When Lectric eBikes first unveiled the Lectric XP folding fat tire electric bike back in the summer of 2019, they rolled out into a crowded market full of new startups. But something about the e-bike struck a chord with consumers and catapulted the company to near-instant success. More…
Check Out Tesla Semi Spotted At First Megacharger (Giga Nevada)
A Tesla Semi prototype was seen at the Tesla Giga Nevada plant, stopping for a charge at a Megacharger. More…
Zero-emission trains for Brandenburg
The Berlin-Brandenburg region will get its first zero-emission regional trains from December 2024. Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB) has just ordered 31 two-car battery trains of the type Mireo Plus B from Siemens Mobility. In May this year, NEB already announced plans for six hydrogen trains and associated infrastructure along the RB27 regional railway line – also […] More…
REV Group’s E-ONE Receives First Order For Electric Fire Truck
The E-ONE Vector is the first North American-style electric fire truck. More…
National Auto Dealers Association Investing In EV Education
NADA will work with Chargeway to educate dealers about charging, EV incentives, and much more. More…
Exclusive: Gogoro and Gates unveil belt-drive partnership to electrify global urban transportation
Electric two-wheeler and battery swapping company Gogoro and belt-drive power transmission company Gates Carbon Drive have just announced an exclusive partnership to accelerate sustainable urban transportation through the co-developed FLO DRIVE electric vehicle drivetrain. More…
Freyr signs with Glencore for 1,500 tonnes of cathode material
After an agreement in principle between Freyr and the raw materials trader Glencore at the beginning of the year, a first concrete contract now follows: It fixes the delivery of up to 1,500 tonnes of cathode material with partially recycled cobalt from Glencore’s Nikkelverk plant in Norway. Freyr and Glencore had agreed in principle in […] More…
Canoo moves up production launch to 2022
Canoo is moving up the planned US production start in Oklahoma. Instead of 2023, production is to begin there before the fourth quarter of 2022. In Europe, Canoo plans to have its debut model built at the Dutch production plant VDL NedCar as early as 2022. Several media outlets, including Reuters, have reported that the […] More…
Lucid Motors expanding Arizona plant
The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors has begun the announced expansion of its plant in Casa Grande in the US state of Arizona. The company, which is now listed on the stock exchange, also presented its first quarterly financial statement. The expansion is expected to increase production capacity from the current level of up […] More…
Chip Crisis: VW Not Making Any MEB-Based EVs In Germany This Week
Report estimates the lost production at 5,000 EVs from the Volkswagen, Audi, and Cupra brands. More…
Sibros to provide OTA connected vehicle systems for the Lightyear One SEV
Connected vehicle system developer Sibros has added another EV OEM to its list of collaborators by sharing that it will provide Lightyear with its proprietary technology. As the automaker looks to bring its Lightyear One SEV to production in 2022, it will come equipped with over-the-air (OTA) software update capabilities and data management from Sibros. More…
Hyvia presents additional hydrogen Master variants
Hyvia, the joint venture between Renault and Plug Power, is following up with two more H2 prototypes, which are to be launched as production vehicles from 2022. A month ago, Hyvia had already presented near-production prototypes of the Renault Master H2-Tech panel van and a hydrogen filling station. The two hydrogen-powered prototypes now unveiled are […] More…
Tesla (TSLA) is being sued for $162M by JPMorgan as Musk’s ‘funding secured’ tweet still haunts them
New court filings revealed that Tesla is currently fighting a $162 million lawsuit from JPMorgan over some expired warrants that the bank claims were affected by Elon Musk’s “funding secured” tweet in 2018. More…
Polestar wants to double market reach by 2023
The electric car brand Polestar aims to increase its annual sales to 290,000 vehicles by the end of 2025 with expansion in existing and new markets and the introduction of three new models. By the end of 2023, Polestar should already be present in 30 markets – currently there are 14. In the first half […] More…
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck’s frunk is more than the space left over
When automakers retire gasoline engines and go all-electric, what should they do with the extra space in that big engine bay? There are different schools of thought here, and they come to a head in front, at the so-called frunk. Some automakers are seeing it as an opportunity to reconceptualize the vehicle completely, like the Tesla Cybertruck, or… More…
Toyota targets children to sell hybrids
Toyota is known to be very much in favour of hybrid and fuel cell drives and rather little in favour of battery electric vehicles. Now a report has detailed how Toyota (and other Japanese manufacturers) are imposing these views on children via brochures in schools. While Japan has announced plans to ban the sale of […] More…
Ford Mach-E GT Performance Almost Beats Tesla Model Y Performance
Edmunds tests both performance EVs for real-world acceleration and range, but track testing reveals a big issue with the Mach-E. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 15, 2021
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…
Lucid Reports Q3 2021 Results: Reservations Surge Beyond 17,000
The company highlights business and financial results. More…
Tesla Semi gets out for a quick charge at Megacharger amid important visit
Tesla took out a Tesla Semi truck to charge at its Megacharger station at Gigafactory Nevada as the company received an important visit. More…
