Candian electric bike company Biktrix has never shied away from high-power motors. Several of the brand’s e-bikes feature what used to be one of the most powerful mid-drive e-bike motors on the market: the Bafang M620 Ultra motor. I say “used to be” because it has now been surpassed by Biktrix’s own in-house developed Biktrix XD motor, and the new motor solves all of the major problems we’ve previously seen with such high-power mid-drives. More…
WiTricity Announces Aftermarket Wireless EV Charging Solution
A limited beta program will be launched this year. Two electric car models were hinted at. More…
Musk Insists He’d “Do The Right Thing” If Invited To White House
Musk has had sour words for President Biden’s decision to ignore Tesla, but he’s promised he wouldn’t make a scene. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 23, 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…
Owner Loves His Lucid Air Even After Its Steering Failed
This is quite a positive Air review… from an owner whose car is now with Lucid to figure out what caused the steering issue. More…
China expected to add up to 90 GW of solar power capacity, a record increase, in 2022
The China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) said today that it expects China to add 75 to 90 gigawatts (GW) of solar power in 2022.. More…
Atlis Motors to supply US military
US electric truck maker Atlis Motor Vehicles announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with a U.S. Military supplier to jointly design and produce new technology to convert military vehicles such as gasoline or diesel-powered High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) into electric vehicles. Under the agreement, the technology can be sold to third-party customers, […] More…
Tesla vehicles with 3G modems are starting to lose connectivity as the networks are shutting down
Early Tesla vehicles still equipped with 3G modems are starting to lose connectivity as 3G networks are shutting down, but there are still ways around it. More…
Geely plans to go public with Lotus Technology
The Geely brand Lotus wants to float its technology division Lotus Technology on the stock market in the next twelve to 24 months to raise capital for its electric campaign. It has not yet been decided whether the IPO will be carried out in Asia, London or New York, while the type of IPO is […] More…
Cummins confirms Meritor takeover
US American drive system builder Cummins has announced its intention to acquire supplier Meritor for around USD 3.7 billion. The transaction still has to be approved by shareholders and is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. Specifically, an agreement calls for Cummins to pay $36.50 in cash per Meritor share, for a […] More…
LiveWire to launch Arrow platform for lighter e-motorbikes
Harley-Davidson is planning a second model called Del Mar for its electric motorbike brand LiveWire for the second quarter of 2022. As a more affordable model below the LiveWire One, the Del Mar is to be based on a new platform called Arrow, which has a special technical feature. As Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz recently […] More…
Vicinity Motor signs on Paradigm as sales partner
The Canadian commercial vehicle manufacturer Vicinity Motor has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Ontario-based auto sales, leasing & upfitting firm Paradigm with an initial CAD$12.0 million order for 100 VMC 1200 Class 3 electric trucks. Furthermore, Paradigm has also been appointed to act as Vicinity’s exclusive dealer in the Hamilton and Niagara regions […] More…
GreenWay collects €85 million from investors
The charging infrastructure provider GreenWay, which has so far been active primarily in Poland and Slovakia, has secured investments totalling 85 million euros. The money is to be used, among other things, for the further expansion of GreenWay’s charging station network. GreenWay signed a funding agreement with Helios Energy Investments and Generation Capital (GC). The […] More…
Norwegian Postal Service Switches To Electric Trucks
The company already ordered more than 30 units, which will be deployed this year. More…
Tesla To Invest/Expand Giga Shanghai: 1M Annual Production Goal
Tesla’s Gigafactory in China is already producing far beyond guidance, and now Tesla will expand yet again. More…
Einride orders 200 electric trucks from BYD
The Swedish technology company Einride has ordered 200 8TT electric trucks from BYD for use in the USA. The vehicles will be assembled in Lancaster, California, and are to be delivered successively in the coming months. According to BYD, the order is the largest of its kind outside of Asia, with the first vehicles to […] More…
Dacia to launch a smaller electric car in 2024
Dacia will launch a new electric subcompact car that will replace the brand’s Dacia Spring in 2024. Whereby the Dacia Spring was only launched in 2021. The announcement was made at the Renault Group’s annual press conference. It is already quite clear that the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance – and thus also the budget brand Dacia, which […] More…
Nissan gives the Leaf a fresh facelift
Nissan has given its first mass-produced electric vehicle a facelift. The new Leaf 2022 is being released to herald in the new model year. The new Leaf comes with new colours and rims, among other new elements. The new Nissan Leaf will be available in Germany from 1 April at prices starting at 29,990 euros. […] More…
Europe: Electric Truck Market Almost Tripled In 2021
Volvo Trucks sells more than any other manufacturer. More…
State Farm Files $1.27 Million Claim Against Tesla For House Fire
State Farm has reason to believe a Tesla Model S had a defect that caused the fire, so it’s going after Tesla for reimbursement. More…
