Tesla is employing a closed-loop system where employees will eat and sleep at Giga Shanghai amid lockdowns. More…
Tesla Restarts Production At Giga Shanghai, Workers Sleeping At Factory
BP Enters Into Multi-Year Contract For DC Fast Chargers With Tritium
Close to 1,000 chargers will be ordered under the framework agreement. More…
China: Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV Notes Close to 100,000 Sales In Q1 2022
Time passes by, while the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV remains the best-selling EV in China. More…
BMW Says Tesla’s Electric Vehicle Dominance Is Over
BMW Group sales boss Pieter Nota believes Tesla had a unique selling point for quite some time, but “that’s over.” More…
Ford has stopped accepting US orders for the Mustang Mach-E
Ford has put an order freeze on all variants of the current model year of its all-electric Mustang Mach-E in the US – due to high demand, according to the manufacturer’s website. As Ford writes in the note on the model website, the current model year is no longer available for retail order. “Limited inventory […] More…
Audi presents large electric concept for China titled ‘Urbansphere’
With the Urbansphere Concept, Audi has presented another concept car for an electric model of the future. The interior in particular is designed for “traffic in the megacities of China” – with the largest and most spacious interior of any Audi to date. According to the Ingolstadt-based company, the focus of the concept was on […] More…
Tesla rumoured to delay volume production in Berlin until 2023
According to a media report, Tesla will only produce around 30,000 vehicles in the new factory in Grünheide by the end of the year. Currently, around 350 Model Ys are coming off the production line in Grünheide each week. Tesla wants to increase production to 1,000 per week by the end of April, as Automobilwoche […] More…
Mercedes EQS to release in three variants
Mercedes has presented the EQS SUV, the first SUV model based on the electric EVA2 platform. There will be three drive variants of the luxury SUV at the market launch – more are likely to follow. Originally, the premiere of the EQS SUV was planned for the Beijing auto show – China is likely to […] More…
VW raises electric vehicle deliveries by 65%
The Volkswagen Group increased its deliveries of fully electric vehicles by 65 per cent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Despite supply bottlenecks for semiconductors and wiring harnesses, 99,100 BEVs were handed over to customers by the end of March. This compares to 60,000 units in […] More…
Audi Urbansphere Concept Debuts As Self-Driving Electric Minivan
The roomiest Audi ever measures 216.9 inches in length and 133.8 inches between the axles but only seats four, so what gives? More…
Breakthrough for lithium-sulphur batteries
A cell technology holding 900 Wh/kg – three times the energy density of state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery chemistries – that is safer and cheaper thanks to the use of abundant and easily accessible sulphur for the cathode in place of nickel manganese cobalt oxide (NMC) is an exciting prospect (writes Peter Donaldson). Batteries that use sulphur […] More…
VW CEO Talks EVs, US Challenges And Tesla In “60 Minutes” Interview
Herbert Diess admits VW “didn’t take the US customer seriously enough,” but it is now committed to becoming relevant again stateside. More…
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV Arrives With Seven Seats, Up To 410 Miles WLTP Range
It is 7.9 inches taller and a bit shorter than the EQS sedan, but the wheelbase is exactly the same. More…
2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV preview
Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled the EQS SUV, a higher-riding counterpart to the EQS sedan launched last year. The new model is scheduled to reach United States dealerships later this year, as a 2023 model. The EQS SUV shares Mercedes’ EVA platform with both the EQS and EQE sedans. It also has the same 126-inch wheelbase as the EQS sedan, but is… More…
Tesla (TSLA) Q1 2022 earnings preview: Here’s what to expect
Tesla (TSLA) is set to announce its first-quarter 2022 financial results tomorrow, April 20, after the markets close. As usual, a conference call and Q&A with Tesla’s management is scheduled after the results. More…
Nissan & partners to develop lunar rover
Nissan North America, along with partners Sierra Space and Teledyne Brown Engineering, will develop the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for NASA to support future lunar exploration. Details of the planned lunar rover are not yet given, but it is expected to be electric. Nissan had already presented the prototype for a lunar rover a few […] More…
Electric motorcycle maker CAKE shows off more teaser images for 3 upcoming models, sets release date
Sweden’s premier electric motorcycle manufacturer CAKE shared more images of the company’s upcoming new release and set the launch day for this Wednesday. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 18, 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…
The first US offshore wind farm has had no negative effect on fish, finds groundbreaking study
Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island is the United States’ first offshore wind farm. The 30-megawatt, five-turbine offshore wind farm began commercial operations in December 2016 and generates enough energy to power 17,000 homes. And it turns out, it’s perfectly safe, and sometimes even beneficial, for fish. More…
Vintage Electric’s new high-voltage electric ‘bicycle’ line can hit speeds of 40 mph
California-based Vintage Electric builds beautifully styled, high-power electric bicycles unlike any other on the market. And just to make sure they retain their crown of individuality in the power department, they’ve stepped it up another notch with the highest performance e-bikes they’ve made yet. These new e-bikes tout a 72V electrical system for extreme speed and power. More…
