China now has more solar than coal to fuel its electric car boom

China, the world’s largest electricity market, now has more installed electricity generation capacity from solar than from coal plants. The news comes at just the right time – as China’s EV sales boom, as global energy prices spike, and as climate change continues to ravage the Earth.

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Toyota is delaying its 3-row electric SUV again: Here’s when it’s expected to launch now

Toyota is pushing back the launch of its first three-row electric SUV, the Highlander BEV, even further. Here’s when it’s now expected to go on sale.

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Zero will soon add the main feature its electric motorcycles have always lacked

Zero Motorcycles just announced that coming in 2027 is a much requested feature that the company has yet to include on its electric motorcycles: DC fast charging.

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Range Rover’s first luxury electric SUV costs $140,000 and delivers V8 power [Images]

The Range Rover Electric is now on sale with prices starting at about $140,000. It’s expensive, but the electric SUV is “the most accomplished Range Rover ever,” offering a quieter, more refined drive.

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Polestar 4 SUV launches at €57,900 — and it finally has a rear window

Polestar launched the Polestar 4 SUV today, a new body style of its compact executive electric SUV that starts at €57,900 and delivers up to 630 km of WLTP range.

The bigger news for anyone who followed the original car: unlike the Polestar 4 coupé, the SUV has an actual rear window.

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Republicans are about to raise your fuel costs by 45% during an energy crisis

The Department of Transportation says it’s ready to announce fuel economy standards that will raise average fuel costs by 45%, right as the world struggles with the effects of a war of choice that has spiked energy prices globally.

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Tesla settles fatal Autopilot fire truck lawsuit, avoiding jury trial

Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit over a 2023 crash in which a Model S on Autopilot slammed into a parked fire truck, killing the driver and seriously injuring his brother.

The confidential settlement, filed in California federal court, lets Tesla avoid a jury trial that would have put Elon Musk’s own Autopilot claims in front of jurors.

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Donut Lab hits 409 Wh/kg in battery lab test, but credibility is gone

Donut Lab has published a new independent test claiming its battery reached an energy density of 409 Wh/kg and 805 Wh/L, the first energy-density figure the company has put on record after months of scrutiny.

But the number lands against a promise the company has already broken: that this “solid-state” cell was in production and ready to power a production EV by the end of Q1 2026. It isn’t, and it wasn’t.

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Tesla’s new Model Y L is having suspension problems in China

Several Chinese owners of Tesla’s new Model Y L, the larger 3-row version of the popular Model Y, are going to Chinese social media to complain about suspension collapse issues – and it’s enough of a problem that fans have developed a “finger method” to test whether a vehicle is affected.

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E-quipment highlight: iPad-sized 70 kW electric PTO by Windrose

Electric semi truck brand Windrose has developed an all-electric power take-off (PTO) that puts out up to 70 kW of power without burning a drop of diesel – and it could give his big BEV a real market advantage.

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