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In China, Ascott currently owns and manages over 200 properties in 42 cities. (Image credit: Nio) Nio (NYSE: NIO) has entered into a partnership agreement with a new company to jointly advance the construction of power-up facilities. Nio Power, Nio’s energy business unit, signed an agreement on August 27 with the Chinese arm of Singapore-based hospitality operator The Ascott Limited to work together on building charging and battery swap infrastructure and enhancing user experience for both companies, according to a post the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker posted on its mobile app today. Ascott is a wholly owned lodging business…

Tesla officially launched the first V4 Supercharging site in the United Kingdom, which is also the seventh European station with the new dispensers. The V4 Superchargers were installed at the company’s Tottenham Service Centre in Tottenham, about which we heard earlier this month. The deployment of new dispensers is one thing, but even more interesting is the addition of a card payment method, which is already available and was demonstrated by EVA England (@EVAEOfficial / X) in a short video below. As we can see, the user can charge a non-Tesla electric car simply by connecting it (CCS2 charging connector) and…

Students around the US are now heading back to college, but there’s one thing many of them won’t be able to bring with them: electric bikes and e-scooters. Several campuses are joining a growing movement in higher education, banning these efficient transportation alternatives. Electric bicycles, which are similar to pedal bicycles with an additional small battery and motor, have proven to be an incredibly popular choice for university students navigating campuses and college towns. They’re easier to ride than a pedal bicycle, don’t require arriving to class sweaty, and are also much less expensive than owning a car. Other advantages…

Texas is launching a “virtual power plant” pilot program that will reward Tesla Powerwall owners for using their in-home battery packs to support the grid. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the state’s electricity grid, was directed to begin developing the pilot program in 2022 by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), which in a press release announced the go-ahead to start the project in two regions. Under the pilot program, Powerwall owners in those regions have agreed to sell surplus power through ERCOT’s market. “Today’s launch of the first phase of the Tesla Virtual Power…

The field of swappable batteries for electric motorbikes is booming, and Honda is trying to play catch up with its own design. The Honda Mobile Power Pack e: (MPPe:) is headed to Indonesia as the company makes a play for greater international market share. The Honda MPPe: is a Gogoro-style swappable motorbike battery that even comes with its own Gogoro-style battery cabinet known as the Honda Power Pack Exchanger e: (HPPEe:). Honda has been dragging its feet on electric vehicles for years, not just in cars but also in its motorcycle division. The swappable battery system developed by Honda has…

In 1880, a water-powered turbine generated its first spark of electricity. It powered a theater and storefront in Grand Rapids, Michigan. By 1893, the first commercial hydropower plant was operating in Redlands, California. And according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in 2022, hydropower accounted for more than 28% of all renewable electricity generation in the United States. Needless to say, hydropower is not new. In fact, hydropower’s consistency, flexibility, and dispatchability (more on that later) have already made it essential to the grid—and to our clean energy transition. The virtual Renewable Energy Discovery (REDi) Island, an educational resource developed by the…

The Nio House is Nio’s largest in the world, with a corridor connecting directly to its F2 factory. Nio (NYSE: NIO) will open a new Nio House at NeoPark in Hefei, Anhui province on August 28, the company said. Nio shared the information on Weibo today, offering no further details but sharing a brief video showing the process of building the Nio House from scratch. In the video, the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker hinted that the opening ceremony for the Nio House would begin at 10 am on August 28 Beijing time.   On May 31, a YouTube video…

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Kia has taken the wraps off of its EV5, a smaller, five-passenger version of the EV9. Squint a little and the two cars look almost identical. That’s a good thing, as the EV9 is basically a box on wheels, which means there’s a ton of room inside for people and their stuff. Other manufacturers are hell bent on designing SUVs with low, swooping roof lines they call “coupe-like.” They may be lovely to look at and they certainly are more aerodynamically efficient, which translates into longer range, but they can’t deliver the same rear-seat headroom or cargo carrying capacity as…

The Kia EV9 is set to arrive at United States dealerships by the end of this year. The electric SUV will be quite large, with a length of around 197 inches, putting it in the same size category as its internal combustion engine-powered Telluride sibling. While pre-order holders eagerly await their vehicles, the Korean automaker recently released a features list for the SUV. Unfortunately, Kia’s features list does not include pricing but displays all the available and standard features across the lineup. The Kia EV9 will arrive in five trims: Light RWD, Light Long Range RWD, Wind AWD, Land AWD,…