The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has approved a contract for the purchase of ten fuel-cell electric buses, made by New Flyer of America. The purchase of the fuel cell buses is also designed to allow SEPTA to evaluate the technology as the Authority develops plans for a zero-emission bus fleet. The contract includes the […] More…
Tesla teases a new wireless home charging station
Tesla has teased what appears to be a new wireless home charging station as part of its charging presentation during its Investor Day. More…
Deadly Tesla crash was just pedal confusion, despite social media rumors
A deadly Tesla crash in China last November, which at the time was subject to swirling social media rumors that blamed it on Autopilot or brake failure or too-powerful electric motors, turns out to have just been another example of pedal confusion. More…
Tesla Cybertruck Pre-Production Beta Prototype Reveals Many Updates
The prototype was on display at Tesla’s Investor Day, and guests were allowed to take photos and videos of its exterior and interior. More…
EV sales pick up again in Norway over February
After an extremely weak January, electric car registrations in Norway have returned to their usual level: 6,183 new electric cars were registered there in January. By far the best-selling model was the Tesla Model Y. After the upward outlier in December 2022, the downward outlier occurred in January 2023, as reported: Just 1,237 new electric […] More…
Jet H2 Energy to build ten H2 refuelling stations by 2024
Jet H2 Energy plans to build its first ten hydrogen refuelling stations in Germany and Denmark. These will supply cars as well as light and heavy commercial vehicles and buses with gaseous green hydrogen – at 350 and 700 bar. The ten stations now announced are the company’s first. As reported, Jet H2 Energy plans […] More…
Daimler Buses focuses Mannheim plant on e-city buses
Daimler Buses is turning its plant in Mannheim, Germany, into a centre of competence for e-city buses. From 2024, the plant will focus entirely on producing electrically powered city buses and become more involved in component production. According to a company statement, it is part of an agreement reached by the company’s management with the […] More…
Europe: The end of the end of combustion engines?
The decision to phase out new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with internal combustion engines in the EU from 2035 seemed to be a done deal. But now, Germany could overturn it. Other EU countries also revised their acceptance of the agreement, making its future unclear. Germany’s Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) has revoked […] More…
Taylor and Rocsys partner up on autonomous container charging
Taylor Machine Works, which design and manufactures zero-emissions container handlers, has announced a partnership with Rocsys to offer robotic chargers for the second-generation Taylor ZLC electric container handler. Autonomous charging of electric vehicles provides the charging at scale around the clock without the need for human interaction at the vehicle. It also enables dependable and […] More…
AutoFlight completes world’s longest eVTOL flight with latest generation ‘Prosperity I’ aircraft
eVTOL developer AutoFlight has shared its latest milestone en route to seeking certification for its four passenger air taxi by 2025. Today, the company shared that the Gen4 design of its “Prosperity I” aircraft has successfully completed the world’s longest eVTOL flight.. More…
Tesla announces new factory in Mexico and gives production strategy outlook
Mexico will soon be home to a new Tesla Gigafactory. The carmaker confirmed that it chose the location to build its “our next-gen vehicle” at yesterday’s Investor Day at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas. CEO Elon Musk also gave some details about his Master Plan 3, which focuses on a renewable energy future – but much […] More…
We Charge A Ford F-150 Lightning With Tesla’s Magic Dock
Overall a great experience with one major exception. More…
Tesla announces unlimited overnight charging for $30 per month
Tesla announced that it will soon launch a new plan for unlimited overnight charging for $30 per month as part of its ‘Tesla Electric’ energy retailing business. More…
Tesla says it could have bidirectional charging in two years, but will it?
Tesla vehicles will be capable of bidirectional charging within the next two years, according to comments from Tesla VP Drew Baglino at today’s Investor Day event. More…
New SONDORS Metacycle ‘credit’ drops the electric motorcycle’s price to just $4,000
If your main gripe against electric motorcycles has been “they’re just too expensive,” well then you’re going to need to start looking for another excuse. That’s because a new credit offered by SONDORS will reduce the effective price of the company’s Metacycle electric motorcycle to just $4,000. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 1, 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…
Tesla does the math to transition the world to sustainable energy
Tesla has done the math to understand what it takes to transition the world to sustainable energy and released it during its Investor Day. More…
Tesla officially announces Gigafactory Mexico to build next-gen electric vehicle
Tesla has officially announced ‘Gigafactory Mexico’ to build its next-gen vehicle platform to support new models. More…
Kia teases exterior of upcoming EV9 SUV ahead of world premiere this month [Videos]
As a little appetizer to its world premiere later this month, Kia has just posted two short teaser videos offering a brief but exciting glimpse at its upcoming EV9 – an all-electric SUV with a third row and the the makings of an EV able to compete with the premium Rivian R1S, likely at a lower price too. You can check out both videos below. More…
Tesla is going (back) to EV motors with no rare earth elements
Tesla will create a permanent magnet electric vehicle motor with zero rare earth elements in it, the company announced at its Investor Day today. More…
