Electrify America announced that it has now deployed over 30 MW of battery capacity using Tesla Powerpacks at over 140 charging stations. More…
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Nissan unveils electric lunar rover prototype with ‘e-4ORCE’ all-wheel control present on upcoming Ariya
At its Futures event in Yokohama Japan, Nissan unveiled an electric lunar rover co-developed alongside the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The prototype features AWD technology that will soon be featured on certain trims of 2023 Nissan Ariya. More…
Stellantis CEO complains about being forced to make EVs and not knowing how to profit from them
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares made some interesting comments that amounted to claiming that electric vehicles are being “imposed” on them and that they don’t know how to make them profitably. More…
Tesla launches ‘Cyberquad for Kids,’ shipping begins in 2-4 weeks
Late on December 1, Tesla launched ‘Cyberquad for Kids’ on its online shop. The Cyberquad for Kids comes with a price tag of $1,900 and a top speed of 10 mph. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 1, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. More…
Volocopter to create first public eVTOL system in the futuristic region of NEOM, Saudi Arabia
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) developer Volocopter announced a joint venture with the sustainable development of NEOM in Saudi Arabia to design, implement, and operate the world’s first bespoke public eVTOL mobility system. The initial order is for 15 Volocopter aircraft that will begin initial operation in the next two to three years.. More…
Tesla Model S Plaid gets a minigun in the frunk and night vision
A Tesla Model S Plaid was modified to have a minigun in the frunk and night vision system. If you’re asking yourself, “Why?” I don’t really have an answer for you in this article. More…
Ex-Tesla VP turned Apple Car engineer poached by electric plane startup in latest staff loss
Apple has lost a senior member of its autonomous electric car team to a startup focused on electric aviation. Michael Schwekutsch, who left Tesla to join Apple as senior director of engineering for Special Projects Group in 2019, has left the company to work for Archer. This is just the latest in a revolving door situation surrounding Apple’s years-long effort to develop an electric vehicle with self-driving features. More…
Tesla announces it has officially moved its headquarters next to Gigafactory Texas
Tesla today announced that it has officially moved its headquarters to a location next to Gigafactory Texas in Austin. More…
Tesla’s center display is showing massive performance improvement with new AMD chip
Tesla’s center display is showing a massive performance improvement with its new AMD Ryzen chip. Hopefully, it will make it into more vehicles. More…
Full Self-Driving Diary: A longtime Tesla driver’s perspective on FSD beta
After a month of safe and cautious driving, I finally achieved a Safety Score of 99 last week, and shortly thereafter, I was granted access to the Full Self-Driving Beta for my 2021 Model Y. The experience with the FSD Beta over the last seven days has made a few things clear: it’s very much a beta, but it’s very, very impressive when it works. More…
GM to construct North American materials processing factory for Ultium EV batteries
General Motors announced a joint venture alongside POSCO Chemical to erect a new factory in North America to process Cathode Active Material (CAM). CAM will be vital to GM’s production of its proprietary Ultium EV batteries, as the legacy automaker looks to establish a larger presence in US EV production. More…
Mercedes-Benz unveils wild new rugged but luxurious off-road electric vehicle concept
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a wild new luxurious off-road electric vehicle concept: Project MAYBACH. More…
Tesla is again found guilty of throttling charging speed, asked to pay $14,000 to owners in retrial
Tesla was again found guilty of throttling its Superchargering speed on early Model S vehicles.. More…
2021 will be an all-time, record-breaking year for clean energy installations
Despite the pandemic, supply chain challenges, and rising costs of materials, 2021 is going to be a record year for clean energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced today in a new report. More…
This 283 mph electric motorcycle just broke a bunch of land speed records, including its own
The last time we covered Max Biaggi and his Voxman Wattman electric motorcycle, he had just set a new land speed record for electric motorcycles at 254 mph (408 km/h). But apparently even that wasn’t fast enough for Biaggi. More…
Tesla releases new footage of auto labeling tool for its self-driving effort
Tesla’s head of AI has released new footage of the automaker’s auto labeling tool for its self-driving effort. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 30, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. More…
Tesla and Elon Musk mock ‘silly Apple Cloth’ with new $50 Cyberwhistle
The $19 Apple Polishing Cloth turned out to be the star of Apple’s October special event, with orders facing delays until late January. Now, Tesla is naturally looking to cash in on the overpriced accessory hype, with the carmaker introducing a new “Cyberwhistle.”. More…
Electric vehicle battery cost falls to $132 per kWh, but it might go up from there
The cost of electric vehicle battery packs has fallen to $132 per kWh – continuing decades of cost improvements. However, it might go up over the next year as increased material prices are catching up to incremental cost improvements. More…
