Sono Motors and Ari Motors have presented a light electric vehicle prototype with solar integration at the Intersolar trade fair in Munich. The solar integration on the prototype’s charging box provides up to 450 watts of peak power and should thus enable an extension of the range of 20 kilometres per day on average. The […] More…
Piëch Automotive launches testing for their electric GT
Swiss electric car start-up Piëch Automotive has begun testing its Piëch GT electric sports car. The GT is based on the Mark Zero, which was presented as a study at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The Piëch GT is scheduled to be launched in mid-2024 as the first vehicle in a product family of three […] More…
BMW rounds up 2 series Active Tourer lineup with 2 PHEVs
BMW has presented the second generation of the 2 Series Active Tourer. It will be launched on the market in February 2022, initially as a combustion engine, and in summer 2022 the range will be expanded to include two plug-in hybrid variants. It was not certain for a long time that the 2 Series Active […] More…
Smart Production Crossover Takes After Concept #1 In Design Patents
Patents filed with the EUIPO show that Smart’s first crossover borrows a lot from the concept. More…
Tesla increases Model 3 and Model Y prices, cheapest car is now $42,000
Tesla has implemented a price increase across its entire Model 3 and Model Y lineup in an overnight update to its online configurator in the US. More…
German Post reportedly finds buyer for StreetScooter
Deutsche Post has apparently found a buyer for its electric vehicle subsidiary StreetScooter. According to a media report, a company called Odin Automotive is the buyer. Odin is backed by a well-known eMobility manager. According to research by German publication Die Welt, the company Odin Automotive was founded in Luxembourg in mid-September and, according to […] More…
New BMW 2 Series Active Tourer PHEV Has 50-Mile Electric Range
The new 2 Aactive Tourer is here and sharper looking than ever, and the PHEV has better performance and range. More…
GM invests in battery cell development
General Motors is building a new battery cell innovation centre on its Global Technical Center campus in Warren, Michigan. The facility will be dedicated to the development and production of GM’s next-generation Ultium cells and will be operational by mid-2022. The centre, called the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, will enable GM to, among other […] More…
EV drivers versus Victorian state government
In Australia, two electric vehicle drivers have launched a high court challenge to Victoria’s electric vehicle tax, arguing the levy is unconstitutional. Their reasoning is that the new electric vehicle tax is not enforceable, since the Victorian government does not have the constitutional power to impose a new tax on EV drivers. The charges are […] More…
EV Tax? Why Not A Pedestrian Tax, Canadian Group Jokingly Says
Maybe satire is the way to change silly laws. More…
Tesla FSD Public Beta Access Delayed One Week, Coming On Friday
It was supposed to begin wider rollout last week, but it has been postponed until this coming Friday. More…
Lucid Gravity To Target Urban And Suburban Drivers, Not Off-Road Fans
Despite boasting “respectable ground clearance,” the Gravity electric crossover will be no rock-crawler. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 5, 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…
Citroën UK drops ë-Dispatch prices by £1,000
Citroën UK has updated its ë-Dispatch electric LCV ranges for 2022 with trim level name changes and a £1,000 price reduction across the entire line-up. The French carmaker has also announced the very small Ami electric car has had 1000 UK reservations in two weeks. The ë-Dispatch Electric now starts at £26,450 (Basic MRRP less […] More…
Electric bicycle sales are growing 16x faster than general cycling. Here’s why
Electric bicycle sales had been growing at an impressive rate in the US even before the COVID-19 pandemic began. But ever since the pandemic started, sales of e-bikes have skyrocketed. Now the latest numbers show that e-bikes sales aren’t cooling off anytime soon. More…
2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV: Sandy Munro Delivers 1st Impressions
You might be surprised to learn what Munro thinks of Jeep’s new plug-in hybrid Wrangler. More…
GE’s huge Haliade-X 14 MW offshore wind turbine is now operational
GE Renewable Energy today announced that its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype is now running at 14 megawatts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This means that GE Renewable Energy is now the first to operate a wind turbine at a power output this high. More…
Xcel Energy announces smart charging pilot
In the US state of Colorado, utility company Xcel Energy has announced a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. For its Charging Perks pilot project, Xcel Energy is directly working with BMW, Ford, […] More…
Tesla is building Model Y bodies with single front and rear castings, a manufacturing first
In an auto manufacturing first, Tesla has started building Model Y bodies with two giant single casting pieces for the front and back of the electric SUV. More…
Audi Q4 e-tron PoV Drive
Join us as we drive the Q4 e-tron. More…
