Toyota is offering some owners of its BZ4X electric crossover a whole range of potential remedies, including buybacks, in response to an ongoing wheel recall. Although it doesn’t yet have a solution to the issue. Complete buybacks were mentioned as a possibility in a letter recently mailed to U.S. BZ4X customers and posted on the Toyota BZ Forum… More…
Tesla Optimus Humanoid Robot Teased During Shareholder Meeting
The automaker says a fully-functional Tesla bot prototype will be shown on September 30.More…
Alpitronic’s hyperchargers pass Plug&Charge audit
Alpitronic’s HYC150 (150 kW) and HYC300 (300 kW) Hyperchargers have successfully passed Hubject’s audit for Plug&Charge and are now fully certified. This means that more than 10,000 already installed Hyperchargers can be retrofitted by the end of 2022. The start was made by a joint project of Aral Pulse, Alpitronic, has-to-be, DCS and Hubject: September […] More…
Tesla (TSLA) announces it produced its 3 millionth electric car
Tesla has announced that it has recently produced its 3 millionth electric car since its inception back in 2004 (though production only started in 2008). More…
Nikola delivered 48 electric trucks over Q2
The American electric truck builder Nikola Motor built 50 units of the Tre BEV truck in the second quarter and delivered 48 of them to its dealers. The production rate is to be increased significantly by the end of the year. However, series production of the Nikola Tre BEV only started at the end of […] More…
e.battery systems to manufacture EV batteries in India
The Austrian battery specialist e.battery systems and the Indian company Amara Raja Batteries have started the joint development of a liquid-cooled battery for two- and three-wheeled electric vehicles in India. Production is scheduled to start in a year. The battery, which features immersion cooling and rapid charging, will be designed specifically for the fast-growing Indian […] More…
Tesla Shareholders Vote In Favor Of 3-For-1 Stock Split
Based on the August 4 closing price of $925, Tesla’s new share price would be around $308. More…
Sakuu opens engineering facility in the USA
Sakuu, a California-based developer of 3D-printed solid-state batteries, has opened a new engineering centre in Silicon Valley. This multi-million dollar expansion follows the recent opening of Sakuu’s battery pilot line. Announced last year, this pilot line is now producing its first batteries for customers. The new facility is said to allow Sakuu to scale its […] More…
Arrival pauses bus & car development to focus on vans
According to insiders, the British electric vehicle start-up Arrival has put its bus and car project on hold. According to the report, Arrival wants to concentrate fully on the launch of its electric transporter for the time being in order to generate revenue. This was reported by the Financial Times, citing three people familiar with […] More…
Arrival pauses bus & car development to focus on transporters
According to insiders, the British electric vehicle start-up Arrival has put its bus and car project on hold. According to the report, Arrival wants to concentrate fully on the launch of its electric transporter for the time being in order to generate revenue. This was reported by the Financial Times, citing three people familiar with […] More…
Volkswagen America announces prices for the 2023 ID.4
Volkswagen of America announced that pricing for the 2023 ID.4 electric compact SUV will start at an MSRP of $37,495. The electric SUV will be released in three trim levels, with the vehicles expected to reach dealers in autumn. Now assembled in Chattanooga, the ID.4 is offered in three trim levels – ‘Standard’/’Pro’, ‘S’, and […] More…
Tesla Cybertruck Prices And Specs Will Change, Elon Musk Admits
Tesla CEO says a lot has changed since the Cybertruck’s 2019 unveiling, “so the specs and the pricing will be different.”More…
Tesla is planning another factory in the USA
Elon Musk announced at the Tesla AGM that the company might announce the location for another factory in North America before the end of the year. In addition, as expected, the AGM approved another three-to-one stock split. At the end of March, Tesla had already announced that it was planning another stock split after the […] More…
Synergies in testing via the interaction of high-voltage measurement technology and NVH
The increasing complexity of products and components as well as rising demands on testing require new approaches, especially in the field of electromobility. It is necessary to place distributed, high-voltage safe and compact measurement technology for mobile use, or permanently installed in the test bench, with powerful data acquisition and analysis software directly at the […] More…
Elon Musk Suggests Tesla’s Next Gigafactory Might Be In Canada
This is the second time Canada is mentioned as a potential location for the next Gigafactory; official announcement to come this year.More…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 4, 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 teases Optimus humanoid robot prototype with new image
Tesla has teased its Optimus humanoid robot prototype with a new image ahead of a full unveiling planned for September 30th. More…
Elon Musk teases new Tesla factory in Canada
Elon Musk has teased the announcement of a new Tesla factory location by the end of this year. The CEO hinted strongly that it could be in Canada. More…
Lordstown Q2 2022 earnings highlights, Endurance EV update
Electric vehicle maker Lordstown Motors released its Q2 2022 earnings report today, and despite not delivering an EV yet, the company posted its first operating profit.. More…
Is MINI Considering Canoo As Urbanaut MPV Maker And Platform Donor?
Canoo has two things MINI needs for the Urbanaut: a skateboard platform developed for electric vans and available production capacity.More…
