According to industry insiders, BYD has started supplying LFP cells to Tesla, specifically to the plant in Grünheide, Germany. The first batch of Tesla Model Ys equipped with BYD’s ‘Blade’ batteries are expected to roll off the assembly line at Giga Berlin in a month at the earliest. For the time being, Tesla has no […] More…
Avtovaz to produce an electric Lada
The Russian Lada manufacturer Avtovaz is planning its first electric model – but don’t expect to see the electric Lada before 2024. That is at the earliest, if at all: after the sanctions imposed on Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine and the withdrawal of Renault, Avtovaz is having great difficulty keeping car production […] More…
Autocraft battery re-manufacturing
With 40 years of experience re-manufacturing internal combustion engines and transmissions for automotive OEMs, Autocraft Solutions Group has turned its attention to EVs in recent years and has developed both fixed and mobile battery re-manufacturing systems to meet a growing need, as CTO Simon Warburton explains to Peter Donaldson. That need is to match battery […] More…
Rivian, Lucid Tell Reservation Holders To Sign Binding Agreements
In doing so before the Inflation Reduction Act is passed, customers can remain eligible for the current $7,500 tax credit.More…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 10, 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 new energy products coming this year
In an internal meeting, Tesla teased new and updated energy products coming later this year along with a better customer front-end for solar installations. More…
Hyundai selects BorgWarner’s iDM to power new EV model
Hyundai Motor Company has announced it will be using BorgWarner’s integrated drive module (iDM) for a new small electric (EV) model.. More…
Report: BYD Reportedly Already Supplies Tesla With Blade Batteries
According to the unofficial info, Tesla will soon produce BYD-powered Model Ys in Germany.More…
California sets the largest offshore wind goal of any state in the US
The California Energy Commission (CEC) today set a goal to deploy 25 gigawatts (GW) of offshore floating wind power generation by 2045 after adopting a report that establishes offshore wind goals. More…
Watch 2023 BMW i7 Sway Its Way Around The Nurburgring
This big electric boat weighs 2,715 kg, or just shy of 6,000 pounds, has 536 horsepower and comfort-oriented suspension.More…
If you want an EV, buy this week – Rivian, Fisker and others rush to lock in EV tax credits before changes
Rivian, Fisker, and other EV makers are offering binding purchase agreements to reservation holders after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act with big EV tax credit changes. The availability of tax credits could change within the span of the next week if the House passes the bill and President Biden signs it quickly as is expected. More…
GM’s CFO says the automaker is hitting an inflection point, scaling EV production
At the 2022 JP Morgan Auto Conference yesterday, General Motors (GM) EVP and CFO Paul Jacobson talked about scaling EV production and said the company is hitting an inflection point. More…
Ralph Nader calls for NHTSA to order removal of Tesla Full Self-Driving
Consumer advocate and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader is calling on federal regulators to remove the Tesla “Full Self-Driving” driver-assist system from all vehicles. In a statement Wednesday Nader, whose 1962 book “Unsafe at Any Speed” laid the groundwork for automotive safety regulations in the United States, called Tesla’s deployment… More…
Great Wall Taps Emil Frey To Distribute Ora, Wey EVs In Germany
Europe’s largest dealer will distribute the Ora Funky Cat EV and Wey Coffee 01 PHEV in Germany from Q4 2022; other markets to follow.More…
Cannondale Releases Treadwell Neo 2 Electric Urban Bicycle
Cannondale looks to lower the barriers to entry to the e-bike world.More…
Tesla’s German Factory Moving To Two Shifts, Ramping Up
Tesla is ramping up its factories across the globe, upgrading assembly lines, adding shifts, and cranking out EVs.More…
Tesla In Talks With Ontario Government For Canada Gigafactory
This is based on documents that the manufacturer filed stating its interest to build an “advanced manufacturing facility.”More…
Mobile EV charging company, SparkCharge, welcomes President Biden at CHIPS and Science Act signing
SparkCharge, the world’s first mobile EV charging company, welcomed President Biden at the Chips and Science Act signing Ceremony yesterday. More…
Renault’s Megane E-Tech is now France’s most popular EV with a 100K/year run rate
Renault is shining a light on its brand-new all-electric compact Megane E-Tech, which boasted the best EV sales in France last month, with 25,000 vehicles sold in the last three months. That tallies up to a 100K/year run rate – could it outrun Telsa’s Model 3 this year. More…
Tesla self-driving smear campaign releases ‘test’ that fails to realize FSD never engaged
A Tesla Full Self-Driving smear campaign started by a California billionaire running for Senate has a new attack ad based on a FSD Beta “test,” where they failed to realize they never engaged FSD Beta during the test. More…
