HeyBike has built a name for itself over the last year or two with a growing number of low-cost electric bikes. And while the brand can’t hope to compete on reputation with the US market’s major players, it sure can compete on price. Meet the electric bike. More…
Top 10 EV Models By Battery Capacity Deployed: October 2022
Production of the top EV models consumes a few GWh of new batteries monthly. More…
Tesla Cybertruck Production Line Robots Delivered To Giga Texas
Tesla is getting ready to put the Cybertruck into production. More…
Air One eVTOL Successfully Makes First Full Transition Flight, Gets Ready For Production
It’s a big step for the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. More…
Tesla Model 3 Tops Model Y As Germany’s Top-Selling EV In November
Tesla sold 6,811 Model 3 units in Germany in November, compared to 3,687 Model Y units sold during the same month. More…
Bike Maker Sixthreezero Presents The EVRYjourney Three-Passenger E-Trike
Seating for two kids and a 750W motor are what this nifty three-wheeler provides. More…
Is Tesla going to make a Cybertruck SUV?
As Tesla prepares to bring the Cybertruck electric pickup truck to production, we explore the potential for the automaker to make a Cybertruck SUV with a third row and up to nine seats. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 powers remote reindeer farm (V2L)
It is Ho-Ho-Ho for Hyundai (and the beginning of our holiday season) today as the Korean company took the Ioniq 5 high up north, near the alleged home of Santa Claus, to help him power his sledge. That is not exactly what they said, but certainly, the spirit. To put it into news terms, the […] More…
US companies are producing heat pumps that work below -20F
Heating and cooling equipment multinational Johnson Controls has developed an air source heat pump prototype that can operate in temperatures below -20F (-29C) as part of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 26, 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 Model 3 Hearse Revealed By Dutch Limo Maker
Electric hearses are becoming increasingly popular. More…
Winemaker goes from high energy bill to added profit using his Nissan LEAF’s solar energy storage capabilities
Facing rising electricity costs that climbed to around $6,000 a year, one winemaker decided he had had enough. Joseph Evans first installed a solar energy system to power his entire property while the sun was out. However, he wanted to take it a step further. So, he started using his Nissan LEAF with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities to store energy during the day to power the property at night — which reduces cost and even adds an extra profit stream since he can sell the excess back to the grid. More…
EV Battery Market: LFP Chemistry Reached 31% Share In September
The NCM battery chemistry remains the most popular. More…
Get Your E-Bike Ready For Snow With FasterBikes’ S-Trax Snowbike Kit
It’s compatible with both electric and non-electric bicycles. More…
Tesla owner goes viral after his car would not charge in the cold
A Tesla owner’s video went viral after he couldn’t get his Model S to charge at a Supercharger station in the cold. More…
Tesla 4680-Type Battery Cell Production Nears 1 Million/Week
It’s already enough for more than a thousand Tesla Model Y cars per week. More…
Nio unveils ES8 and EC7 coupe SUV, an e-tron rival with market-leading aerodynamics
During Nio day 2022, the Chinese EV marker revealed two flagship SUVs, a refresh of the ES8 and the EC7 coupe SUV, which Nio claims features market-leading aerodynamics, a possible Audi e-tron rival. More…
This new three-passenger electric trike replaces a car for hauling kids around town
Bicycle maker Sixthreezero has just unveiled its newest e-bike, which takes the form of a rickshaw-style electric trike that comes with a mouthful of a name: the “EVRY journey Tricycle 750W with Passenger Seat.” The overloaded name underscores the heavy-hauling ability of the new e-trike, which is designed with a rear bench to carry two passengers in addition to the main rider. More…
Estimated Tesla Order Backlog Decreased To Just 163,000 As Of Dec 8
That’s down 27,000 in just one week. More…
Audi plans to make EVs at all its global factories before 2030
Audi will build EVs at all of its global plants before 2030 ahead of a planned phase-out of internal-combustion models, the automaker said Thursday in a press release. The automaker will introduce only all-electric models globally beginning in 2026, and aims to phase out production of internal-combustion vehicles by 2033, but prior to that EVs and… More…
