A Tesla Cybertruck owner drove his electric pickup truck into Grapevine Lake in Texas to test the vehicle’s “Wade Mode” feature. The Cybertruck became disabled in the water and the driver was arrested. Read more…
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Volvo is bringing a new EV to the US to replace the $35,000 EX30
The EX30 was set to arrive as one of the most affordable EVs in the US, starting at around $35,000. While the compact SUV is being discontinued from Volvo’s US lineup, the company confirmed a new entry-level model will replace it. Read more…
Exclusive: Tesla (TSLA) is building its giant solar panel factory in Houston
Electrek has learned that Tesla (TSLA) is building its massive new solar panel manufacturing operation at its facility in Brookshire, Texas, near Houston. The factory will be co-located with the Megapack Megafactory Tesla is already constructing at the same site. Read more…
Jeep maker reveals plans for a new ‘groundbreaking’ EV that will start at under $18,000
Jeep’s parent company, Stellantis, announced plans to launch a “groundbreaking” small and affordable electric vehicle that will reportedly start at under $18,000. Read more…
Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle spinoff LiveWire just entered the dirt bike market
There’s a new player entering the electric dirt bike market, though the name behind it will already be familiar to many riders. LiveWire, the electric motorcycle brand originally launched by Harley-Davidson, announced today that it has acquired the assets of electric off-road startup Dust Moto. Read more…
DJI’s e-bike division tries to defend why its motors are so insanely powerful
DJI’s Avinox e-bike drive system has quickly become one of the most talked-about names in the high-performance electric mountain bike industry, largely because of one headline-grabbing fact: the thing is absurdly powerful. Read more…
Lectric XPress2 e-bike launched with major upgrades to a low-cost classic
Lectric eBikes has officially launched the new XPress2, a significantly updated version of its commuter-focused electric bike that adds a long list of premium upgrades while still aiming squarely at the value-focused market the company has become famous for. Read more…
Subaru indefinitely postpones in-house EVs after profits plunge 90%
Subaru has dropped 2028 as the target year for launching its own in-house developed electric vehicles, with no new timeline set. The Japanese automaker’s new EV factory will produce gas and hybrid models instead. Read more…
Xiaomi’s upcoming YU7 GT just beat every SUV ever around Nürburgring
Xiaomi, a company that makes smartphones and other consumer electronics, sent its second EV around the famously difficult Nürburgring racetrack, and once again set a record with it, beating every other SUV, gas or electric. Read more…
Honda and LG team up to accelerate battery-swapping electric motorcycles
Honda and LG Energy Solution are joining forces in Vietnam to expand battery-swapping electric motorcycles, with a new pilot project launching in Hanoi later this year. Read more…
Costco has a new stackable discount on the 2027 Chevy Bolt
Costco Auto Program is back with an exclusive incentive for members on the newly revived 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV.. Read more…
BYD is driving the Song Ultra EV over 2,700 miles to prove its new battery and 5-min charging
BYD is going where no EV has gone before to put its new Blade Battery and 5-minute Flash Charging tech to the test. The new Song Ultra EV, equipped with the new tech, will drive over 2,700 miles (4,395 km) across China’s largest expressway, becoming the first to complete the full trip. Read more…
IONNA slashes DC fast charging price 48% for Memorial Day
IONNA is dropping the cost of DC fast charging by 48% for Memorial Day, just in time for road trips and long weekend getaways. Here’s the lowdown. Read more…
Fleets are moving fast to electrify as homeowners race to get 30% solar credit
Musk says Tesla unsupervised FSD will be ‘widespread’ in the US by year-end — again
Elon Musk claimed that Tesla’s unsupervised “Full Self-Driving” will be “widespread in the US by the end of this year” during a virtual appearance at the Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv today. Tesla currently operates fewer than 30 unsupervised robotaxis across three Texas cities. Read more…
US bill proposes big new EV tax while governments also push to slash gas taxes
Lawmakers have proposed yet another punitive tax on EVs, attempting to balance road budgets solely on the back of the ~2% of vehicles that are responsible for a vanishingly small percentage of road damage. Read more…
Aventon Current ADV eMTB first discount to $3,999, EcoFlow sale drops expanded 858Wh RIVER 3 Plus solar bundle to $499, more
We’ve got a bunch of fresh deals to kickstart the week with, including our surprise headliner, Aventon’s high-tier Current ADV Smart Electric Mountain Bike with first-ever discounts to $3,999. Right behind that, we have two EcoFlow sales, the first being the latest RV Season Sale with up to 61% discounts, like the expanded 858Wh RIVER 3 Plus with an EB600 extra battery and a 220W solar panel for a $499 low, among many others, as well as a 24-hour flash sale with offers including the 2,048Wh DELTA 3 Max Portable Power Station with a 500W alternator charger at its $949 2026 low. There’s also Segway’s Navimow Summer Sale with its new i2 AWD series robot lawn mowers at lows starting from $849, the best price of the last 12 months on Worx’s JawSaw cordless electric chainsaw, and more waiting for you below. And don’t forget about the hangover deals from last week at the bottom of the page, collected together in our latest Electrified Weekly roundup edition.. Read more…
Volvo reveals EX60 prices start at under $60,000 with over 300 miles rangeof
The EX60 can drive further (up to 400 miles), charge faster, and is more advanced than any fully electric Volvo to date. Volvo announced the “game-changing” 2027 EX60 is more affordable than most luxury rivals, with prices starting at under $60,000. Read more…
Why every American family should have an e-bike at home
There’s a sentence that still sounds slightly radical in much of America, even though millions of people elsewhere in the world would barely think twice about it: Every family should own an e-bike. Read more…
XPeng (XPEV) rolls first mass-produced robotaxi off the line, a China first
XPeng (NYSE: XPEV) announced today that it has rolled the first mass-produced unit of its robotaxi off the production line in Guangzhou. The milestone makes XPeng the first automaker in China to achieve mass production of a robotaxi built entirely through full-stack, in-house development. Read more…
