Hyundai’s luxury brand Genesis has revealed details of the technology and equipment of the planned GV60 – its first electric model based on the group’s E-GMP platform. The 800-volt electric car will be launched in three variants and will feature a number of technological refinements. A few weeks ago, Genesis had already published first photos […] More…
Audi’s brake booster causes e-tron recall
Audi is recalling 2,303 units of its e-tron electric model worldwide due to problems with the brake booster. The brake booster, ABS and ESP may fail. In Germany, 336 vehicles are likely to be affected, and 38 in the USA. Unlike the series of recalls that recently have been caused by batteries, affecting vehicles around […] More…
Tesla Owners Need A High Safety Score If They Want FSD Beta
Tesla will soon be giving 1,000 owners per day access to Full Self-Driving beta. More…
Ford Mustang Mach-E Gets More Usable Battery and Range For 2022
It’s a small increase but anything is welcomed. More…
2023 Genesis GV60 up close: With facial recognition and a drift mode, it’s luxury with hijinks
Following in the footsteps of the more mainstream Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 is the 2023 Genesis GV60, the third vehicle revealed from the Korean automakers to ride on their shared E-GMP modular platform. The GV60 is why I was recently in Orange County, Calif. again near Hyundai’s headquarters (at the same studio in which I saw the Ioniq… More…
Check out the absurdly fast 60 MPH standing electric scooters built for the eSC racing league
They say the first car race occurred shortly after the second car was built. Speed junkies have long created races around just about every form of transportation out there, so it comes as no surprise that electric scooter racing would eventually pop up. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 29, 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…
Kia EV6 Prototype Fast Charging Analysis: Very Fast But Quirky
The fast charging curve is highly volatile, but maybe will be smoothened in the production version. More…
Some Dealers Are Buying Up Chevy Bolts Hoping For A Buyback
This was unexpected. More…
Cake raises $60 million for expansion
Swedish light electric motorbike manufacturer Cake has raised $60 million in fresh capital. Cake plans to use the capital to invest in expanding its product offering and distribution network. The amount is made up of $14 million in convertible bonds and a $46 million financing round. The funding round included “strong support” from current shareholders […] More…
2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E comes with more usable battery capacity and longer range
The 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E is going to come with more usable battery capacity, resulting in a longer range, according to the new order guide More…
Tesla Safety Score: Speed, Ignore Red Lights, But Don’t Brake!
Tesla has said the Safety Score is beta and needs tweaking, but it’s interesting to see what it considers good driving. More…
Sol Motors now taking orders for its pipe-on-wheels Pocket Rocket electric motorcycle
Three years ago yesterday, I broke the news on SOL Motors’ debut of its innovative Pocket Rocket electric motorcycle. We’ve had to wait quite a while for a major update, but now, after a lengthy period of continued development (and one pandemic later), the company is taking orders for its eye-catching electric motorbikes More…
Porsche Mission R Concept Is Way More Than Just A Show Car
Porsche is known for its engineering prowess and this one-off EV racer confirms it yet again. More…
The British have a gas shortage, so they’re Googling electric cars like crazy [Update]
Analysis of Google search data revealed that online searches for electric cars in the UK exploded 1,600% on September 24 – the day that gas shortages became a widespread problem across the country More…
Austin Texas orders 26 Proterra e-buses
Proterra has announced that Capital Metro in Austin, Texas is purchasing 26 40-foot Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit buses, with an option for another 126 of these buses plus chargers over the next 5 years. The first 26 electric buses should be delivered in 2022. This latest order is Capital Metro’s third and largest procurement […] More…
Elon Musk Believes Biden’s EV Policy Is “Controlled By Unions”
Tesla’s CEO complained at the Code Conference that the White House “is not the friendliest” towards his company. More…
Remember BMW’s tilting electric trike concept? An e-bike company is actually building it
Earlier this summer, BMW unveiled an interesting electric cargo bike known as the Dynamic Cargo Concept. It used a three-wheeler platform and novel tilting mechanism to make a more stable e-cargo trike. More…
Remember BMW’s titling electric trike concept? An e-bike company is actually building it
Earlier this summer, BMW unveiled an interesting electric cargo bike known as the Dynamic Cargo Concept. It used a three-wheeler platform and novel tilting mechanism to make a more stable e-cargo trike More…
Subaru reveals more of its upcoming first electric car, the Solterra
In a new video, Subaru reveals more of its upcoming first electric car, the Solterra, including the entire body of the electric SUV More…
