The first Polestar 2 EVs will be available for rent in spring 2022 in Europe and late 2022 in North America and Australia. More…
Hertz Signs Deal To Buy 65,000 Polestar EVs For Its Fleet
Quick Charge Podcast: April 4, 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…
2023 BMW i7 Prototype First Drive: Bavaria’s Big, Bodacious BEV
An early taste of the BMW i7 previews a bold take on the luxury EV. More…
Hurtigruten, which sails hybrid cruise ships, says it will launch fully electric ships by 2030
Hurtigruten Group, an Oslo-headquartered adventure travel company, has announced that it intends to launch zero-emission ships that will sail the Norwegian coast by 2030. More…
Tesla Semi shows up at its future home of Gigafactory Texas with more Model Ys and possible new colors spotted
A new drone flyover of Tesla Gigafactory Texas shows a lot of activity, including a Tesla Semi, a lot more Model Y vehicles, and even some potential new colors. The new activity comes ahead of the Cyber Rodeo event. More…
Tesla Giga Texas: More Red And White Tesla Model Ys Spotted
One of the videos suggests that the Made-in-Texas (MIT) Tesla Model Y has a cargo cover. More…
Wind, solar, EVs, can prevent catastrophic climate change, says new IPCC report
In the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, there’s good news and bad news. We’re spotlighting the good news: EVs and clean energy can help us limit climate change. More…
DeLorean Motor Company teases reveal date and sleek image of its gull-winged EV
Gas? Where we’re going, we don’t need gas. DeLorean Motor Company, the short-lived 1980s automaker behind the DMC DeLorean sports car turned pop culture staple thanks to the Back to the Future franchise, is returning with an EV model. The DeLorean EV concept has just recently been teased, but its official reveal has now been moved up three days alongside an enticing teaser image.. More…
Sono Motors pilots solar bus trailer in Munich
German electric car startup Sono Motors is launching its proprietary solar technology to public transport for the first time in partnership with the Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (Munich Transport Company, MVG). The novel solar bus trailer has been put into pilot operation in the Munich metropolitan area. This should test the energy yields as well as the […] More…
Himiway updates its popular 28+ mph Escape Pro moped-style electric bike with higher performance
Himiway, a popular electric bicycle supplier, has updated its Himiway Escape electric moped into the new Escape Pro, touting new improvements in design and performance. More…
GMC Hummer EV Pickups On Sale For Big Money On Used Market
GMC’s beastly Hummer electric pickup truck is expensive, and there some on the used market with crazy prices. More…
Supply and Demand 101: Nascent EV trucks reselling well over MSRP on the open market
As new, larger, and more powerful EVs make their way into consumer driveways, their deliveries still remain quite small in number compared to the other electric vehicle types. That being said, the demand for electric trucks has exploded with many manufacturer models reserved into the next couple years. As a result, some early customers of these EV trucks are taking advantage of this demand and reselling them for a profit, some more than double what they paid. More…
Cars.com Says Electric Vehicle Searches Up 173 Percent In March
It also notes that it does not foreshadow mass EV adoption across the market yet. More…
Polestar EVs will soon be widely available at Hertz
The U.S. rental-car giant Hertz has made a strategic partnership with Sweden’s Polestar for the purchase of up to 65,000 Polestar EVs over five years, the companies jointly disclosed on Monday. Availability of the Chinese-produced Polestar 2 at Hertz is set to start this spring in Europe and late 2022 for North America and Australia. Hertz… More…
Electric scooter company NIU releases Q1 2022 sales figures, shows jump in overseas sales
Leading smart electric scooter company NIU has released its Q1 2022 sales volume figures, which demonstrate a large increase in international sales volume yet only a modest bump in domestic sales. More…
Green Cell opens plant for e-bike batteries
Green Cell, a Polish specialist in batteries and charging technologies for mobile devices and electric vehicles, has opened a new plant for e-bike batteries near Krakow. Up to 50,000 batteries per year are to be assembled at the plant in Balice. The company says that the first e-bike battery model assembled there is already available. […] More…
Elon Musk Buys 9.2 Percent Of Twitter, Shares Instantly Surge
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Hertz to buy 65,000 BEVs from Polestar
The car rental company Hertz and the electric car manufacturer Polestar have entered into a global cooperation. Hertz will purchase up to 65,000 Polestar electric cars over a five-year period. In Europe, the first vehicles are expected to be delivered in spring 2022, in North America as well as Australia at the end of 2022, […] More…
New tariff system for Mercedes me Charge
From June 2022, there will be a new tariff system for the approximately 300,000 charging points of the Mercedes me Charge network in Europe. In future, three new charging tariffs will be offered that are tailored to individual driving performance. Mercedes says tariffs are called S, M and L. Mercedes me Charge S is aimed […] More…
Nissan May Reduce Dealer Margin On Ariya Electric SUV To Offset Costs
The traditional dealership model may cause contention between automakers and dealers. More…
