This car enthusiast has never driven an EV, and now he gets to review all three sporty and practical rivals side by side.More…
Tesla Model Y Vs Kia EV6 And Polestar 2: Sporty EVs Head To Head
Tesla Stops Selling Model S And X With Key Fobs
Buyers now only get a Tesla Key Card as standard.More…
Tesla Model 3: Four-Year Total Cost Of Ownership
You might be surprised at what it really costs to own a Model 3 over the longer term.More…
Volvo Plug-In Electric Car Sales Decreased 37% In June 2022
According to Volvo, the decline is caused by a shortage of certain components, primarily for fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars.More…
Ducati unveils two new folding electric bikes, expanding its e-bike portfolio
Ducati may not have a consumer-level electric motorcycle yet (and barely has a racing electric motorcycle, for that matter), but the company can’t stop pumping out smaller two-wheeled electric vehicles. Case in point: Ducati has just unveiled two new folding electric bicycles. More…
BMW i3 Production Comes To An End: 250,000 Were Made
The final 10 were exclusive BMW i3s HomeRun Edition.More…
Thousands with Tesla Powerwalls will back up the grid in a virtual power plant experiment
Tesla and California electric utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) are launching a pilot program that will use Tesla Powerwall home energy storage battery packs as a “virtual power plant” to back up the grid. On June 22, Tesla invited approximately 25,000 Powerwall owners who are PG&E customers to participate in the program, according… More…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 9, 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…
US: Volvo Plug-In Car Share Reached 25% In June 2022
Unfortunately, the volume decreased.More…
US: Volvo Plug-In Car Market Share Reached 25% In June 2022
Unfortunately, the volume decreased.More…
VinFast Set To Open 30 California Showrooms By End Of Year
The first few open next week.More…
EcoFlow Prime Day starts today, offering huge discounts on power stations and solar panels
As we kick off Independence Day in the US, EcoFlow is also kicking off two weeks of savings on a bunch of its products. In EcoFlow’s words, “it’s prime time to buy.” Based on the hundreds of dollars of discounts outlined below, we won’t disagree.. More…
Peugeot Launches E-Expert Hydrogen Fuel Cell Van
The manufacturer notes this is the first commercially available FCV van and it has more range than the BEV version.More…
Elon Musk No Longer Wants To Buy Twitter, Will Be Sued To Take The Deal
Many are pointing at Musk for not having done due diligence before agreeing to the deal, but he says Twitter is to blame.More…
UK: Plug-In Car Sales Decreased In June 2022, Tesla Model Y Shines
The Tesla Model Y Entered the Top 10 for the first half of the year.More…
Posco International will manufacture EV motor cores in Mexico
Posco International has begun construction of an EV components plant in Ramos Arizpe, northeastern Mexico, and says this will be its first factory in North America. The subsidiary of the South Korean steel company expects to complete construction early next year and will focus on motor cores. Posco International plans to inject about 160 billion […] More…
UK: Mahle Powertrain opens new Vehicle Development Centre
Mahle Powertrain has completed two new test sites in Northampton, after investing £15Mn over the last five years, including £3.6m of UK Government funding. The purpose-built facilities permit the safe testing of new vehicles, batteries and hydrogen technologies under even the most extreme simulated conditions, so Mahle. The German supplier also noted “unprecedented demand” ahead […] More…
Human Horizons releases HiPhi Z – an AI-packed sedan
The electric car manufacturer Human Horizons from China has presented its second model HiPhi Z. The sporty sedan accelerates to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and is equipped with a 120 kWh battery with cell-to-pack technology. However, its pricing positions the new EV in the top tiers. According to the Chinese standard, the battery can […] More…
“Not a pilot, but a series vehicle” – Autonomous e-bus enters regular service in Norway
The Turkish bus manufacturer Karsan and the transport authority Kolumbus in Norway have reached the next level in highly automated driving in public transport. An e-Atak bus is running in regular service with Level 4 autonomy on public roads in the Norwegian city of Stavanger. * * * Karsan Executive Board Member Okan Baş, Kolumbus […] More…
Wheel-E Podcast! Amazon delivery with cargo e-bikes, USB-C e-bike charging, Äike T scooter & more
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes Amazon’s new delivery via cargo e-bikes, Bafang releasing a new internally geared hub for bikes, the potential for USB-C e-bike charging, an awesome new European-built electric scooter called the Äike T, SONDORS Metacycle shipments, and lots more. More…
