Canoo announced it’s growing its team across Oklahoma to scale manufacturing and meet customer deliveries of 18,000 committed orders representing $750 million in revenue over multiple years. Canoo said it created over 100 new jobs in the state of Oklahoma and the state is now home to 20% of Canoo’s total workforce. This announcement…

MAN Truck & Bus, a European commercial vehicle manufacturer, and ABB E-mobility entered a cooperation agreement at the 2024 Consumer Electronics (CES) show in Las Vegas. The strategic partnership, primarily focused on research and development, aims to enhance collaboration in the commercial vehicle industry, the companies said. …

Design Engineering Inc. (DEI) recently released its EV Fire Blanket, which the company says has been engineered specifically for the evolving landscape of electric vehicle (EV) technology, particularly concerning lithium-polymer (LiPo) batteries and electrical systems. With a 30-minute burn-through time, the company says the EV Fire Blanket provides a window for containment and suppression in…

Zipcar launched an EV initiative in 10 U.S. cities, university campuses, and commercial and residential businesses nationwide to bring EVs to drivers who need access to a vehicle. The initiative is rolling out in Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Baltimore, Denver and Philadelphia. …

If you’re one of the tens of thousands of aftermarket professionals who attended this year’s AAPEX Show in Las Vegas, you might have noticed that some people were wearing green shoes on Wednesday, Nov. 1. If you took a long look at those green sneakers, that’s a good thing. It was a fashion statement meant…

I was young the first time I heard of a hybrid. But it wasn’t a car. It was a tomato my parents were planting in their garden. I couldn’t seem to grasp it. It was a strange word and an idea I didn’t get at first. Why did tomatoes have to change? Did they have…

There’s a lot more talk these days about multimeters, likely due to the growing need for battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) service. CAT III is the buzzword, as we’ve all learned that the multimeter we’ve had for years might not be rated to handle the high voltage of an EV. What we don’t…

Acertus entered a strategic partnership with U.S.-based electric vehicle (EV) charging solution provider, OpConnect, to electrify 41 of its 67 nationwide locations. Acertus said it will leverage OpConnect’s charging systems across its storage, hub and prep locations to maintain customer EV battery health. According to Goldman Sachs…

EC Electric and Lovett will partner in an attempt to improve EV charging infrastructure for dealership employees and customers. Their most recent partnership project will focus on Ron Tonkin Dealerships, a network of automotive dealerships in the Portland metro area owned by GEE Automotive. The companies said their approach leverages horizontal directional drilling techniques, ensuring…

Widewail released its 2023 Widewail Voice of the Customer Report, which studies the voice of today’s automotive customers by compiling U.S. new car dealerships’ Google reviews from the first half of 2023. An analysis of 800,000 Google reviews from more than 16,000 new car dealerships found that 25% of customers who left a review after…