The Genesis GV90 has a pretty cool trick up its sleeve. Its pop-up 24.6″ OLED display can transform the cabin into a private luxury movie theater, complete with a 25-speaker Bang & Olufsen 3D Sound System. Read more…

We’re closing out this week with a bunch of Prime Day deals, starting at Bluetti’s recently launched Early Prime Day Sale with FREE gifts and our exclusive bonus savings code, offering deals like the 2,765Wh Apex 300 Portable Power Station down at $1,424. Speaking of power stations, we also secured two exclusive deals on Jackery’s 3,584Wh HomePower 3600 Plus Power Station to $1,299, while the 2,048Wh HomePower 2000 Plus V2 Power Station is down at $799, undercutting the brand’s current sale by hundreds. We also have roborock’s RockMow X115H and X130H Robot Lawn Mowers at new lows starting from $1,400, and one-day-only deals on the Anker eufy SoloCam S220 2-Cam Kit with HomeBase 3, as well as Greenworks’ 60V 16-inch Attachment Capable String Trimmer. Don’t forget about all the hangover deals from this week that can be found down at the bottom of the page, like the yesterday’s Anker eufy Early Prime Day Sale lineup of security and cleaning deals, the EcoFlow weekend EcoCredits flash sale, and more.. Read more…

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bikes from Segway and Honda, South Park takes on e-bikes, Rivian’s e-bikes are rolling out to everyone except for customers, Royal Enfield’s e-moto gets a Western price, and more. Read more…

The developers and electricians at Green Water & Power are celebrating a significant EV charging milestone this month with the deployment and energization of its 10,000th electric vehicle charging port – in just three years. (!. Read more…

Geely says its new AI-powered fast charging system can reverse some of the battery damage caused by fast charging, using micro-pulse currents to add up to 20% more cycle life. Read more…

The 2027 Lexus TZ is the first purely electric three-row SUV from Toyota’s luxury brand. Ahead of its upcoming launch, the electric TZ was spotted driving in public for the first time. Read more…

Building on its nearly 10-year history, Mercedes-Benz secured first rights to ProLogium’s latest Gen4 solid-state EV battery cells. Read more…

Being a one-car family works great right up until the moment two people need to be in two different places. Maybe your spouse took the car to work, but you need to grab groceries. Maybe you’ve got to pick up a kid from daycare. Perhaps you’re meeting a friend for coffee, heading to the gym, or just running some mundane errand that happens to require going a few miles across town. Read more…

NHTSA has opened a formal investigation into comma.ai’s aftermarket driver assistance devices after five crashes where cars running openpilot plowed into stopped or slow-moving vehicles in their own lane. Two of those crashes killed three people. Read more…

Volkswagen’s electric minibus will not return for the 2027 model year as expected, after another delay. Read more…

Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” broke the speed limit in 55% of the 30 km/h segments a Belgian road safety group tested in Brussels, averaging 44 km/h where the legal limit is 30 km/h. Read more…

Waymo has released new crash data which claims not only an 82% reduction in crashes, but for the first time says the number of injuries that have been avoided by its robotaxi operation. Read more…

Tesla has lined up at least 11 Semi electric trucks wearing customer logos outside its new Nevada factory, a clear sign that the automaker plans to parade its fleet customers at tonight’s Semi launch event. Read more…

Kia’s off-road electric SUV might be real after all. New patent images reveal what could be the production version of the EV9 ADVNTR. Read more…

BYD revealed the second-generation Seagull inside and out in a series of sketches: a bigger, smarter version of its most affordable EV. Read more…

BMW will open US reservations for the new i3 early, now scheduled for next week. Read more…

Bentley has unveiled the Torcal, its first all-electric vehicle, at a global debut in London today. It’s an SUV with up to 888 PS (876 hp), a 113 kWh battery, and up to 375 miles (600 km WLTP) of range. Read more…

Volkswagen launched the new ID. Buzz Cargo with a longer wheelbase, offering more space and updated software. Prices start at about $60,000, but a cheaper version will go on sale soon. Read more…

An Intertek lab in the UK found just 3.4 ppm of lithium in a sample of Donut Lab’s “solid-state” battery, and the Finnish startup is now using that result to argue its cell is neither lithium-ion nor sodium-ion. Read more…

Tesla’s racism trial in California opened Monday with a bad day for the company’s lawyers. The first witness testified that a senior Tesla in-house attorney had called him last week and let him believe he was working for the state, according to Law360 (paywall). Read more…