Bucking EV slowdown, Sila raises $300M to expand battery materials factory

Sila’s fresh $300 million round will help it make enough of its silicon-carbon anode material to power more than 100,000 EVs.

Einride bets $38M on EV charging as it scales electric trucking

The acquisition — Einride’s first as a publicly traded company — will expand its EV-charging ecosystem as it works to scale its electric trucking business.

Tesla spins up robotaxi pilots in Orlando and Tampa ahead of Q2 earnings

The company didn’t say how many are in each city, and has taken a far more cautious approach to scaling the network than CEO Elon Musk had promised.

Tesla Robotaxis go to Florida
Tesla Robotaxis go to Florida

It must be earnings day, because Tesla is making a Robotaxi announcement. The company said in a post on X that it was launching its Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa, attaching a pair of maps that show each city’s service area. No word on fleet size or whether interested customers would be able to […]

Stellantis taps Mobileye for hands-free driving assist
Stellantis taps Mobileye for hands-free driving assist

Stellantis will use technology from Intel’s Mobileye to power its Level 2 hands-free driving features for its vehicle brands, the companies announced Tuesday. Starting in 2027, Stellantis will begin using Mobileye’s EyeQ system-on-a-chip and a data crowdsourcing program called the Road Experience Management, or REM, which uses real-time data from Mobileye-equipped vehicles to build out […]

Infiniti VP Reveals Brand’s Major Model Expansion, Hybrid Plans

Infinit, Nissan’s luxury brand, is on a path to greatly expand its product line and fully embrace hybrids, its new vice president revealed in a wide-ranging interview.

Waymo And Uber Support Bad, Incumbent-Protecting Laws In DC And NJ

Requiring human drivers, 3 sensors, fat permit fees and per-mile taxes are the wrong sorts of regulations, and the companies should avoid endorsing them

Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do
Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do

The end of the Ford F-150 Lightning was also the start of a new era for the automaker. After failing to capture the market with the electric version of its popular F-Series truck, Ford is going back to the drawing board with its Universal Electric Vehicle Platform. The first offering will be a $30,000 electric […]

Electric air taxis go to war
Electric air taxis go to war

Electric aviation is still in its infancy, but manufacturers are already looking beyond mere air taxi trips across cities. Today, one of the leading air taxi startups, San Jose-based Archer Aviation, unveiled a new aircraft it co-developed with defense technology company Anduril – though the platform is designed for both military and commercial uses, the […]

Clean Energy Tech Deals Are Booming—Powered By Data Centers

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how the U.S. EV market is about to get quirkier and the bipartisan appeal of recycling.