The entire U.S. West Coast now aims to end sales of new gasoline cars by 2035. Specifically, Washington and Oregon recently enacted rules requiring that new vehicles be mostly emission-free by 2035. These plans, which will permit continued sales of plug-in hybrids that also run on gasoline, align with goals already in place in California. Both… More…
Weekend Project: This guy made an electric bike snowplow out of garbage
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. And one Canadian man had a serious need for Vietnamese takeout. But since the bike paths hadn’t been plowed, he turned his e-bike into a DIY snow plow to go get his fix. More…
BYD Atto 3 Positively Surprises In Range Test
The 60 kWh battery version of the car achieved a higher range than its WLTP rating at a speed of 90 km/h (56 mph). More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 24, 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…
Tesla takes delivery of army of robots to build Cybertruck
Tesla is taking delivery of a little army of Kuka robots and the timing points that they will be used to build the Cybertruck electric pickup truck. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 Uses V2L Capability To Power Remote Reindeer Farm
The Ioniq 5’s Vehicle-to-Load tech was put to the ultimate test in the Arctic region, in an area that exists off the electrical grid. More…
Tesla Model Y Broke The Best Selling Car Record From 1969 In Norway
Never has a particular model noted so many new registrations in a single year. More…
Weird Alibaba: A beautiful food truck on the back of a bike
You might be wondering why food trucks play such a big role in my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column. After all, they tend to pop up fairly frequently in these weekly entries. A big part of their allure seems to be the fact that Alibaba’s engineers love taking the simple concept of a food truck and making it as complicated as possible by adding as many weird things as they can. Or sometimes by subtracting, like in this case where they subtracted the truck. In its place is a bicycle-powered food truck cart. More…
The common lightbulb is about to get a lot more efficient in the US
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week that it wants to significantly raise the minimum common lightbulb efficiency level from 45 lumens per watt to over 120 lumens per watt. More…
Podcast: Tesla’s demand, TSLA stock price, more Elon shenanigans, and more
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss Tesla’s demand, TSLA stock price, more of Elon Musk’s shenanigans, and more. More…
Tesla Stock Has Worst Year Ever, Is Down Almost 70 Percent YTD
Tesla’s market cap on December 22 dropped to $396 billion, compared to just over $1 trillion a year ago. More…
Tesla Owners Get New Holiday Gift: Free Enhanced Autopilot Trial
Is there anything else Tesla can possibly offer to get people to buy a Tesla in 2022? More…
IKEA Is Now Using Cargo E-Bikes For Last-Mile Delivery
The furniture giant hopes to roll out this green delivery option in all stores across the world. More…
ZeroAvia nears takeoff with its 19-passenger hydrogen-electric plane
Hydrogen-electric plane developer ZeroAvia has come one step closer to performing the first test flight of its hydrogen electric plane equipped with a 600kW powertrain. The company has received a permit from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to takeoff soon. More…
Tesla Model 3 Tows 15,000-Pound Tiny Home Even Though It Shouldn’t
The Tesla Model 3 and the heavy trailer even took to the drag strip. More…
Tesla Model Tows 15,000-Pound Boxabl House Even Though It Shouldn’t
The Tesla Model 3 and the heavy trailer even took to the drag strip. More…
Check out this Tesla Model 3 hearse – you’ll be dying to try it
This new Tesla Model 3 hearse shows that everything is going electric, even for your last trip in a vehicle. More…
2024 Hyundai Kona Electric Revealed, IRA Rule Delay Adds To Rebate
Episode 142. More…
Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2023 finalist
The EQS SUV is related to the EQS hatchback that arrived late last year, and while it’s built on a version of the same EVA2 skateboard architecture as that flagship electric car, in many respects it’s a completely different vehicle—and more of a trendsetter in the U.S. vehicle market. That’s of course because its format is… More…
Elon Musk Goes Live On Twitter, Says He Is Not MIA At Tesla
This after he drew criticism from Tesla shareholders, some of whom even called for him to be replaced as CEO. More…
