Audi has started production of the Q8 e-tron at the Brussels plant. Presented in November, the electric SUV is the revised and renamed new edition of the Audi e-tron, of which around 160,000 units have been delivered since 2018. But the Q8 e-tron will not remain the only electric Audi from Brussels. Regarding the Q8 […] More…
Tesla is on the verge of announcing a factory in Mexico, report says
Tesla has reportedly acquired land in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and it is on the verge of announcing a plan to build a factory on it. More…
US Department Of Energy Finalizes $2.5 Billion Loan To Ultium Cells
The money will be used to help the GM-LG joint venture pay for three new battery cell manufacturing facilities in the United States. More…
Audi Q8 E-Tron And Q8 E-Tron Sportback Enter Production In Brussels
The plant in Belgium’s capital city will also build the Audi Q4 e-tron from the second half of 2023. More…
Cloud twin helps to extend EV range
NXP has connected a battery management system (BMS) through its cloud computing gateway to create a digital twin of a vehicle battery (writes Nick Flaherty). This enables machine learning on the data in the digital twin models in the cloud to improve the battery range by as much as 12%, as well as improving the […] More…
Elon Musk sells yet another $3.6 billion in TSLA stock to fund twitter disaster
Elon Musk has sold another tranche of Tesla shares, this time worth $3.6 billion, amidst ongoing chaos related to his twitter takeover. The sale was announced in a Form 4 filing with the SEC on Wednesday night. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 14, 2022
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…
Tesla drops the price on its already cheap home charging station
Tesla drops the price on its already cheap home charging station for electric vehicles as it tries to make its connector the new standard for North America. More…
Check out these new plug-and-play foldable rooftop solar panels
German manufacturer Kopp has launched a foldable, four-panel solar rooftop system that comes with everything it needs for installation in reusable transport boxes. More…
Hyundai Motor Sold Almost 25,000 Plug-In Cars In November 2022
It’s another monthly record and the Hyundai Ioniq 6 is just ramping up. More…
Europe’s largest bank vows to stop funding new oil projects globally
London-based HSBC, the largest bank in Europe and the 8th largest bank in the world, has announced that it will stop funding any new oil and gas developments globally. More…
2023 Kia EV6 Becomes An IIHS Top Safety Pick+
The latest model-year EV6 was awarded the maximum possible rating in every category measured. More…
EPA Report: Tesla Had Lowest Emissions, Highest Fuel Economy In 2021
This may come as no surprise since Tesla only produces EVs, but imagine if all automakers quickly followed suit. More…
Volt Introduces Second Generation Infinity Electric Bike
It features a Shimano Steps e-bike system and Alfine automatic gearbox. More…
Tesla launches wildly overpriced solid-state drive for video games and Sentry Mode
Tesla is launching a new wildly overpriced solid-state hard drive to hold video games and Sentry Mode videos. More…
Toyota Hilux Revo BEV Concept Likely Previews Electric Pickup
The single cab electric truck looks very much production ready, but Toyota did not reveal a launch date. More…
Bosch urges US to adopt stricter e-bike regulations that helped it dominate European market
Compared to Europe’s strictly regulated electric bicycle market, the US has fewer restrictions on e-bikes. Bosch, one of the leading electric bicycle drive system manufacturers in Europe, hopes to see that change through the implementation of tighter safety regulations. More…
Deliveries of the Hycan A06 start in China
The Chinese electric car brand Hycan is starting deliveries of its first electric coupe model the Hycan A06 on the Chinese market. Deliveries are now kicking off in Guangzhou and Hangzhou. The Hycan brand released its first model, an all-electric mid-sized SUV called Hycan 007 in April 2020. Although the brand was started in a […] More…
Redwood Materials announces South Carolina as home to next US battery campus
Battery recycling specialist Redwood Materials has announced its next expansion in the US, which includes a new battery materials campus in Charleston, South Carolina. As Redwood’s Easternmost facility in the US, it joins the “Battery Belt” corridor growing between Michigan and Georgia. More…
Solithor sets up solid-state battery centre in Belgium
Battery developer Solithor wants to locate its European competence centre for solid-state batteries in Belgium. For this purpose, the company has signed a ten-year contract with Punch Powertrain to gain access to a 3,000m² factory site in Sint-Truiden. Before the end of next year, Solithor – in its own spelling SOLiTHOR to emphasise both the […] More…
