The new 2 Aactive Tourer is here and sharper looking than ever, and the PHEV has better performance and range. More…
New BMW 2 Series Active Tourer PHEV Has 50-Mile Electric Range
GM invests in battery cell development
General Motors is building a new battery cell innovation centre on its Global Technical Center campus in Warren, Michigan. The facility will be dedicated to the development and production of GM’s next-generation Ultium cells and will be operational by mid-2022. The centre, called the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, will enable GM to, among other […] More…
EV drivers versus Victorian state government
In Australia, two electric vehicle drivers have launched a high court challenge to Victoria’s electric vehicle tax, arguing the levy is unconstitutional. Their reasoning is that the new electric vehicle tax is not enforceable, since the Victorian government does not have the constitutional power to impose a new tax on EV drivers. The charges are […] More…
EV Tax? Why Not A Pedestrian Tax, Canadian Group Jokingly Says
Maybe satire is the way to change silly laws. More…
Tesla FSD Public Beta Access Delayed One Week, Coming On Friday
It was supposed to begin wider rollout last week, but it has been postponed until this coming Friday. More…
Lucid Gravity To Target Urban And Suburban Drivers, Not Off-Road Fans
Despite boasting “respectable ground clearance,” the Gravity electric crossover will be no rock-crawler. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 5, 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…
Citroën UK drops ë-Dispatch prices by £1,000
Citroën UK has updated its ë-Dispatch electric LCV ranges for 2022 with trim level name changes and a £1,000 price reduction across the entire line-up. The French carmaker has also announced the very small Ami electric car has had 1000 UK reservations in two weeks. The ë-Dispatch Electric now starts at £26,450 (Basic MRRP less […] More…
Electric bicycle sales are growing 16x faster than general cycling. Here’s why
Electric bicycle sales had been growing at an impressive rate in the US even before the COVID-19 pandemic began. But ever since the pandemic started, sales of e-bikes have skyrocketed. Now the latest numbers show that e-bikes sales aren’t cooling off anytime soon. More…
2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV: Sandy Munro Delivers 1st Impressions
You might be surprised to learn what Munro thinks of Jeep’s new plug-in hybrid Wrangler. More…
GE’s huge Haliade-X 14 MW offshore wind turbine is now operational
GE Renewable Energy today announced that its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype is now running at 14 megawatts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This means that GE Renewable Energy is now the first to operate a wind turbine at a power output this high. More…
Xcel Energy announces smart charging pilot
In the US state of Colorado, utility company Xcel Energy has announced a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. For its Charging Perks pilot project, Xcel Energy is directly working with BMW, Ford, […] More…
Tesla is building Model Y bodies with single front and rear castings, a manufacturing first
In an auto manufacturing first, Tesla has started building Model Y bodies with two giant single casting pieces for the front and back of the electric SUV. More…
Audi Q4 e-tron PoV Drive
Join us as we drive the Q4 e-tron. More…
Rivian’s Autonomous Tech To Cost $10,000, Yearly Subscriptions $550
Rivian’s recent IPO filing hints at plans for an autonomous driving system and a subscription model. More…
Kia EV6 Arrives In Norway
First customer deliveries will start this month. More…
GET bus orders five more H2 New Flyer buses
In California, New Flyer has received an order from the Golden Empire Transit District (GET bus) for five forty-foot fuel cell-electric Xcelsior Charge H2 heavy-duty transit buses. The new order follows a GET bus purchase in 2020 of five forty-foot fuel cell-electric Xcelsior Charge H2 buses. GET bus is the mass transportation provider in Bakersfield, […] More…
First Drive Review: 2022 Lucid Air delivers a new leading edge for EVs
Up until now, those buying premium electric cars have faced a stark dilemma: Either choose the EV that represents the leading edge of performance, range, and efficiency—yes, that would be the Tesla—or choose the EV that’s a more holistic luxury car in terms of features, styling, refinement, and build quality. The 2022 Lucid Air… More…
Check Out The Best EV Lease & Financing Deals This October 2021
If you’re in the market for an electric car, we suggest acting now, as the best deals are going away each month. More…
DCS expands fleet charging solution
In the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) Digital Charging Solutions (DCS) is offering an enhanced version of the DCS fleet solution called Charge Now for Business. The offer is in collaboration with EVBox Group, Everon and The Mobility House. The software offers a solution for electric fleets for charging at public charging points, at […] More…
