Nissan's taking a 25% stake in ChargeScape ChargeScape is a vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed by BMW, Ford, Honda, and now Nissan Nissan has a vision for the "fuel station of the future" where EVs would double as energy-storage units Nissan on Monday announced that it will join ChargeScape, the vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed in 2023 by...

General Motors on Tuesday filled in some details on plans to use cost-cutting lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells in future EVs. Now it has a number for the level of cost-cutting that's potentially gone into the next Bolt EV. As reported by InsideEVs, GM executives said at an investor conference that LFP cells would combine with other...

Uber is looking to increase utilization of EVs for its ride-sharing service, in part by updating its app to help get riders matched with EV drivers more easily. That starts with making the Uber Green option all-electric—in some cities, at least. Uber Green currently includes both EVs and hybrids, but Uber announced Tuesday that it had enough...

The Tesla Cybertruck's been turned into a police car The Irvine Police Department took delivery of its police-spec Cybertruck The conversion to police spec was handled by UP.FIT The world hasn't gotten quite bad enough for the emergence of RoboCop, but the first police-spec Cybertruck has reported for duty in California. In July the Irvine Police...

Nissan's taking a 25% stake in ChargeScape ChargeScape is a vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed by BMW, Ford, Honda, and now Nissan Nissan has a vision for the "fuel station of the future" where EVs would double as energy-storage units Nissan on Monday announced that it will join ChargeScape, the vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed in 2023 by...

General Motors will drop the Ultium name from the modular EV batteries and related components used in all of the automaker's current and planned U.S.-market electric vehicles, CNBC reported on Tuesday. The hardware will remain the same, but GM will erase the Ultium name other than for production operations such as its Ultium Cells LLC battery...