Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer has confirmed the company’s plans to develop a full range of “monster” electric hot-hatches, including an all-new electric Golf GTI that will stay true to its iconic namesake with a boxy profile and, of course, front-wheel drive. Read more…
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This 350 hp, 425 mile Stellantis EV really SHOULD be the new Chrysler 300
After canceling the upcoming Airflow electric crossover and killing its popular 300 sedan, Chrysler only has one nameplate left in its lineup – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Stellantis already builds a full-size electric sedan that could prove to be a badge-engineered winner. Read more…
Tesla starts accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, confirms insane depreciation
Tesla has started accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, something that wasn’t the case more than a year after deliveries of the electric pickup truck started. Read more…
Tesla starts accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, confirms insane depreciation
Tesla has started accepting Cybertruck trade-ins, something that wasn’t the case more than a year after deliveries of the electric pickup truck started. Read more…
Autonomous electric haul truck fleet set to revolutionize mineral mining in China
Powered by tech giant Huawei 5G-Advanced network, a fleet of over 100 Huaneng Ruichi all-electric autonomous haul trucks and heavy equipment assets have been deployed at the Yimin open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia. Read more…
Autonomous electric haul truck fleet set to revolutionize mineral mining in China
Powered by tech giant Huawei 5G-Advanced network, a fleet of over 100 Huaneng Ruichi all-electric autonomous haul trucks and heavy equipment assets have been deployed at the Yimin open-pit mine in Inner Mongolia. Read more…
BYD Ride electrifies Oakland Int’l Airport shuttle bus fleet
Oakland International Airport (OAK) in Alameda, California is helping stressed-out air passengers breathe a little bit easier with the introduction of five new battery-electric K9MD shuttle buses to its ground equipment fleet. Read more…
Linfox adds 30 fully electric semi trucks to Australian logistics fleet
Australian logistics company Linfox is making big moves to electrify its heavy-duty semi fleet with the addition of thirty new Volvo FH and FM Electric semi trucks as the Swedish brand works to begin production at its Brisbane facility. Read more…
Tesla pulls all the demand levers with discounts and incentives as sales crash
Tesla is now pulling on all the demand levers in the US with new discounts and incentives as sales are crashing due to brand damage. Read more…
Game changer: Harbinger launches a medium-duty EREV with 500 mile range
The electric box van experts at Harbinger announced a new, EREV version of their medium-duty van that pairs a big battery with a small, gas-powered ICE engine to offer fleets that are hesitant to electrify a massive 500 miles of autonomy on a single charge + tank. Read more…
Bollinger Motors circles the drain as court cases, debts pull it down
A federal court judge in Michigan has placed the once-promising electric truck brand Bollinger Motors’ assets into receivership following claims that the company’s owners still owe its founder, Robert Bollinger, more than $10 million. Read more…
Tesla’s robotaxi fleet will be powered by ‘plenty of teleoperation’
Tesla’s Austin robotaxi fleet will be powered by ‘plenty of teleoperation’ as it “can’t screw up”, according to a new report from Morgan Stanley after meeting with Tesla. Read more…
Podcast: EV tax credit on chopping block, Tesla’s China problem, Slate gets interest, and more
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss how the GOP plans to kill the EV tax credit, Tesla’s China problem, Slate getting some interest, and more. Read more…
Ford F-150 Lightning retakes America’s best-selling electric pickup crown
Ford’s electric pickup truck is back at the top. The F-150 Lightning is once again the best-selling electric pickup in the US after overtaking the Tesla Cybertruck in the first quarter. Read more…
BYD’s funky new kei car spotted testing: Here’s our first look at the mini EV
BYD is about to launch an even smaller EV, but this one’s a little different. It’s BYD’s first kei car. You know, those tiny vehicles that dominate Japan’s city streets? BYD’s mini EV was just spotted out in public, giving us our first real look at the upcoming kei car. Read more…
This vast 1.3 GW Indiana solar farm will power 200,000 homes
Mammoth Solar, a 1.3 gigawatt (GW) solar farm in northern Indiana, is now powering into its biggest construction phase yet, cementing its place as one of the largest solar projects in the US. Read more…
Honda’s Prologue and the Chevy Equinox EV charge up electric vehicle sales in the US
Electric vehicles continued to outpace the overall US auto market in March as buyers scooped up savings before higher prices, thanks to Trump’s tariffs, take effect. New models, including the Honda Prologue and Chevy Equinox EV, are driving sales growth in the US. Read more…
Dodge is scrapping the cheaper Charger EV, but the Scat Pack model will get a price cut
Dodge will not offer the entry-level electric Charger Daytona R/T for 2026, leaving only the high-performance Scat Pack model. Other big changes, including lower prices, are coming for the 2026 Dodge Charger EV. Read more…
Elon Musk hires another Tesla board member to cash checks and let him destroy the brand
Tesla has hired a new board member with no automotive background, but that’s not a problem as the main responsibility of Tesla’s board members these days is to sell stocks and let Elon Musk destroy the brand. Read more…
Mazda’s $20,000 EZ-6 electric sedan is getting a sporty upgrade
Wait, Mazda sells an EV for less than $20,000? The EZ-6 is sold in China but will launch in Europe and other global markets later this year. With overseas deliveries kicking off, Mazda unveiled a sporty new EZ-6 edition that’s actually pretty sleek. Will it arrive overseas. Read more…
