Over 400 new charging points for electric cars will be installed at 95 locations of the discount supermarket chain Hofer in the Austrian province of Styria. In cooperation with Energie Steiermark, Hofer locations will also get HPCs with a charging capacity of up to 150 kW. Read more…
Successor to the Opel Crossland is called Frontera
Opel is reviving the Frontera model name for the successor to the Crossland. Opel sold an off-road vehicle under the name Frontera from 1991 to 2003. In 2024, it will become an SUV. Read more…
Kia South Korean plant ready for EV production after conversion
After an eight-month remodelling phase, Kia will resume production at its South Korean plant in Gwangmyeong in February. During the break, the carmaker prepared the facility for the production of future EV models. Read more…
China NEV retail sales at 380,000 in Jan 1-21, down 21% from same period last month
China’s NEV sales performance didn’t continue to deteriorate last week, despite the beginning of the year usually is a low point for sales. Read more…
Tesla could debut its compact electric car in 2025
Tesla wants to start production of its compact model for around 25,000 dollars in the middle of next year. According to an agency report, the model bears the internal codename ‘Redwood’ and is a compact crossover. Read more…
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H3X is meeting the challenge of maximising continuous power output against high operating temperatures. Rory Jackson reports
Commercial aviation is one of the world’s fastest-growing sources of pollution, responsible for about 2% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 2.5% of carbon emissions. These levels are projected to reach… Read more…
Neta to launch its 1st shooting-brake model in mid-2024
The Neta model, codenamed EP41, will be the third shooting-brake style model launched by a Chinese EV maker after the Zeekr 001 and the Nio ET5 Touring. Read more…
Tesla plans to produce new EVs in mid-2025, report says
Last month, a Chinese media outlet reported that Tesla was planning to restart the third phase of its Shanghai factory, possibly focusing on a $25,000 model. Read more…
SAIC’s EV unit IM Motors offers $1,670 discount on LS6 SUV
The LS6 went on sale in October 2023 and is a Tesla Model Y competitor. Read more…
Tesla Model S and Model X expected delivery dates in China extended to Q2
The Model S and Model X are not produced locally in China, and they have had expected delivery dates of the first quarter of 2024 for the past few months. Read more…
BYD surpasses Volkswagen to become China’s top-selling car maker in 2023
BYD, the Chinese automotive giant, has dethroned Volkswagen Group to emerge as China’s reigning car brand in 2023. This remarkable shift in the automotive landscape is a result of BYD’s successful bet on electric vehicles and the substantial dividends it is reaping from the quickly changing market landscape. BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” shipped 2.4 million vehicles in… Read more…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 23, 2024
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…
State investors jump on board NEV maker Leapmotor’s bandwagon
As the global war for NEV market share intensifies, the company could get an edge through its joint venture with US-European auto giant Stellantis. Read more…
Here are all the used EVs that qualify for a $4,000 tax credit
January 1, 2023, kicked off a fresh start of new tax credits for vehicles, both new and used. Since then, much of the dust has settled on the Capitol as it continues to implement qualifying terms for tax credits, continuously shifting what used EVs do and do not qualify. Here’s the latest list. Read more…
Tesla’s own former AI engineer trolls the company: ‘full self-wiping’
Tesla’s own former head of AI infrastructure, Tim Zaman, is impressed with the latest FSD v12 Full Self-Driving software, but he trolls the company’s AI effort. Read more…
BMW previews early look at its new high-performance i5 M60 Touring EV
BMW’s 5 series is set to expand very soon. The automaker is teasing the new BMW i5 M60 Touring, giving us a sneak peek at what we can expect from the high-performance EV.. Read more…
The new VW Golf GTE has a bigger battery, more range, DC fast charging
And it’s still not coming to America. Sorry, readers — thought I’d get the disappoint out of the way. VW has announced a midlife refresh of the current Golf Mk VIII lineup, and the hybrid GTE is getting some seriously attractive updates to the electric portion of the powertrain. Read more…
Jeep accidentally leaks photos of Wagoneer S
Jeep has been teasing the all-new, all-electric Wagoneer S, but this latest one was not meant to go out just yet. Pictures of the upcoming EV were posted on the company’s social channels and even though they were later removed they stayed long enough for people to download and reshare them. The images reveal that while the new Wagoneer S… Read more…
The New Volkswagen Golf Plug-In Hybrids Have 62 Miles Of Electric Range
The electrified versions of the German hatchback can also accept up to 50 kW of power from a DC fast charger. Read more…
To catch up on electric buses, Europe’s transit firms are working with China
When it comes to the EV race, China hasn’t just lapped the US and Europe—they’re running circles around us. No segment illustrates this embarrassment better than the electric bus market. As Michael Barnard reports in a recent CleanTechnica article, China currently has around 600,000 battery-electric buses operating in its cities. The US (which has 24%… Read more…
