Tesla has to respond to an inquiry from NHTSA regarding the increasing number of phantom braking complaints that it has been receiving. More…
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The USPS is already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too. More…
USPS already testing mail delivery by electric bike with these neat little US-built mail bikes
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns out, the postal service has already been testing this out, and the little electric mail bikes look pretty snazzy too. More…
Mercedes-Benz shares US pricing for upcoming EQB SUV starting under $57,000
Mercedes-Benz has shared detailed pricing and available trim levels for its upcoming EQB SUV ahead of its anticipated delivery to the US in summer of 2022. Beginning at a price of $56,800 for the lowest trim level, the EQB will arrive as the most affordable EQ model to date for US customers. More…
Mercedes-Benz shares US pricing for upcoming EQB SUV starting under $55,000
Mercedes-Benz has shared detailed pricing and available trim levels for its upcoming EQB SUV ahead of its anticipated delivery to the US in summer of 2022. Beginning at a price of $54,500 for the base model, the EQB will arrive as the most affordable EQ model to date for US customers. More…
Elon Musk says Tesla may have a working humanoid robot prototype by Sept 30
Elon Musk announced that Tesla might have a working prototype of Tesla Bot, also known as Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, by September 30 – the end of the third quarter of 2022. More…
Elon Musk says Tesla may have a working humanoid robot prototype by September 30
Elon Musk announced that Tesla might have a working prototype of Tesla Bot, also known as Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, by September 30, the end of the third quarter of 2022. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 2, 2022
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…
Colorado commits $65 million to electric school buses
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed into law SB 193, an air-quality bill which among other things creates a $65 million grant program for electric school buses in the state. More…
Biden administration slashes rent by 50% on US public land for wind and solar
The Biden administration announced this week that it will cut the cost of building wind and solar on US public land by 50%. More…
Construction officially starts on the largest wind farm in Australia
Construction has started on the 1,026-megawatt (MW) MacIntyre Wind Precinct, the largest wind farm to ever be built in Australia. It’s also one of the largest wind farms in the southern hemisphere. More…
Rimac raises $536 million to accelerate its role as high-performance electric component supplier
Rimac announced that it closed a EUR 500 million ($536 million USD) round of funding to accelerate its new role as a high-performance electric component supplier. More…
Toyota unveils home battery pack to compete with Tesla Powerwall
Toyota has unveiled a new home battery pack to provide residential backup – a product that is going to compete with Tesla Powerwall. More…
Ford invests $1.5 billion in building an “all-new commercial electric vehicle” in Ohio
Ford announced today a new $1.5 billion investment in building an “all-new commercial electric vehicle” in Ohio. More…
BMW unveils iX1, its new entry-level electric car
BMW unveiled today its next-generation X1, its entry-level vehicle, and introduced an all-electric version, the BMW iX1, for the first time. It should become BMW’s cheapest electric vehicle. More…
Momentum Voya E+ 3 electric commuter bike review: Can Giant’s fancy e-bike compete at this price?
When Giant’s new “lifestyle-inspired” electric bike sub-brand Momentum unveiled the Voya E+ 3, it did so at a positively mid-range price of $2,400. That brought it in below the fancier mid-drive e-bikes in most bike shops but well above the value-oriented direct to consumer e-bikes. Considering it has one wheel solidly in each camp, let’s see how it competes against the rest of the industry. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 1, 2022
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…
Electric car price war is coming, says Ford CEO
Ford CEO Jim Farley believes that the electric car market is going to soon enter a price war with upcoming $25,000 models. More…
An EV charging rebate program expands in Massachusetts – here’s why it matters
National Grid, a utility that serves more than 20 million people in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, is expanding its Off-Peak Charging Rebate Program in Massachusetts that it runs with ev.energy, a certified B corporation and global provider of managed EV charging software. More…
2023 Chevy Bolt EV and EUV get $6,000 price cut, start at $25,600
The Chevy Bolt lineup is getting a massive price cut for 2023, dropping from $31,500 to $25,600 (before the $995 destination fee). More…