Waymo One is Alphabet’s Lyft/Uber competitor that’s live in Phoenix and currently undergoing testing in San Francisco. Waymo today announced a future EV for its US ride-hailing service that will be “rider-first” and have no steering wheel. More…
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Hawaii’s Big Island is getting one of its first utility-scale solar farms
Hawaii is going to get a 30 megawatt (MW) solar farm in 2022 – one of the first utility-scale solar farms on the Big Island. More…
Tesla Model Y body for structural battery pack spotted at Gigafactory Texas
An interesting new Tesla Model Y body that appears to be designed for the new structural battery pack has been spotted at Gigafactory Texas ahead of the start of production. More…
VinFast delivers first ever Vietnamese EVs to local customers
Infant automaker VinFast recently held a ceremony at its manufacturing complex in Hai Phong, Vietnam, to celebrate its first batch of VF e34 EVs. The VF e34 marks VinFast’s first model and the first ever electric vehicle to be sold in Vietnam. The start of production is also the first step in VinFast bringing its EVs to the US market. More…
Electric Bike Company’s ‘made in America’ e-bikes are key to its success. Here’s why
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to visit the sprawling new production facilities for California-based Electric Bike Company (that’s an advantage to being an early mover in any industry, you get to pick the good names). The company has been building electric cruiser bicycles in Newport Beach since the mid-2010s. And as founder Sean Lupton-Smith proudly explained to me as I toured the factory grounds, they wouldn’t have it any other way. More…
Rivian delays the bigger battery pack for its electric pickup all the way to 2023
Rivian has confirmed that buyers of its R1T electric pickup truck and R1S SUV are going to have to wait until 2023 if they want the biggest battery pack option. More…
Arrival Bus proving ground trials begin in UK ahead of Q2 2022 production
Arrival’s flagship Bus EV has begun proving ground testing in the UK before entering full production in 2022. The Arrival Bus marks the first of several electric vehicles in the pipeline for the company which will be manufactured and operated in the UK and US, as well as the European Union. More…
Hyundai shuts down its engine development team amid focus on electric cars
Hyundai announced that it is shutting down its internal combustion engine development team as the automaker focuses on electric cars. More…
Tesla (TSLA) is seen solving its ‘high-class problem of demand outstripping supply’ in 2022
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is up in premarket trading today on a new note from top Wall Street analyst Dan Ives who believes Tesla is going to double its production capacity in 2022. More…
Bangkok’s noisy scooter-filled streets may quiet down with new electric motorcycle trial
The Thai government is starting a new trial in Bangkok that will see electric scooters replace their gas counterparts for motorcycle taxis in the city. More…
Moonbike’s light electric snowmobile is bringing its electric snow sports to the US
The French company Moonbike is preparing to bring its fun-looking snow transporter to the US, just in time for winter riding. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 27, 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…
Goodyear launches new tire optimized for Teslas and other electric cars
Goodyear announced the launch of a new tire designed to be optimized for electric cars, especially Tesla vehicles, which will be the first to get the new tire. More…
A Swiss solar company announces a new production facility in Arizona
Swiss solar technology company Meyer Burger announced today that it is opening a production facility for high-performance solar modules in Goodyear, Arizona – its first factory in the US, and its first outside of Europe. Solar module production is scheduled to begin by the end of 2022. More…
13 battery gigafactories coming to the US by 2025 – ushering new era of US battery production
There are 13 new battery cell gigafactories coming online in the US by 2025, according to the Department of Energy. More…
California e-bike company launches new fat tire electric bikes with 1,000W mid-drive motors
CSC Electric Bicycles has a new mid-drive e-bike ready to enter its lineup. The new CSC FT1000MD e-bike will be the most powerful model launched to date by the brand. More…
China’s largest offshore wind farm is now fully connected to the grid
China’s largest offshore wind farm was connected to the grid at full capacity on Saturday, December 25. It transmitted power through undersea cables. More…
Yamaha will release two electric scooters next year. Here’s what they’ll look like
When Yamaha announced that the company would unveil two electric scooters for both the European and Asian markets next year, they also shared which concepts the new scooters would be drawn from. It turns out that the Yamaha E01 and E02 electric scooter concepts will both be headed for production. More…
These are the top 5 weirdest, coolest, and oddest electric vehicles I tested this year
I try to never take for granted that, as an electric vehicle journalist, I’m often given the opportunity to test out some of the most interesting EVs on the planet. They come in many forms. Some have wheels. Some have wings. Some defy classification altogether. But the one thing they all have in common is that they use batteries and electric motors to go vroom, whish, or splash. . More…
Army tests Sur Ron electric motorbikes for airdrop use with paratroopers
Electric motorcycles are increasingly winning favor with armed forces all over the world. The latest example sees the popular Sur Ron Firefly trialed for use in military airdrops. More…
