrung the rollout before. "Our revised NEVI guidance slashes red tape and makes it easier for states to efficiently build out this infrastructure," U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement.

America

InsideEVs

AUGUST 5, 2025

When it comes to Tesla building a retrofuturistic food establishment packed with its signature form of branding, people will either roll their eyes, shrug their shoulders, or treat it like their own Kaaba. The coffee wasn’t bad, either.

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InsideEVs

JULY 30, 2025

It was a win for consumers as our products got better and more efficient, while reducing our impact on the environment. It’s a masterclass in how to build a well-functioning app, and so I understand why the Chinese government is less than thrilled to potentially lose ownership to a U.S.-based based entity.

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InsideEVs

AUGUST 1, 2025

Luckily, Polestar is shifting its production to other parts of the world in response as it broadens its lineup beyond one electric sedan. Perhaps this means that Polestar will get a new product? On one hand, it feels like Polestar is finally turning a corner. The semi-discontinued Polestar 2’s simplified U.S.

China

InsideEVs

AUGUST 11, 2025

Solar EVs have yet to become mainstream, with a lot of the companies that tried to build something suitable for daily use eventually going under. Sono Motors is one of those companies, but now you can own a piece of the promising German startup that failed to build a mass-market solar-powered family car.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The rebooted Aptera Motors has teamed with Elaphe Propulsion Technologies on a long-range, volume production electric vehicle powered by in-wheel motors. Aptera, initially known as Accelerated Composites, formed in 2005 to bring highly efficient, three-wheeled vehicles to the market ( earlier post ), went out of business in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Aptera Motors, the developer of an all-electric, three-wheeled lightweight aerodynamic vehicle ( earlier post ) is shutting down. Aptera executives had been engaged in exhaustive due diligence with the Department of Energy (DOE) pertaining to an ATVM (Advance Technology Vehicle Manufacturing) loan.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 14, 2021

While not quite ready for production, the Aptera electric three-wheeler recently appeared on "Jay Leno's Garage," where Jay Leno got a comprehensive preview of the solar-supplemented EV from Aptera co-CEOs Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro.

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Electrek

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to a recent post from Aptera Motors co-CEO Steve Fambro, the solar EV startup has received a delivery of bodies in carbon (BinCs) from Italy. According to Fambro, the BinCs will be cleaned up and soon become Aptera’s next three production-intent solar EV builds.

Aptera

Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2024

Startup vehicle maker Aptera said it has begun production-intent builds on the body for its three-wheel solar EV, although the timeline for actual deliveries might not be quite as bright as it sounds In a video address accompanying the update, CEO Steve Fambro noted that Aptera chose Italy’s CPC Group for its “incredible ability” (..)

Aptera

Electrek

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Fresh off a successful crowdfunding program to gain capital and secure slots for its first 2,000 solar EV builds, Aptera Motors is offering a peek at its production-intent design currently being finalized in Italy. See more in the video below.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Aptera Motors informed Teslarati that it reached a significant milestone, successfully completing the first test drive of its production-intent Solar Electric Vehicle (EV). Driving our first production-intent vehicle marks an extraordinary moment in Aptera’s journey,” said Steve Fambro, Aptera’s Co-Founder & Co-CEO.

Aptera

Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Big changes at Aptera … more details ( plus official press release ) after the jump: Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010. Addressing the situation he said: “Right now my advanced work is a lower priority for Aptera. Officially Official: Aptera production pushed back to 2010.

Aptera

Electrek

APRIL 1, 2024

Aptera Motors has just delivered its first solar EV to a customer. Yes, it is now April, which means we get another video update from Aptera. This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds.

United Arab Emirates

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Aptera put out a video update on Monday showing off the company’s three and only Alpha prototypes. With these vehicles complete, the company is moving on to build Beta” vehicles, of which there will be somewhere between 6 and 12 vehicles.

Aptera

Electrek

JULY 17, 2024

Aptera’s new partner, financial group US Capital Global, is helping lead the solar EV startup’s latest investment round, which will offer up to $60 million in convertible notes. With this funding, Aptera hopes to complete production intent SEV builds for crash testing ahead of a (very) low-volume start of production in early 2025.

Aptera

Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

Aptera Motors takes a critical step towards its goal to reach scaled production of its transformative solar EV with the establishment of a strategic alliance with CTNS.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While Aptera Motors continues to push forward with its production-intent (PI), solar EV builds ahead of production plans (hopefully) next year, and its timeline for initial customer deliveries is as cloudy as ever.

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2024

Just weeks after announcing plans to showcase its solar EV technology to the public in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), startup Aptera Motors is taking things a step further.

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Electrek

MARCH 28, 2025

Aptera Motors has shared another exciting progress update video, giving us our best look yet at its production-intent solar EV out in the real world. The SEV startup recently completed the PI builds first-ever road trip, traveling over 300 miles using an all-electric battery and free energy from the Sun.

Solar

Electrek

APRIL 12, 2024

Aptera Motors is touting its latest milestone en route to solar EV production later this year. The first production body of its flagship vehicle has made its way over from Italy to Aptera’s headquarters in San Diego, enabling the team to finalize its design ahead of production-intent builds.

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Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2022

Via a recent Q&A with Aptera co-CEOs, the company revealed that it would be attempting to use the Tesla J1772 charging connector on their production vehicles. Aptera Sol prototype vehicle (Credit: Aptera). And according to Aptera’s most recent press release, they may be closer than ever to production.

Aptera

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 9, 2025

Aptera Motors has unveiled its very first production car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), claiming that the model will be the only solar-powered vehicle on sale to the public when it launches. Unfortunately for Aptera Motors, this wouldnt actually be the first solar vehicle to enter production.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to a recent post from Aptera Motors co-CEO Steve Fambro, the solar EV startup has received a delivery of bodies in carbon (BinCs) from Italy. According to Fambro, the BinCs will be cleaned up and soon become Aptera’s next three production-intent solar EV builds.

Aptera

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

Electric car company Aurica Motors, which plans to retool the NUMMI plant in California to build not only electric cars but compatible battery charging stations ( earlier post ), has entered two partnerships in support of its mission. Aurica provides an opportunity to launch a new era of more efficient and sustainable automobile production.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Aptera Motors has just delivered its first solar EV to a customer. Yes, it is now April, which means we get another video update from Aptera. This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds.

Aptera

Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2024

Aptera’s new partner, financial group US Capital Global, is helping lead the solar EV startup’s latest investment round, which will offer up to $60 million in convertible notes. With this funding, Aptera hopes to complete production intent SEV builds for crash testing ahead of a (very) low-volume start of production in early 2025.

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