EVs
Electric vehicles are having a shaky trip so far. Tesla, the biggest name within the space, has substantially cut its workforce as demand slows and the Cybertruck’s launch stalls. And it’s not alone: Newer companies like Faraday Future and Rivian are struggling to establish themselves, and established automakers like GM and Toyota face challenges meeting sales targets for their EVs. TechCrunch deeply covers the space, from the vehicles hitting the roads to the turbulence at EV makers like Fisker.
Owners of Ford EVs now have access to more than 15,000 Tesla superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, nine months after the two automakers struck a deal that would eventually…
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Nikola sells abandoned electric Badger pickup truck program to friend of disgraced founder Trevor Milton
Beleaguered electric trucking company Nikola has sold the Badger electric pickup truck assets it was once supposed to build with General Motors. The buyer? A new company called Embr Motors…
Lucid Motors will only build 9,000 EVs in 2024 after once predicting it would ship 90,000
Lucid Motors plans to build just 9,000 electric vehicles in 2024, only 500 to 1,000 more than it made in 2023, as it struggles with demand for its luxury sedans.…
Rivian is laying off 10% of its salaried workforce in a bid to cut costs in an increasingly tough market for electric vehicles, putting even more pressure on its future,…
Ford is cutting prices of its all-electric 2023 Mustang Mach-E by has much as $8,100 as the automaker attempts to rid itself of inventory and compete with Tesla and its…
Lucid Motors is lopping thousands of dollars off the price of its most affordable electric sedans as it looks to boost demand after a disappointing year of sales. The rear-wheel…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into a Lucid Motors windshield defroster recall from January, saying it’s “concerned” the company’s over-the-air update solution doesn’t go…
Stellantis, the parent company of brands like Jeep and Chrysler, announced it will adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS). It is the last major Western automaker to announce compatibility,…
Ex-Tesla and Ford Advanced EV development boss Alan Clarke is leading a Ford skunkworks project to develop a low-cost electric vehicle, TechCrunch has learned. Ford CEO Jim Farley made a…
Electric motorcycle company Cake held talks with Harley-Davidson and other automakers in 2023 as it fought to stay alive, founder and CEO Stefan Ytterborn told TechCrunch in an interview Tuesday.…
Commercial EV startup Arrival’s business continues to unravel. Arrival announced Monday in a regulatory filing that its U.K. division is entering administration, the country’s version of bankruptcy. The troubled company,…
Rivian will reveal its next-generation vehicle — a smaller, cheaper electric SUV known as R2 — on March 7, the company announced Monday morning. There’s little other detail about the…
Motional loses a backer, another micromobility bankruptcy and a mobility startup unicorn is born
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On Thursday, Porsche took the wraps off the Macan EV, a long-delayed project that will test whether consumers still have the drive to spring for an electric vehicle that costs…
The ousted founder of bankrupt EV startup Lordstown Motors has launched a new company called LandX Motors, that prominently displays the same electric pickup truck he once promised would beat…
General Motors is recalling around 66 electric delivery vans made by its BrightDrop subsidiary after the front drive units in at least two of them caught fire late last year.…
Federal safety regulators have opened an investigation into Fisker’s first electric vehicle over braking problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) issued a notice…
TechCrunch walked the floors of CES 2024 to find all the interesting transportation tech. Here are the biggest trends we spotted.
CES 2024: The biggest transportation news, from Honda’s EVs to Hyundai’s air taxi ambitions
CES has increasingly become defined by what automakers and other mobility-focused companies bring to Las Vegas, and CES 2024 has been no exception. Though some major CES automotive players from…
Lucid Motors delivered only 6,001 of the 8,428 cars it built last year, as it continues to struggle to generate demand for its luxury electric sedans. The Saudi-backed company limped…
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Hyundai’s hydrogen Hail Mary
Hyundai said in its CES 2024 keynote it will produce 3 million tons of hydrogen for its steel mills by 2030. That’s not particularly impactful, even if it follows through.
Hertz is selling off a third of its electric vehicle fleet, which is predominantly made up of Teslas, and will buy gas cars with some of the money it makes…
Bankrupt EV startup Lordstown Motors could be on the hook for $45 million for violating federal securities laws. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a claim for that amount in…
Tesla is now selling the revamped version of its Model 3 sedan in the United States, just four months after it debuted in China and Europe. It’s the first real…
It’s not much to go on, but it’s still our closest look yet at Honda’s electrified future.
Kia is following up a strong year for its passenger EVs by sharing what it wants to do for businesses looking to go electric. The Korean automaker just unveiled at…
VinFast, Vietnam’s electric vehicle manufacturer, plans to initially invest $500 million to set up an integrated facility in India and break into the world’s third-largest automobile market. The memorandum of…
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The U.S. government has revealed the list of electric vehicles that qualify for the full federal tax credit under the newer, more stringent guidelines, and you can count them on…
