Under-Torqued Bolts Trigger Blue Bird Electric School Bus Battery Recall
A battery pack holds hundreds of kilowatt-hours of stored energy and weighs as much as...
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One Burning EV at a Fort Worth Cadillac Dealer Spread to at Least Seven More, Then Kept Firefighters There for 17 Hours, 33 Minutes
Fort Worth firefighters were sent to Frank Kent Cadillac, in the 3500 block of West...
Families Say Two Kids Survived a Chevy Bolt Crash, Then Died in the Battery Fire. California Let Those Damages Expire on Jan. 1
Families say a rented 2023 Chevy Bolt's battery fire killed two children and two adults after a 2024 head-on crash…
VW Has No Fix Yet, So 22,524 ID.4 Owners Have to Stop at 80%. It Chose Who’s Included Partly by Reading Their Charging Data
Volkswagen is telling 22,524 ID.4 owners to stop charging at 80% under a fire-risk recall with no known cause and…
Stellantis Won a Patent to Drop an Overheating Battery and Drive Away on 12 Volts
A granted FCA US patent drops an electrified vehicle’s high-voltage pack and moves the car away on 12-volt power. The…
Britain’s Steering Wheels Are on the Right. That May Be Its Smartest Battery Policy.
Britain is reviewing its EV sales mandate just as a £7 billion battery industry, a locked-in EU trade deadline and…
Volkswagen Built the World’s Most Efficient EV Out of Hatchback Parts, Then Explained Why You’ll Never Own One
Volkswagen set a 0.158 drag record with ID. Polo hardware and found 40 percent more efficiency without a bigger battery.…
Ascend Elements Got ‘Fined’ $7.5 Million by the DOJ — But Never Paid a Single Dime
Ascend Elements finally has a face to go with the wreckage in western Kentucky. Last...
GM Calls This a Battery Comeback. The Other Two Plants Tell a Different Story.
GM's Ohio battery plant is restarting — 1,400 workers return, cells resume. What the headline doesn't mention: Tennessee already converted…
BYD Filed Six New Solid-State Battery Patents, But the Real Story Is Whether Two Rocks Actually Touch
Forget the six patents for a moment. The most interesting number in BYD’s newest solid-state...
A Billion-Dollar Kentucky Battery Plant Went Bankrupt, Got Fined By The DOJ, And Is Now Owned By The Contractor It Never Paid
The Department of Justice just closed the books on a $7.5 million fraud settlement involving...
You’re Charging Your EV Wrong, and It’s Quietly Wrecking Your Battery
Electric cars are supposed to be the low-maintenance future, and in a lot of ways...
Tesla’s Plan to Build US Battery Cells With a Chinese Partner Is Already Raising Eyebrows
This is similar to Ford’s plan.