The popular Ranger UTV from Polaris will be available in an all-electric version for early 2022.

Another electric UTV to debut soon

Polaris reveals it will introduce an all-electric Ranger in December

This spring, Polaris revealed it, too, had plans to jump on the electric vehicle bandwagon. The company says it plans to debut an all-new 2022 electric Ranger UTV in late December of this year. Last year, Polaris and Zero Motorcycles announced a partnership arrangement, and the electric Ranger is the result of that collaboration. The […] Read more

You won’t find a big V-8 under the hood of the 2022 Hummer, just batteries and electric drives.

Hummer pickup goes electric

GM’s reinvented Hummer pickup a sign of things to come

Remember when General Motors’ Hummer used to be the poster child for gas-guzzling macho machines? It was a kind of moving billboard that emphasized the excesses of the 1980s. That perceived lack of environmental sensitivity is credited by many industry observers as one of the main reasons the Hummer brand went sour, then extinct. But […] Read more


A 2021 Toyota Tundra Trail edition pickup truck. (Media.toyota.ca)

Sale of new fuel-powered cars, light trucks to be banned from 2035

Interim targets to be set for 2025, 2030

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will ban the sale of fuel-burning new cars and light-duty trucks from 2035 in an effort to reach net-zero emissions across the country by 2050, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government said on Tuesday. Only zero-emissions cars and trucks can be sold from 2035, according to a statement, adding that a […] Read more

Fendt continues to develop the 65-horsepower e100 electric drive concept tractor.

Development of Fendt’s e100 electric tractor continues

Fendt’s pursuit of electric drive concepts goes back about a decade

Last October, AGCO’s Fendt brand announced that its engineers were still working on the e100 concept electric tractor it debuted in 2017. It’s apparently a promising design making measurable progress toward possible future commercialization. “The current development status of the Fendt e100 Vario compact tractor is encouraging and promises high efficiency with a careful use […] Read more


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U.S. oil industry seeks unusual alliance with Farm Belt against electric vehicle agenda

'We weren't born yesterday'

New York | Reuters — The U.S. oil industry is seeking to forge an alliance with the nation’s corn growers and biofuel producers to lobby against the Biden administration’s push for electric vehicles, but is so far meeting a cool reception, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The effort marks an unusual attempt […] Read more