Chinese carmaker Changan has unveiled a new brand of electric and hybrid cars called Qiyuan. Qiyuan is expected to achieve annual sales of 1.5 million vehicles by 2030 and launch ten products by 2025. Changan officially unveiled the new brand this weekend. The Qiyuan range is to include the ‘A’, ‘Q’ and ‘E0’ series. In […] More…
Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) now covers the whole of London
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) has been expanded to include all London’s boroughs today. Driving a non-compliant vehicle anywhere in the zone will incur a charge of 12.50 pounds per day. But, Mayor Sadiq Khan’s clean air plan is not without opposition. As for the rules, drivers of vehicles below Euro 4 (petrol) or […] More…
Scout appoints new head of production
Jan Spies will become head of production for Volkswagen’s new US electric car brand Scout. Spies will serve as Chief Production Officer of Scout Motors from the beginning of 2024 and in this role will oversee the production of the new Volkswagen brand’s electric pickup truck and SUV. Spies has plenty of VW and US […] More…
Tesla Reportedly Enables FSD Beta In HW4 Cars, Elon Musk Says It’s 6 Months Behind HW3
Previously, cars with the Hardware 4 driving assistance computer had unusable cruise control and Autopilot. More…
VinFast Is Now The World’s Third-Most Valuable Automaker
It’s behind only Tesla and Toyota, despite selling just 151 vehicles in the US in the first half of the year. More…
Fast Charging Vs. Slow Charging: Study Reveals Difference In Range Degradation
Recurrent Auto analyzed the data from over 12,500 Tesla vehicles in the United States. More…
Juiced unveils new Scorpion X2 electric moped, slashes prices
San Diego-based e-bike company Juiced is preparing to launch its latest electric bike, the Juiced Scorpion X2. This will mark a triumphant return for the popular electric moped-style bike. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 28, 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…
Watch Tesla Cybertruck Tackle Dirt Road, Use Gigantic Wiper
New drone video shot at Gigafactory Texas also shows the Cybertruck driving by a previous-generation Ford F-150. More…
Despite headwinds, offshore wind will see ‘massive’ growth to 2032 – report
In a sign of things to come, the global offshore wind industry brought 8.8 GW of clean energy online in 2022, its second-best year ever, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). More…
Hyundai Motor Group’s Subsidiary Will Produce Fast Chargers In-House
The first 350-kilowatt DC fast chargers will be launched this year. More…
Tesla Gears Up for Autopilot Safety Lawsuits After Fatal Crashes
One plaintiff alleged that Tesla Autopilot caused a Model 3 to veer off a highway and crash into a tree. More…
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…
