Rad Power Bikes, once North America’s largest e-bike brand with more than 350,000 units sold, told employees in late 2025 it faced significant financial challenges requiring operational cuts. That warning wasn’t isolated. Accell Group’s bankruptcy, a German component supplier’s insolvency, and founders returning to steady struggling companies all point to the same underlying pressure reshaping…
Accell Group, the Dutch parent company behind e-bike brands sold across Europe and beyond, became defunct on August 11, 2026, after years of mounting losses. The bankruptcy has thrown retailer ordering decisions into chaos right as the industry enters its annual window for planning next year’s model lineup. Riders with an Accell-brand e-bike now face…
Vehicle-to-everything technology has mostly meant cars powering homes and grids until now. At Eurobike 2026 in Frankfurt, Canyon demonstrated how close a series-production e-bike with V2X capability actually is. That demonstration signals the same energy-sharing concept reshaping EV ownership is beginning to reach two-wheeled electric transportation, with a very different set of practical tradeoffs. What…
A retired EV battery doesn’t simply get shredded and thrown away. Modern hydrometallurgical recycling recovers 95 percent of a pack’s lithium and cobalt and 97 percent of its nickel, turning what used to be treated as hazardous waste into a genuine revenue line for recyclers. The global market processing these packs has grown to roughly…
The count of EVs offering at least 300 miles of EPA-rated range just climbed to 46 models, four more than the previous tracked update. That growing club makes 300-mile range look increasingly like table stakes rather than a genuine differentiator. Whether all 46 actually deliver that range in typical driving is a separate question the…
Ask three different tracking firms how much a Tesla Model X depreciates over five years, and the answers span a 10-point range. iSeeCars puts it at 61.1 percent. CarEdge says 67 percent. Recharged reports 57 percent. All three claim to measure the same thing, using different methodology, sample sizes, and time windows that a reader…
President Trump signed a resolution this spring overturning a Biden-era mining ban across 225,504 acres of northern Minnesota’s Superior National Forest. The region, known as the Duluth Complex, holds an estimated 95 percent of America’s domestic nickel reserves and 88 percent of its cobalt reserves, both critical inputs for EV battery production most automakers currently…
The House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act on September 16 with overwhelming bipartisan support, sending it to the Senate. The bill would require every new vehicle, including EVs, to carry a working AM radio at no extra cost. Eight automakers, including Tesla and Rivian, have dropped AM from electric models specifically because…
Insurance quotes for the same coverage level swing by more than $7,600 a year depending on which EV a buyer chooses. The Toyota bZ and comparable mainstream models sit near the bottom of that range. The Audi SQ8 e-tron sits at the top, alongside every current Tesla model. Comparing specific vehicles side by side reveals…
Resale value data across 80 EV models shows a clear split forming in 2026. Tesla’s long-standing resale lead is real but narrowing, Rivian’s low production volume keeps its values unusually firm, and Hyundai and Kia have closed much of the gap that once separated Korean EVs from the segment’s traditional leaders. Comparing the three approaches…
