France has extended the ‘Benefit-in-Kind’ scheme for electric cars by two years – it now applies until the end of 2024. In addition, electric car drivers pay fewer tolls for using French motorways. The ‘Benefit-in Kind’ tax is more or less equivalent to the imputed income – a tax for employees who receive benefits or […] More…
Motional’s Ioniq 5 Robotaxis Start Offering Uber Rides In Las Vegas
The service has launched with vehicle operators, but Motional and Uber aim to offer fully driverless rides to the public in 2023. More…
McLaren Enters E-Scooter Market With High-Tech Lavoie Series 1
The Lavoie Series 1 makes use of a unique Flowfold mechanism, and is powered by a 500W motor. More…
Jaguar’s new F-Pace PHEV receives tech update
Jaguar has presented the new model year of the F-Pace. The battery of the PHEV variant F-Pace P400e, which can be charged to 80 per cent in 30 minutes with up to 35 kW DC, now has an energy content of 19.2 kWh, which should give it a range of 65 km (40 miles) of […] More…
Review: 2023 Toyota Prius rethinks high-mpg hybrid for stunning style
Throw away what you think you know about the Toyota Prius, the ur-hybrid that was briefly Silicon Valley’s most tech-forward car before it was supplanted by Tesla and other electric cars. The 2023 Toyota Prius, which goes on sale early next year, is a stunner. The sleek, wedge-shaped form wasn’t easy to achieve while preserving the… More…
Mahindra to build BEV factory in Pune
Mahindra has announced an electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra and plans to invest the equivalent of Rs. 1.14 billion for the purpose over a period of seven to eight years. The investment of Rs. 10,000 crore (approx. €1,137,700) will be accompanied by an industrial promotion programme for electric […] More…
Opel boosts the range for the new Mokka Electric
Opel/Vauxhall is now bringing the new electric drive generation from the Astra Electric to the electric Mokka. The small SUV has been renamed from Mokka-e to Mokka Electric and now comes with a range of over 406 kilometres (252 miles) according to WLTP. The drive of the Mokka Electric is an evolution of the previous […] More…
Opel Mokka-e Gains Range And Power, Changes Name To Mokka Electric
The Mokka Electric now features a new 54 kWh battery pack than enables it to cover 252 miles (406 kilometers) on the WLTP cycle. More…
Mercedes has decided on drive production system
On the way to a purely electric vehicle range by the end of the decade, Mercedes-Benz has now made important decisions for drive production. This means that it has been decided in which plants the drive units and battery systems will be assembled. After Mercedes had determined the production order of the vehicle plants for […] More…
Ford Adds Third Shift At F-150 Lightning Plant Amid “Huge Demand”
The automaker added 250 jobs in November for the third shift, bumping the plant’s employment to 750 people. More…
ECE electric Doosan DX165W and DX300LC
Digging deep Rory Jackson provides an in-depth report on how these heavy-duty excavators were converted to electric operation The construction industry is a major focus for many parties intent on fighting pollution and climate change, and with good reason: studies over the past few years estimate that construction contributes just shy of 40% of the […] More…
CAKE and Polestar team up on new electric moped to crush city traffic
Two Swedish EV brands today announced the release of a new electric moped version designed to slice through city traffic and look good while doing it. Electric car maker Polestar and electric motorbike maker CAKE have teamed up to release a new Polestar limited-edition of the CAKE Makka e-moped. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 13, 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…
Elon Musk: ‘I will make sure Tesla (TSLA) shareholders benefit from Twitter long-term’ – but how?
Elon Musk said that he “will make sure Tesla (TSLA) shareholders benefit from Twitter long-term” after they just lost billions of dollars. More…
Tesla launches Steam in its cars with thousands of games
Tesla has launched Steam integration inside its Model S and Model X electric cars with thousands of games now playable. More…
Sweden’s largest solar PPA will sit next to an airport runway
A 90 megawatt (MW) solar farm will be built around the runway of an airport in Sweden, and it will be the largest solar power purchase agreement (PPA) contracted in Sweden to date. More…
Watch Tesla Semi electric truck get tested for durability
Tesla has released a video of the Tesla Semi electric truck getting tested for reliability and durability just as customer deliveries are starting. More…
Lucid Air And Gravity SUV To Be Powered By Panasonic Batteries
The two companies just announced multi-year supply agreements. More…
Here’s how much money you’ll get with the Inflation Reduction Act
The big climate bill – the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – became law in August. It’s features lots of rebates and tax credits that are going to help Americans purchase everything from electric vehicles to high-efficiency electrical appliances to heat pumps. If you’re ready to electrify but you’re not sure what you qualify for, then check out the easy-to-use IRA savings calculator from Rewiring America. More…
Worried about winter range loss? See how over a dozen EVs compare
As more and more consumers seek out new information while they mull the possibility of transitioning to an all-electric vehicle, a slew of commonly questions arise. “Can I take my EV through the car wash? How long will it take to charge? Where is all that electricity going to come from?” and most importantly today, “Will my EV lose range in winter weather?” The short answer is yes but probably not as much as you may think … Unless perhaps you own a VW ID.4. More below. More…
