A quick look at the Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum. More…
See Ford F-150 Lightning At 2021 SEMA
Custom-Color Tesla Cars Emerge At Tesla Giga Shanghai
Are those optional wraps or custom paint colors? More…
Epic New Spec Ad: Tesla’s Rise To A Trillion-Dollar Company Wows
Tesla has faced an incredible amount of adversity over the years, but the hard work and dedication have paid off. More…
Should You Buy Tesla Model Y? The Truth After 20 Months, 23K Miles
Tesla keeps raising prices and extending delivery estimates. Is it time to place your order? More…
Infrastructure bill: $7.5B toward nationwide network of 500,000 EV chargers
On Friday night, with the expected bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that designates $65 billion for upgrades of the nation’s electric grid and $7.5 billion for the nationwide deployment of EV charging stations. Such a buildout potentially represents more than triple the number… More…
Elon Musk Asks Whether He Should Sell 10% Of His Tesla Stock
…after the valuation was boosted to $1 trillion? More…
Norway: Plug-In Car Sales Improved A Bit In October 2021
The market share remains ua-high at 70% BEVs and 19% PHEVs. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 6, 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…
Elon Musk says he will sell $24 billion of Tesla (TSLA) stock if Twitter votes for it
Elon Musk says that he is prepared to sell about $24 billion worth of Tesla (TSLA) stock if his Twitter followers vote for it. More…
Watch Six Ford F-150 Lightnings Charge At Electrify America Site
It’s a test fleet that simply arrived at the DC fast charging station. More…
Tesla spotted building a bunch of cars in wild new colors
Tesla has been spotted producing a bunch of cars in wild new colors out of Gigafactory Shanghai. More…
Report: Tesla CCS1 Adapter From South Korea Does Not Work In US
…at least not yet, according to tests conducted with a Tesla Model 3. More…
Ford Launches E-Transit Pilot Program Ahead Of Production Start
Selected businesses already received the first pre-production vehicles. More…
Vicinity may supply retailer Pioneer with 100 electric trucks
Canadian commercial vehicle manufacturer Vicinity Motor announces that it has received a letter of intent from Pioneer Auto Group, a retail automotive dealer in British Columbia, for 100 electric trucks worth about CAD 14 million (€9.7Mn/$11.1). Pioneer is a Canadian dealership group with 17 locations located chiefly throughout British Columbia and retails over 6,000 vehicles […] More…
Congress passes $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, $12,500 EV tax credit still awaits passage
After an entire day (and indeed months) of deliberation and negotiations, Congress approved a long debated infrastructure bill totaling $1.2 trillion. The 228-206 vote held by the US House of Representatives early Saturday morning will put a core piece of President Biden’s domestic legislature into action. While 6 Democrats didn’t vote for the bill, 12 Republicans joine. More…
New Flyer scores e-bus deal that could prove largest in the US
New Flyer continues its winning streak in the US as the NFI subsidiary receives an order over 30 electric buses from Capital Metro Transportation Authority (CapMetro) in Austin, Texas. New Flyer says this was the largest ever electric bus procurement in the US, considering CapMetro’s option over 141 e-buses. Breaking down the order, New Flyer […] More…
LA to install megawatt solar microgrid to charge electric buses
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6mn grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest EV fleet charging systems in the US. The funding comes after the agency had announced to transition its entire fleet to electric in time for the Summer Olympics in 2028. The […] More…
Report: SK On To Invest $2.5 Billion In New Battery Plant In China
The company already produces batteries at three sites. More…
Renault plans Refactory to install circular EV economy in Spain
Renault plans to build out the circular economy in Spain. As a supplement to the so-called Refactory at the French site in Flins, which readies EV components for reuse, Renault has now also announced such a Refactory for the plant in Seville, Spain. The French carmaker wants to build the Refactory in Seville between 2022 […] More…
US lawmakers approve $1Tn infrastructure bill
The US Congress has passed a landmark $1tn (£741bn) infrastructure package, following the Senate’s earlier agreement. President Biden now only has to sign it into law, effectively freeing $15Bn in funding for electric transportation, after he had to make concessions. Specifically, the trillion-dollar package includes $7.5 billion for expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure nationwide and […] More…
