Customers who buy some of the models from BYD’s Ocean lineup between November 1 and November 31 can get discounts of up to RMB 18,000. Read more…
Nio adds 15 showrooms and 124 swap stations in Oct
As of October 31, Nio had 139 Nio Houses, 314 Nio Spaces and 2,079 battery swap stations worldwide. Read more…
Leapmotor delivers record 18,202 cars in Oct, starts offering up to $1,370 discount on its lowest-priced EV model
Leapmotor announced October deliveries of a record 18,202 vehicles before the Hong Kong stock market opened today, in what appears to be one of its attempts to calm investors down. Read more…
Leapmotor tries to calm investors as shares fall nearly 30% after Stellantis deal
Leapmotor’s founding team has pledged not to transfer or reduce their stake in the company in any way over the next 10 years. Read more…
Elon Musk reveals a few more details about Tesla Cybertruck
Elon Musk went on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with a Tesla Cybertruck and revealed a few more details about the electric pickup truck. More…
Rivian starts billing for its free EV charging network soon, so get your trips in quick
Rivian owners better get your trips in quickly, as free EV charging at Adventure Network sites is about to end. Rivian said it will begin billing customers for Adventure Network EV charging starting in early November. More…
This new electric school bus has a 300-mile range
GreenPower Motor Company just launched an electric school bus with the biggest battery pack and longest range yet on the US market. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 31, 2023
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…
Blue Bird delivers its 1,500th electric school bus
Yellow school bus maker Blue Bird has delivered its 1,500th electric school bus. Modesto City Schools in California purchased the historic EV through Blue Bird’s authorized school bus dealer A-Z Bus Sales. Modesto’s milestone unit is one of 1,500 Blue Bird electric school buses now serving school districts across 41 US states. The company says… Read more…
Leapmotor will be Stellantis’ affordable EV brand in Europe from next year
Leapmotor and Stellantis recently made a deal through which the latter will invest €1.5 billion in the former while in return getting a 20% share stake and access to its EV platform. We initially thought that would only be used in the Chinese market, where Stellantis doesn’t have a great market position at the moment. As it turns out, the deal was much more encompassing than just that. Starting late next year, Leapmotor will essentially become Stellantis’ affordable EV brand, first in Europe and then in other global markets too. Leapmotor C11 The two companies established a… More…
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies adds battery testing lab at its Michigan HQ
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has added a new battery testing laboratory to its R&D labs at its North American headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan. The company says the multi-million-dollar investment will facilitate in-house battery and battery component testing, including simulated thermal runaway, and will increase the company’s functional knowledge and product development capabilities in the field of… Read more…
bp orders $100 million worth of Tesla EV chargers
Does bp’s purchase of $100 million worth of Tesla EV chargers signal that the British oil giant is preparing for a future beyond petroleum? Has it decided to join ‘em instead of trying to beat ‘em? Well, not just yet. The company has said it plans to invest “up to $1 billion in EV charging… Read more…
Meet the world’s first electric heavy-haul locomotive
Wabtec’s FLXdrive Heavy Haul locomotive, the world’s first electric heavy-haul locomotive for mainline service, is headed to Australia to transport iron ore. More…
VinFast considers launching $20,000 VF 3 electric car as US dealers show interest
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast (VFS) may launch the cheapest EV in the US soon. VinFast showed off its VF 3 electric car to US dealers, which could launch at under $20,000. More…
Tesla prevails in first Autopilot wrongful-death suit
A jury has found Tesla not at fault in a lawsuit over a 2019 wrongful death which alleged that Autopilot caused a crash, killing one passenger and seriously injuring two. More…
The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got the green light
The 2.6 gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project – what will become the US’s largest offshore wind farm – just got approved by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). More…
Tesla Cybertruck Does 0-60 In Under 3 Seconds, Weighs 6,000-7,000 Pounds: Musk
Elon Musk said on Joe Rogan’s podcast that the 0-60 time is for the so-called ‘Beast Mode’ version. More…
New Lectric XPeak Fat-Tire E-Bike Is Ready For Adventures Big And Small
Lectric once again proves that you don’t need a big budget for big adventures. More…
Tesla Cybertruck Deliveries Start In A Month. No One Knows What They’re Buying Yet
Dozens of reservation holders told us they still haven’t heard anything from Tesla about their preorders. More…
BYD Song L pre-orders now open, starting from €28,000
BYD has started pre-sales for the Song L – its shooting brake-style SUV. Previously, BYD had introduced the Denza N7 under its premium brand, which pioneered this style. The Song L starts at a tempting RMB 220,000 (or €28,000). That gets you the base single motor version with 550 km range and 150kW output. Upping the power to 230 kW or the range to 662 km means you’ll need to pay between RMB 240,000 (€30,800) and RMB 260,000 (€33,100). Above that there’s the dual motor AWD Song L with 380 kW power and 602 km range for RMB 280,000 (€35,400). In all cases the you get a car based… More…
