Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai has managed to produce over 10,000 electric vehicles in April despite the factory being shut down for most of the month. More…
Tesla Recalls 130,000 US Cars For Display Issues While Charging
The infotainment system’s processor could overheat while the car is fast-charging. More…
Tesla: In 2021 Supercharging Uptime Improved To 99.96%
The reliability of the network improved compared to the previous years. More…
Ford F-150 Lightning EPA Range And Efficiency Officially Listed
None of the versions will be able to go 300 miles in the EPA Highway test cycle, but 350 miles in the EPA City cycle is impressive. More…
Engineering Analysis Of Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo 4680 Battery Pack Cutaway
Only 74.1 kWhs? Is this the 279-mile EPA range version? Plus other design changes. More…
Supply Chain Issues May Keep Mercedes-Benz From Meeting Rising EV Demand
Mercedes’ CEO says these issues “have been like an unwanted experiment.” More…
Penske Truck Leasing teams up with Shell
In the USA, Penske Truck Leasing and Shell Recharge Solutions North America have announced a new joint initiative to support light-duty electric vehicle charging at Penske locations. Initially, the project will deploy Level 2 electric truck charging stations with plug-and-charge capabilities, to support Penske’s growing battery-electric truck fleet in California. Further sites will be rolled […] More…
New Flyer electric buses bound for Maryland
In the USA, New Flyer has been awarded a contract from the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) to provide seven battery-electric buses. The contract includes three sixty-foot Xcelsior Charge NG and four forty-foot Xcelsior Charge NG buses. Built on the company’s own platform, New Flyer’s Xcelsior Charge NG battery-electric bus delivers […] More…
Specialized is launching a more affordable electric bicycle line focusing on utility e-bikes
Specialized’s electric bikes are many things: Quality, highly engineered, covering a wide range of riding styles. But one thing they aren’t is low cost – at least, not until now. That’s because Specialized has just announced that it is launching a new and more affordable line of e-bikes known as Globe, which will focus on utility and cargo electric bikes designed as car replacements for city use. More…
Canoo files lawsuit against its second largest shareholder citing suspicious share sales
EV startup Canoo is reportedly using a lawsuit to recoup profits made by DD Global Holdings and lead beneficiary Pak Tam Li, a significant stakeholder in Canoo with ties to China. In the lawsuit, Canoo is accusing DD Global of selling its shares in March while simultaneously doing an equity swap for the same amount of shares with an unknown buyer. More…
Bollinger Signs Roush As Contract Manufacturer For Commercial EVs
Roush Industries will assemble Bollinger’s line of all-electric platforms and chassis cabs for Classes 3 through 6 commercial vehicles. More…
Western Australia starts subsidies + road tax for EVs
The Western Australian government has launched the Clean Energy Car Fund doted with almost $60 million (AUS – almost 40 million euros). This includes rebates for the purchase of battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and charging infrastructure, but also an extra road tax for drivers of these vehicles. The Gowen government will provide […] More…
Mercedes-Benz Vision AMG Concept Teased Before Next Week’s Reveal
Interestingly, this outline teaser for the new electric supercar was shared through the Mercedes design boss’ social Instagram account. More…
2025 BMW electric sedan could split 3-Series, while i5 and i7 preserve ICE form
The first dedicated electric vehicle platform for BMW, called Neue Klasse within the company, won’t arrive until 2025, but it will focus around a size or segment of the market that’s always been very important to the German automaker: the 3-Series. According to BMW CEO Oliver Zipse, in comments made during the company’s… More…
Watch German-Made Tesla Model Y Performance Hit The Nürburgring
This video reportedly marks the first time a made-in-Germany Tesla Model Y Performance has looped the Green Hell. More…
LiPower Mars 1000 portable power station review: An ultra-affordable solar-powered generator
To me, using portable solar generators are like playing life with cheat codes on. I can have my electricity literally anywhere I want it, whenever I want it. If I run out, I can just make more for free (after shelling out for the gear, of course). Having tested the Mars 1000 portable power station from LiPower, I’m happy to see that prices for such cool and useful technology are headed in the right direction, namely down. And with LiPower offering an exclusive discount for Electrek’s readers, a portable power station of this capacity has never before been this affordable. More…
Arrival updates following Q1 report: Bus and Van on track for production in 2022
Following a call overseas today, commercial EV startup Arrival shared its Q1 financial report and offered updates to investors outlining its progress in bringing its electric Bus and Van into full-fledged production in the UK and US.. More…
Airbus combines electric aircraft designs for air mobility initiative
Airbus is combining its two short-range electric aircraft designs – the rotor-based Vahana and the fixed-wing CityAirbus NextGen concept – for a collaboration in Germany (writes Nick Flaherty). “The first is for a long hover times, for example for rescue operations, while the Vahana is for longer flights, for example from Nuremberg to Munich,” says […] More…
Tesla recalls 130,000 vehicles due to CPU overheating, but the fix is again a software update
Tesla issued a new recall affecting almost 130,000 2021 and 2022 vehicles over a problem regarding the CPU of the center screen’s computer overheating. More…
Tesla Owner Apologizes After Admitting To Lying About Brake Failure
Tesla is going after owners in China who put together a misinformation campaign about its vehicles’ brakes. More…
