Brightline West, a future electric high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, is being awarded $3 billion by the Biden administration. Read more…

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. Read more…

New York’s South Fork Wind has become the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US. Read more…

Volvo began selling what could be its most important vehicle to date last month. In November, Volvo sold the first EX30 model, its cheapest and smallest vehicle yet. Read more…

Just over a year after my last visit, I recently got the chance to visit my friends at ECD Automotive Design down in central Florida and take their latest EV conversion – the all-electric Jaguar E-Type for a spin. As always, there were tons of new and exciting happenings at ECD, as it continues to learn, grow, and delve further into electrification. Read more…

Tesla has started offering fully-loaded Cybertruck ‘Foundation Series’ for $120,000 to customers in the US. Read more…

A launch discount has taken $400 off the new Juiced Scrambler X2 e-bike after hitting the scene yesterday. It comes joined by an early Jackery Christmas sale with up to $1,800 off portable power stations, as well as this Vanpowers mountain e-bike with 70-mile range.. Read more…

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, the leader behind brands including Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Fiat, and several others, has a warning for other automakers. Tavares said EVs must be affordable but profitable, or they will be “in trouble very, very soon.â€. Read more…

What started as a fairly small strike of Tesla’s service workers in Sweden is now expanding to affect Tesla’s European operations. Read more…

New Volkswagen electric models will now support bidirectional charging. With “Vehicle to Home” capabilities, your new VW EV can be used to power your home. However, with little info, VW has left us with more questions than answers. Read more…

We currently sit three weeks away from NIO Day 2023, the annual event held by one of China’s leading EV automakers that caps off the year with new and exciting technologies to come. We know NIO intends to unveil a new flagship model during the event and it’s rumored to be the automaker’s top-of-the-line sedan, possibly named the ET9. Here’s what we know. Read more…

A new breed of electric vehicles is drawing inspiration from Japanese kei cars, tiny cubes-on-wheels that are highway-legal but not likely to pass muster with US or EU safety standards. But what if we loosened up those standards to help lower prices, enabling broader adoption of EVs to people who don’t have 30 grand or more to spend on a car? That is, at least, one of the ideas that French automaker Renault’s head Luca de Meo has put on the table.Â. Read more…

For years, Chinese EV maker Nio has essentially done it all, delving into high-end EV manufacturing, in-house batteries, autonomous driving, and chips, as well as innovative battery-swapping tech and even making smartphones, all while pulling in huge investments and talent to make that happen. Now, according to a new report, it’s looking to lighten the load. Read more…

Paris raised eyebrows earlier this year when the city voted to ban shared electric scooters. While privately owned electric scooters were still allowed, the thousands of shared electric scooters that were commonly used by locals and tourists were forced to vacate the city, with unexpected results. Read more…

Following several new documents containing details of the Tesla Cybertruck posted to the EPA’s website, we have been able to better understand the efficiencies the truck will achieve. While Cybertruck should perform better than nearly all its current competitors in the electric pickup segment, the slightly smaller Rivian R1T appears to have it beaten – even with larger wheels and battery packs. Read more…

Tesla’s Cybertruck is one of the most highly anticipated EV releases of all time. With the new electric truck officially rolling out, many want to see how it stacks up against the competition. Watch the Cybertruck take on the Rivian R1T and Hummer EV in an exciting drag race in the video below. Read more…

This Panasonic eneloop fast charger bundle is arriving just in time to prepare you for the holidays, including four rechargeable AAAs for $51. It comes joined by all of today’s other best Green Deals, including EcoFlow’s early Christmas sale, which now starts from $169, and the Segway Ninebot F65 electric kickscooter with a 40-mile range at $600.. Read more…

South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia hit their highest export performance ever. The surge in exports was driven by Hyundai’s competitive EVs and expanding global sales. Read more…

Elon Musk commented on the upcoming low-cost Tesla electric car, saying that it is “advanced” in its development. The CEO also commented on the “revolutionary” manufacturing advancements that Tesla is making to make the vehicle a reality. Read more…

Year-to-date US EV sales have surpassed 1 million – the first time EV sales exceeded that threshold in a single sales year. Read more…