The American electric truck manufacturer Nikola Motor is threatened with exclusion from the US stock exchange Nasdaq. Because the share price was below one US dollar per share for 30 consecutive days, Nikola no longer complies with Nasdaq regulations. The company has been granted a grace period until 20 November 2023 to comply with the […] More…
Data leaked on errors in Tesla’s Autopilot functions
A data leak suggests that Tesla has bigger technical problems with its Autopilot driver assistance system than previously thought. Insiders leaked 100 gigabytes of data to the German publication Handelsblatt, which are said to originate from Tesla’s IT system. Informants leaked over 23,000 files to the German paper, where a team of 13 journalists worked […] More…
Ford Lightning Pickup To Help Maintain And Operate Nearly 15,000 Wind Turbines In The US
More than 300 electric trucks will enter the fleet of Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine maker. More…
Ford & Tesla enable Ford drivers access to Superchargers
A surprising cooperation is to begin in North America: Ford will install Tesla’s charging port in its new electric vehicles from 2025 onwards. In the interim, Ford vehicles with CCS ports will be able to use Tesla Superchargers by means of adapters. Yesterday, on Twitter Spaces, Ford CEO Jim Farley announced the cooperation in a […] More…
Hyundai and LG are going to build a $4.3B EV battery plant in the US
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) just announced that they will build a $4.3 billion EV battery plant in the state of Georgia. More…
Blue Bird opens electric school bus factory to build 5,000 buses per year
Blue Bird has opened a new “Electric Vehicle Build-Up Center” on the grounds of its main manufacturing plant in Fort Valley, Georgia. The 40,000 square foot facility will help the company reach production of 5,000 electric school buses per year. More…
Rivian starts production on cheaper dual-motor R1T, deliveries in June
The first customer dual-motor R1T, with Rivian’s in-house designed Enduro drive unit, rolled off the production line at the company’s factory in Normal, IL, today. More…
Ford adopts Tesla charge port for future EVs, Supercharger access soon
Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk together on Thursday announced that Ford is planning to shift to Tesla’s charging interface—and the superior fast-charging experience of Tesla Superchargers—starting with its next-generation EVs in 2025. Those next-generation models will have the familiar Tesla port, called North… More…
Future Ford EVs Will Be Equipped With Tesla Charging Port
Starting next year, Ford EV buyers will get to use Tesla’s 12,000-plus Supercharger in the US and Canada. More…
Ford will add Tesla plug to its electric vehicles in surprising move
Tesla and Ford announced a partnership to onboard the latter’s electric vehicles on the former’s Supercharger network. Ford will add the Tesla plug, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), to its own electric vehicles. More…
US wind and solar combined produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023
US wind and solar together produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023, according to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). More…
Mercedes-Benz is installing a 100 MW wind farm on its test track
Mercedes-Benz has hired a contractor to install a 20-turbine wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, Germany. More…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk discusses EV future with Ford CEO Jim Farley
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is going to discuss the future of electric vehicles with Ford CEO Jim Farley on a Twitter Spaces. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 25, 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…
Boutique Mobility: Ponomarets Introduces The Series 1 Electric Bicycle
Built to exacting standards, this carbon e-bike incorporates technology from the worlds of aviation and supercars. More…
See Aspark Owl EV Set Two New Speed Records At Almost 200 MPH
The fully electric Japanese hypercar had the fastest-ever recorded average speed for an EV over the eighth and quarter mile. More…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta Finally Launched In Europe And Oz
The vision and AI-based advanced driver-assist system is reportedly only available to a few beta testers for now. More…
This Is The Best Look Yet At The Tesla Cybertruck’s Interior
The photos posted on the Cybertruck Owners Club appear taken at Tesla’s Annual Shareholder Event earlier this month. More…
Tesla Model Y Was The World’s Best-Selling Car In Q1 2023
According to JATO data compiled for Motor1, the Model Y was the first electric car to lead global sales for a period. More…
VinFast recalls entire first batch of VF8 models sent to the US
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast issued a voluntary recall for the entire first batch of 999 VF8 electric SUVs sent to the US over a software issue that poses safety risks. More…
