Insurance registrations for major EV makers in China have dropped significantly over the past two weeks as people celebrate the traditional Chinese New Year holiday. Read more…
Lucid Motors brings Air Pure RWD to Europe
Lucid Motors, the American EV startup known for its luxury vehicles, has made its Air sedan more accessible in Europe. The company is introducing a new entry-level model in Germany, the Lucid Air Pure RWD. This rear-wheel-drive variant boasts 747 km range on the WLTP cycle and delivers a respectable 325 kW (442 hp). It significantly undercuts the previous Pure… Read more…
Hyundai scraps ambitious electric targets for its Genesis brand
Hyundai Motor is likely to delay the transformation of Genesis to a pure electric car brand. The carmaker previously said that from 2025, all new models would be purely electric and that the last combustion engine would be sold by 2030 at the latest. Instead, it will now focus on full hybrids. Read more…
Volvo renames XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge
Volvo Cars is streamlining and standardising the model names of its electric cars. In future, the BEV models will be marketed under the newly introduced abbreviation EX for SUV or EC for SUV coupés. This has consequences for two of Volvo’s current models. Read more…
Researchers explore infrared heating panels for EVs
A European consortium led by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is working on thermal management in electric vehicles as part of the MINDED research project. It is looking primarily at innovative infrared heating panels as a heat source. Read more…
JLR and Tata want to build EVs in India
JLR and its Indian parent company Tata Motors want to produce electric cars on a large scale in India and export them from there. According to a media report, negotiations to this end are well advanced. Read more…
BYD poised to challenge Tesla for BEV sales crown in 2024, TrendForce says
Tesla continues to lead the BEV rankings in 2023 with a 19.9 percent market share, followed by BYD with 17.1 percent. Read more…
Tesla Model 3 Performance refresh spotted with bucket seats
Tesla launched the refreshed Model 3, codenamed Highland, late last year (and it only made it to North America last month). But so far we only got the lower-end Standard Range and Long Range trims. The top of the line Performance version is still waiting for its very own Highland refresh, which should be coming later this year. Tesla is… Read more…
Detecting test-gas leaks in EV battery production
A leading battery manufacturer for the automotive industry is using test-gas leak-detection systems from Zeltwanger Leak Testing & Automation, which is equipped with complete solutions from Pfeiffer Vacuum. Read more…
Chinese New Year holiday travel report: Here are BYD and Tesla’s stats
BYD owners drove a cumulative total of about 3.76 billion kilometers from February 10-17, and Tesla owners in China drove more than 700 million kilometers, according to their numbers. Read more…
CITGO decides to ‘enter EV space’ with one charger
Oil major CITGO is sticking its toe into the electrification pond: It’s launched its first-ever EV charger in Battle Creek, Michigan.. Read more…
Rivian R2 is coming to Europe
Rivian is unveiling the R2 on March 7 at an event in California. The company has already started teasing the upcoming SUV which will be more affordable than its existing SUV, the R1S. We’ve also seen the R2 in some spy shots during a photo/video shoot a few days ago, and today we have a confirmation from Rivian itself that… Read more…
Battery maker Gotion plans to set up low-carbon tech institute in HK
Gotion plans to set up the institute with Hong Kong-listed Envision to conduct research on battery energy storage system technologies and business models. Read more…
Price war in China’s passenger car market to remain fierce in 2024, says CPCA secretary-general
The process of new manufacturers replacing old ones in the process of establishing a new market order will likely continue for several years until a new landscape is formed, said Cui Dongshu of the CPCA. Read more…
White House considers relaxing EV goals
President Biden made electric vehicles a centerpiece of his 2020 election campaign. With promises of an electrified future, his administration released strict emission goals for car companies. But now, according to inside sources, those very goals might be scaled back. Why the slowdown, just as carmakers seem to finally be investing in EVs? This potential U-turn suggests President Biden is… Read more…
Chevy Silverado EV recall issued over a defect that can cause the seatbelt to tear
GM is issuing a recall for the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV over a defect that can cause the second-row seatbelt to tear in a crash. Read more…
Tesla is updating its notoriously bad auto wipers ‘soon’
A Tesla engineer says the automaker is preparing to update its notoriously awful auto wipers “soon”. Read more…
Here’s how renters can lower their electricity bills with solar
Renters can’t access rooftop solar benefits because they don’t own their roofs – but this workaround will reduce your electricity bill. Read more…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 19, 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…
Updated BYD Dolphin teases lower price, adds more range
We only just talked about BYD revealing new versions of its popular electric sedans in China, with prices already undercutting ICE-powered competitors. But that was just a start, BYD is going into the Year of the Dragon with serious fireworks. An upgraded BYD Dolphin hatchback, one of the company’s most popular EVs, is getting a bigger battery and a lower… Read more…
