Lucid Motors plans to start building its announced factory in Saudi Arabia before the end of the first half of 2022. The US electric car manufacturer has also confirmed the location officially – the same goes for production capacity. Lucid says that the plant, which was only announced this January, will be wholly owned by […] More…
Lucid Delivered 125 Cars In 2021, Lowers 2022 Production Forecast
Besides missing its delivery target for 2021, Lucid has lowered the 2022 production forecast from 20,000 to 12,000-14,000 vehicles. More…
Lightning Strike electric motorcycle targets 250 mph land speed record, and it just may succeed
Richard Hatfield’s electric motorcycle company Lightning Motorcycles is no stranger to speed. The company’s LS-218 bike got its name from a 218 mph (351 km/h) run when it snatched the long-held electric motorcycle land speed record in 2012. But now Hatfield is hoping to push the envelope even further to break his own record with an astounding 250 mph (402 km/h) showing. More…
SEC looking into Musk family insider trading
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether share sales by Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal Musk “violated insider trading rules”. What exactly happened, was that Kimbal Musk sold Tesla shares worth 108 million US dollars exactly one day before Elon Musk let Twitter users vote on whether he should give up […] More…
New Tesla Cybertruck prototype spotted with bed cover
A new Tesla Cybertruck prototype has been spotted at Tesla’s Fremont factory, and it featured a bed cover – something that was missing in other recently spotted prototypes. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 28, 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…
Lucid Motors’ Q4 earnings: 125 Air deliveries in 2021, 2022 production estimates slashed as much as 40% due to ‘supply chain constraints’
Lucid Motors shared 4Q and 2021 financial earnings with investors today, alongside a 2022 outlook. While the automaker only delivered 125 of its flagship Air sedan in 2021, it has already surpassed that number in 2022. However, overall output is expected to be quite a bit lower than originally anticipated. Lucid now expects to produce 12,000–14,000 EVs this year, down quite a bit from previous estimates of 20,000. More…
VW confirms that some ID.4 electric SUVs were lost in infamous cargo ship fire (Update: Felicity Ace sinks)
VW has now confirmed to customers that some ID.4 electric SUVs were lost when the Felicity Ace cargo ship caught fire during its Atlantic ocean crossing. More…
VW confirms that some ID.4 electric SUVs were lost in infamous cargo ship fire
VW has now confirmed to customers that some ID.4 electric SUVs were lost when the Felicity Ace cargo ship caught fire during its Atlantic ocean crossing. More…
Ford Charge Station Pro Pricing Revealed
Ford to offer the high-powered bi-directional charging station at a very reasonable price. More…
Watch This Hyundai Ioniq 5 Door Handles Vs Ice Test
Will they remain operational? More…
VW Halting EV Production This Week Amid Ukraine Supply Issues
Deliveries of electrical cable harnesses and other components made in Ukraine have stopped, so VW, Audi and Cupra EVs can’t be built. More…
Hacked electric car charging stations in Russia display ‘Putin is a d*ckhead’ and ‘glory to Ukraine’
Hackers are ramping up their effort to disrupt Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, and now it’s even affecting electric car owners in the country. A bunch of electric car charging stations outside Moscow were hacked and disabled. While EV owners couldn’t charge, the display on the stations shared some words about Vladimir Putin. More…
Hacked electric car charging stations in Russia displays ‘Putin is a d*ckhead’ and ‘glory to Ukraine’
Hackers are ramping up their effort to disrupt Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, and now it’s even affecting electric car owners in the country. A bunch of electric car charging stations outside Moscow were hacked and disabled. While EV owners couldn’t charge, the display on the stations shared some words about Vladimir Putin. More…
As ‘Plug and Charge’ and ‘V2G’ tech standardizes, CEC says widespread deployment of ISO-15118 is imperative
The California Energy Commission (CEC) published a recent docket recommending widespread adoption of ISO-15118 chargers in order to support current and upcoming electric vehicle features. This includes nascent technologies such and Plug and Charge and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) capabilities. More…
Skoda Promises Its New Electric City Car Will Be Unique
Skoda’s last electric city car was just a rebadged Volkswagen e-Up, but now it plans to make it much more distinctive. More…
Check Out This Hyundai Ioniq 6 Prototype
It was spotted in Lapland, ahead of its market launch later this year. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5: See How The Different Trim Levels Compare
When it comes to EVs, attention to trim levels can prove arguably much more important than it is with many gas cars. More…
EV Charging Infrastructure Series Episode 3: EVgo Fast Charging
We put EV fast-charging network questions to Jonathan Levy, CCO of EVGO Fast Charging More…
How US-made heat pumps could help weaken Russian power over Europe
Environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben yesterday wrote about an innovative idea that would help curb Europe’s dependency on Russian fossil fuels, and it might just be doable. More…
