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GOAT BOAT! Tom Brady adds even more star power to the E1 electric race boat series
Seven Super Bowl rings, five Super Bowl MVPs, and countless accolades in between – Tom Brady is considered by many football fans as the GOAT (greatest of all time), but has since retired… then came back to the NFL… then retired again. Brady may have hung up his football cleats, but he’s now taking that competitive edge into new ventures – the latest as a team owner of the UIM E1 World Championship electric boat racing league. More…
Hungary invests to expand government vehicle fleet
The Hungarian government has put out a tender for the procurement of 18,500 vehicles, including 3,500 electric vehicles. The acquisition is planned to cost around €508 million, and the tender will remain open until mid-August. As mentioned above, the 48-month framework contract put out to tender includes three lots for the purchase of a total […] More…
Skoda builds electric trolleybuses for Pardubice and Ostrava
The Skoda Group has received orders from two Czech cities for up to 16 trolleybuses. The manufacturer will build ten 12-metre Skoda 32 Tr trolleybuses for Pardubice and four 18-metre Skoda 27 Tr units for Ostrava. The city of Pardubice, with a population of 90,000, is located on the Elbe River. The public transport operator […] More…
This $2,000 kit from China will convert a classic VW Beetle to electric
Have an old VW Beetle from the 1960s or 70s laying around and want to convert it into an electric vehicle? It’s easier than you think, and cheaper, too. An electric conversion kit from Alibaba designed specifically for classic VW Beetles can nearly get you rolling for $2,000. More…
Spain: Plug-In Car Sales Reached A New Record In June 2023
Both all-electric and plug-in hybrid car sales increased. More…
CNRS present IBIS battery research results as prototype
After four years of development, a 25-member team consisting of scientists from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), as well as engineers from Stellantis and Saft, and other researchers presented a battery prototype with integrated inverter and charging functions. According to the researchers, this integration of the inverter and charging functions enables a […] More…
Oak Ridge Lab to improve battery dry coating processes
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the US Department of Energy is investigating how the dry coating of electrodes affects the structure of battery materials and their electrochemical properties with industrial partner Navitas Systems. ORNL is also a cooperation partner of Volkswagen. So far, a number of companies and research institutions around the world […] More…
US agencies triple electric car purchases
US government agencies plan to buy 9,500 electric vehicles in 2023 alone. That is nearly three times as many as in 2022. They will spend 770 million dollars on vehicles and charging infrastructure. Citing a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, Reuters reports that 26 agencies with approved plans to purchase electric vehicles estimated they would […] More…
Battery recycler Redwood likely on verge of multi-million funding deal
Battery recycling company Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, is well on its way to raising another 700 million dollars in capital to fund its expansion. This is apparently to finance another recycling plant in Nevada. Talks with investors are well advanced but not yet concluded, reports the Financial Times. The new […] More…
Tesla Cybertruck battery cells get 10% boost in energy density
Tesla still hasn’t revealed its Cybertruck or disclosed an exact timeline for when it will reveal specs and prices. The electric automaker announced that it built one July 15 on Twitter, of course, where Tesla CEO Elon Musk doubles as the social media platform’s executive chairman. On Wednesday, during its quarterly update for investors, the… More…
Elon Musk Says Tesla Would Cut Prices Again In “Turbulent Times”
Tesla’s CEO would do so at the risk of squeezing the company’s own margins. More…
Europe’s cutest electric tiny car grows its territory yet again
Fans of the Microlino, one of the cutest four-wheeled electric vehicles in Europe, will be happy to see that the pint-sized runabout is adding another country to its growing market: France. More…
Cruise Ad Saying Humans Are Terrible Drivers Draws Criticism From Former NHTSA Head
The General Motors-backed autonomous taxi service mentioned that over 40,000 Americans were killed in car crashes last year. More…
Volvo Group delivers 253 per cent more electric trucks
Volvo Group delivered 1,442 electric trucks in the first half of 2023, up from 409 in the same period last year. However, the majority do not bear the Volvo logo. 687 of the 1,442 electric trucks were from the Volvo brand, but 748 units were from Renault Trucks – plus seven from the US brand […] More…
Tesla In Early Discussions With Major OEM To License FSD: Elon Musk
The comment comes after the company’s outspoken CEO said last month that Tesla is happy to license the technology to other automakers. More…
Tesla Provides Cybertruck Updates, New Production Line Images
The Austin-based EV maker claims its first-ever pickup is the only sub-19 feet truck with four doors and a bed over six feet. More…
Tesla Will Allow Owners To Transfer FSD To A New Car, With A Catch
People who paid $15,000 for the optional software pack have been asking for this for a long time. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 19, 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…
Elon Musk confirms Tesla is in ‘early’ talk to license self-driving tech to ‘major’ automaker
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is currently in ‘early’ discussion to license its self-driving technology with a ‘major’ automaker. More…
