BP Ventures has invested $6 million in the all-electric ride-hailing business Freebee. This Miami-based company provides free on-demand transportation to local communities through their mobile app Ride Freebee. BP led the business’s $8 million Series A funding round with support from Freebee’s infrastructure capital partner, Tensile Mobility. Freebee finances its free-to-the-user trips through local governments…

This year’s SEMA Show will include more features and activities to help showgoers learn about the opportunities emerging technology offers the automotive aftermarket. SEMA Electrified – a 21,000-square-foot space in Booth 11268 of North Hall– will be dedicated to EV platforms and conversions. The four-day B2B event will include EV-related seminars, programs, and activities throughout…

Redline Detection will display a limited-production, fully electric Scorpion 600 at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas Nov. 1-4. The Scorpion 600 is the first production model from Scorpion EV, designed and built in California. It’s a 600-horsepower sports car with a fully electric powertrain and a range of 400 miles. SEMA Show attendees can…

Cadillac has released details of its new luxury EV flagship model, the Cadillac Celestiq. The company expects the vehicle to go into production in December 2023, with an expected MSRP to begin north of $300,000 and increase based on the level of personalization. Click Here to Read More According to Cadillac, each new vehicle is…

GMC has released details on the new Sierra EV line, starting with the 2024 Sierra EV Denali Edition 1. GM says the 2024 Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 will be assembled with domestically and globally sourced parts at its Factory Zero in Michigan alongside the Hummer EV Pickup and SUV. Future Sierra EVs also will…

General Motors will invest $491 million at its Marion, Indiana, metal stamping operations to prepare the facility to produce a variety of steel and aluminum stamped parts for future products, including electric vehicles, built at multiple GM assembly plants. The investment will be used to purchase and install two new press lines, complete press and…

Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe says $7.6 million in rebates will go to the District of Columbia to replace older buses with 25 new electric school buses. This funding decision is part of the Biden-Harris Administration announcement for the Fiscal Year 2022 recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program…

Moke International has announced the highway-legal Electric Moke Californian. This is the first time a genuine version of the original Mini Moke has gone on sale in the U.S. in more than four decades, and the first time a highway-legal version of the original Mini Moke has been available in America, with a top speed…