Lime has launched 1,000 electric scooters in New York City to kick off the Department of Transportation’s East Bronx scooter-sharing pilot. New York will become just the second city in the United States to launch Lime’s latest generation scooter, the Gen4. Lime says it designed the new kick scooter in-house with a view to longer […] More…
Tesla Plaid Helps Shmee Break Personal 1/4 Mile Record, Amazes Him
UK car vlogger is genuinely impressed with the performance and all-round capability of the Tesla Model S Plaid. More…
Mercedes eCitan to release in 2022
Mercedes-Benz has presented the new Citan and its electric offshoot eCitan. The Citan will be the last new Mercedes van with a combustion engine. At the market launch in September, the combustion engines are still alone, because the eCitan will not be launched until the second half of 2022. At the premiere at the Caravan […] More…
Connected Kerb expands to South London
Connected Kerb is working with the London borough of Lambeth in the South of the British capital. The partners want to install 22 EV chargers across eleven council estates for drivers who do not have access to off-street parking. Both Lambeth Council and Connected Kerb emphasise the approach to bring EV charging to underserved or […] More…
Next.e.Go Mobile raises €78 million in financing
The Aachen-based electric car manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has closed a Series C financing round amounting to the equivalent of a good 48 million euros. This means that the company has raised a total of 78 million euros from investors within a few months. According to e.GO’s parent company ND Industrial Investments, both existing and new […] More…
Tesla Starts Deliveries Of Model Y Standard Range In China
When is it coming to Europe and will it return to the U.S.? More…
StoreDot files patent for fast charging ‘booster’ function
Israeli battery developer StoreDot announces it has filed a patent for technology to help electric cars charge faster. The solution, which the company says it will make available as an open-source license, includes hardware and software enhancements that create a “booster” function. StoreDot claims this will allow the battery to analyze charging station performance in […] More…
Choose your staff wisely
Boris Johnson’s appointed climate spokesperson Allegra Stratton just went on record saying, “diesel car suits me better than electric”, first citing range anxiety and then her mood. “I just don’t fancy it just yet,” she said of making the transition. The spokesperson’s reasoning is that “They’re all journeys that I think would be at least […] More…
Lucid Air First Drive Confirms It As An Absolute Threat To Tesla
MotorTrend finds 933-hp Air Dream Edition R shockingly fast, very luxurious, and a cure for range anxiety. More…
Tesla releases new version of its mobile app with UI refresh and tons of new features
Tesla is releasing today version 4 of its mobile app and it has a significant user interface refresh as well as a ton of new features More…
Tesla now aims for Full Self-Driving Beta public release in ‘~4 weeks’
Elon Musk is now saying that Tesla is aiming for the wider public release of its Full Self-Driving Beta in about 4 weeks More…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 25, 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…
MIC Tesla Model Y Scores High In Bjorn’s Banana Box Test
Let’s take a look at the newly delivered Tesla Model Y in Norway and the first test. More…
Münich IAA Mobility 2021: Electric Cars Take Center Stage
Debuts include the BMW iX3 facelift, VW ID.5 GTX, Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV, Microlino and more. More…
Porsche launches 2022 Taycan electric car with faster charging, Android Auto, and pretty pink color
Porsche is launching the new 2022 Taycan electric car, and it includes several improvements, including faster charging, Android Auto, and most importantly – a new pretty pink paint color More…
Sion Power To Introduce Licerion-EV Cell At Battery Show NA
It’s rated at over 400 Wh/kg and 810 Wh/L. Should last 800+ cycles. More…
Alpha Wolf Debuts At Petersen Museum, In Production From Q4 2023
Alpha Motor Corporation finally has a real-life electric truck concept, but production is still a long way off. More…
The SparkCharge Roadie Rescues Another Dead Tesla Model 3
The Roadie saves the day again. More…
World’s biggest container liner first to order large carbon-neutral vessels
Danish shipping giant Maersk has ordered eight new vessels that can run both on traditional bunker fuel and carbon-neutral methanol. The ships will be able to sail between China and Europe and across the Pacific More…
Electric AUV maker dramatically speeds seafloor mapping required for wind turbine construction
With the Biden administration sounding serious about weening the US off fossil fuel consumption, the rapid development of sustainable energy production is becoming a major industrial challenge – and giant business opportunity. One Richmond, California-based company is looking to embrace both of those with a fully electric autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that can radically speed seafloor mapping necessary to construct offshore wind turbines More…
