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Tesla aims to release $25,000 electric car in 2023, likely will not have a steering wheel
Elon Musk has told Tesla employees that the automaker is aiming to release its previously announced $25,000 electric car in 2023 More…
These cute electric robots may soon deliver your dinner
Kiwibot is a last-mile delivery service that has completed over 150,000 food deliveries using electric semi-autonomous robots. Yesterday, the company announced its official expansion into San Jose, Miami-Dade County, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. Each of the four cities will be given up to 10 robots with one human supervisor More…
Electrify America is offering free EV charging throughout Labor Day weekend
Electrify America has once again announced a free charging promotion for its customers, beginning Friday and continuing throughout Labor Day weekend. Customers can find the nearest charger in the electrify America app and take advantage of the charging network’s complimentary sessions More…
Watch Tesla Model S Plaid with Track Mode do hot laps on Nürburgring racetrack
Tesla is currently in Germany testing its Model S Plaid and attempting to break some records on a notoriously difficult track. More…
Carver EV first drive: Is this leaning 3-wheeled microcar the future of city transport? [video]
If you were to take a pen to a blank piece of paper, and from scratch, attempt to design a vehicle that is the very antithesis of everything you’d look for in a mode of urban transportation, I strongly suspect that you’d end up drawing something that looked an awful lot like… a car More…
Genesis announces all-electric future, ending new internal combustion models in 2025
Luxury auto brand Genesis has announced its brand vision for the next 15 years, including an end to new ICE models in 2025 and plans for a 100% zero-emission lineup by 2030. Furthermore, the company offered a closer peek of its first GV60 electric vehicle and a glimpse of its X concept coupe. Oh, we also found an Easter egg hinting at a possible entry into air transportation someday More…
Ford F150 Lightning electric pickup has now 130,000 reservations — is it good or bad?
Ford confirmed that the F150 Lightning, its new electric pickup truck, has now accumulated 130,000 reservations More…
EGEB: 4 reasons why US solar panel shipments broke records in 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB) More…
BMW plans to reduce CO2 emissions in vehicle life cycles by 40% by 2030
German automaker BMW has announced an updated timeline to reduce carbon emissions throughout the entire life cycle of its internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, including the entire production process. In an announcement ahead of next week’s IAA Mobility conference in Munich, the local automaker announced its new goal of a 40% reduction of 2019 CO2 levels by 2030, up from its previous goal of 33.3% More…
Cupra unveils stunning electric hot hatchback, could hint at $25,000 VW ID.2
Cupra has unveiled a stunning new electric hot hatchback concept that could give us an idea of the shape of the upcoming $25,000 VW ID.2 More…
Zero Motorcycles launches limited-edition race-inspired ‘Quickstrike’ electric motorcycles
Zero Motorcycles has just announced a new Quickstrike series of limited-edition electric motorcycles, with only 100 units being produced worldwide More…
Tesla Model Y takes over Norway, pushes all-electric car sales to 72% market share
Tesla started deliveries of the Model Y in Europe last month, and within a week it became the best-selling vehicle in Norway More…
‘Most funded e-bike company in the world’ raises $128M as electric bikes rake in cash
Dutch electric bicycle company VanMoof has announced one of the largest funding rounds ever in the electric bicycle company. The $128 million funding round could be a sign of more to come as e-bike sales are hotter than ever and investors continuously eye a piece of that action More…
Sono Motors introduces its own bidirectional home charger
By once again acknowledging the collective voice of its reservation holder community, Sono Motors has introduced its own bidirectional wallbox AC charger for home charging, vehicle-to-grid (V2G), and vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging. All are at a more affordable price. The German SEV automaker is calling its new charger the first bidirectional AC wallbox on the market. More…
BMW unveils fast, funky electric motorbike designed for teens and young adults
BMW has released several electric motorcycle and electric scooter concepts over the last few years. To the company’s credit, they’ve actually brought some of their wild ideas to production. Now BMW has a new electric motorcycle concept known as the CE 02 that could actually make it to the streets More…
Tesla now aims for Full Self-Driving Beta public release ~September 25th (U)
Update: Sept 2: In a series of new Tweets, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has pinpointed the target delivery date of the “FSD opt-in Button” to on or around September 25th, details below. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 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…
CA Dems endorse plan to push California gas car ban to 2030
California’s planned transition to 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035 could be getting changes soon, as the Executive Board of the California Democratic Party today unanimously adopted a resolution to call for an end to new gas car sales in the state by 2030 More…
South Korea is getting a massive 1.4 GW floating offshore wind farm
Shell Overseas Investment and CoensHexicon have established a joint venture to fund, develop, and operate MunmuBaram, a 1.4-gigawatt floating offshore wind farm for South Korea. MunmuBaram will be capable of powering over 1 million homes More…