One plaintiff alleged that Tesla Autopilot caused a Model 3 to veer off a highway and crash into a tree. More…
Tesla Gears Up for Autopilot Safety Lawsuits After Fatal Crashes
Watch the Porsche Taycan GTS in an electric performance race between Germany vs China
Does Porsche still own the performance crown in the new electric era Or do the new Chinese EVs take the title? Check out the epic race in a battle of international heavyweights – Germany vs. China. More…
Elon Musk reassures Tesla HW3 owners, but bums out HW4 owners
Elon Musk has made a new statement about Full Self-Driving software that reassured owners of Tesla vehicles with HW3, but it is going bum out owners of more recent Tesla vehicles with HW4. More…
XPeng Buys DiDi’s Smart EV Project To Build $20,000 Electric Car
The all-stock deal will see DiDi become a strategic shareholder of XPeng with a stake of up to 5.2 percent worth $744 million. More…
Mercedes-Benz To Open Its First Charging Hubs In October
2,000 high-power charging points will be installed by the end of 2024 and 10,000 by 2030. More…
EVs Are More Expensive To Repair In Collisions, Study Finds
While EVs are more costly to fix in the event of a collision, they are more likely to remain drivable. More…
Hyundai thinks it has the answer to Tesla’s Supercharger network
To rival Tesla’s proliferating Supercharger network, Hyundai Motor Group is developing its own ultra-fast EV chargers. More…
Tesla is fighting the auto industry over fuel economy standards
Tesla is fighting the rest of the auto industry in the US over respecting the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements set back in 2016 More…
Kia EV6 review – This electric car is out of this world [Video]
Among the legacy car makers, there are surely no brands whose stock has risen as sharply, amid the transition to EV, as Korean sister companies Kia and Hyundai More…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is confident the chip shortage will be solved short term
Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed that he is confident the chip shortage is going to be solved in the short term, despite many disagreeing More…
Harley-Davidson’s eye-catching vintage electric bicycles nearly sell out in one week
Harley-Davidson’s electric bicycle brand Serial 1 launched a limited edition e-bike known as the MOSH/TRIBUTE that has seen surprisingly fast sales despite its high sticker price More…
Ford announces giant new electric pickup truck factory plus 3 new battery gigafactories
Ford made a massive new announcement today about accelerating electric vehicle production with a giant new factory to produce electric pickup trucks in Tennessee and 3 new battery gigafactories More…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 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…
EGEB: GM backs the EPA’s emissions reduction goals
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB) More…
Tesla is being sued by police officers injured after drunk Model X driver crashed into them on Autopilot
Tesla is named as a defendant in a lawsuit by five police officers who suffered injuries after a Model X on Autopilot crashed into them during a traffic stop More…
Tesla (TSLA) jumps on strong deliveries; market adjusts to new reality
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) jumped by as much as 4% this morning – adding billions of dollars to its market capitalization. More…
People are not betting against Tesla (TSLA) anymore, short interest at all-time low
Tesla (TSLA) was once the most shorted stock in the NASDAQ as people were heavily betting against the electric automaker, but now it looks like most of them have given up as the short interest on Tesla hits an all-time low. More…
UK pledges to source 100% of its electricity from clean energy – including nuclear – by 2035
British prime minister Boris Johnson will officially announce this week at the Conservative Party’s annual conference in Manchester that all of the UK’s electricity will be sourced from clean energy by 2035, according to the Times. But not everyone is happy that nuclear will be included in the mix. More…
Electric bicycle sales are growing16x 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…
‘Nest Renew’ lets Google thermostats use more clean energy as ‘Premium’ tier unlocks renewable energy credits
As part of a company-wide effort to let users make “more sustainable choices,” Google is introducing “Nest Renew.” This service lets Nest Thermostat owners prioritize clean energy when heating and cooling. More…
