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Biden wants union-made, US-built electric cars: This is the only one available today

Green Car Reports

Why was Tesla left out last week? That question became something of a distraction on Thursday, when President Biden announced tighter emissions rules and more electric vehicles in the near future, framed in the context of more manufacturing jobs and the made-in-America laser focus that’s been a hallmark of his. White House press secretary.

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Nissan schleps the LEAF along for at least one more year, 2025 models start at $28,000

Electrek

Still, the LEAF’s starting price of $28,000 makes it one of the most affordable models available today… as long as you find somewhere that has CHAdeMO charging. If you’re familiar with the veteran BEV, you find familiarity in this year’s models as virtually nothing new exists.

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Tesla batteries, EPA comments, Hyundai and Kia plug-in availability: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said electric cars are "not grounds for concern" at the EPA—yet highway safety and car prices are. Tesla buys a company that builds ultracapacitors. Hyundai and Kia aim to avoid the dreaded "compliance car" label with their EV sales—barely. We investigate the hesitation. In our latest Twitter.

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Lotus Emeya Achieves Record-Breaking Charging Time, From 10 Percent To 80 Percent In 14 Minutes

Electric Cars Report

The car is capable of charging from 10 to 80 percent in 14 minutes, using a 400-kW (600A capable) DC fast charger, making it one of the fastest charging electric vehicles available today.

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Ford confirms construction of Rouge EV center to be home of electric F-150; production by mid-2022

Green Car Congress

The electric F-150, which is undergoing tens of thousands of hours of torture testing and targeting millions of simulated, laboratory and real world test miles, will be more powerful than any F-150 available today and deliver commercial and personal customers the lowest expected lifetime total cost of operation among F-Series trucks.

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Autel Energy showcasing ZeroLabs electric 1969 Bronco at CES

Green Car Congress

The company’s MaxiCharger family of products includes AC (Level 2) home and commercial chargers, DC bi-directional vehicle-to-everything (V2X) home charging, DC fast charging (Level 3) and digital energy management offerings, including mobile apps and Autel’s ChargeCloud, the only all-in-one charging cloud solution available today.

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Affordable and efficient hydrogen production on site and on demand

Innovation News Network

The technical team at Element 1 has achieved the most compact and highest-efficiency hydrogen generator available today. The post Affordable and efficient hydrogen production on site and on demand appeared first on Innovation News Network.