Tesla announced a new investment to expand production at Gigafactory Shanghai on the road to achieving a production capacity of 1 million electric cars per year at the factory. More…
Kia EV6 Comes With 1,000 kWh Of Complimentary EV Charging
According to the manufacturer, it will last for up to 3,500-4,000 miles of driving at no charging cost. More…
780 HP Lamborghini Aventador Is No Match For A Tesla Plaid
These two are quite evenly matched, but the smart money is still on the Plaid. More…
Lucid Issues First Recall Over Potential Front Suspension Issue
The fix will not be deployed over-the-air; owners of the 203 affected Air EVs will have to visit Lucid locations for inspection. More…
Porsche To Start Producing The 718’s Electric Successor In 2023
The automaker will reportedly invest $567 million to build all-electric sports cars at it main plant in Zuffenhausen. More…
Polestar aims for a climate-neutral car by 2030, seeks help from suppliers and beyond
Polestar aims to build a truly climate-neutral car by 2030—in that it will not only eliminate emissions from driving but from every different aspect of production, and even sales and support. That’s a lofty goal—especially considering that the project, called the “Polestar 0 Project,” won’t resort to offsetting… More…
Polestar 0 Project announces partners and invites others to join the effort to deliver a climate-neutral EV by 2030
Swedish EV automaker Polestar has begun sharing its initial list of potential collaborators for its Polestar 0 Project – the company’s initiative to change the way cars are made by eliminating emissions from the entire supply chain. In addition to announcing the industry suppliers on board, Polestar is extending a global call for collaboration over the next month to garner even more support. More…
Arcimoto and Faction unveil a ‘driverless’ 75 MPH three-wheeled electric delivery vehicle
Arcimoto teamed up with Faction to announce the new Faction D1 electric delivery vehicle based on the Arcimoto FUV, but with updated tech to make it driverless. More…
Elon Musk: Tesla is working to make Steam video games work in its vehicles
Elon Musk said that Tesla is working to make Steam’s library of video games work on its onboard vehicle computer. More…
Lucid Motors to recall over 200 Air EVs due to potential safety issue with the suspension
Lucid Group announced a recall of 203 of its flagship Air luxury sedans today, citing a potential issue surrounding the installation of the front strut damper in the suspension. This appears to be a precautionary recall as no failures of the part have been reported yet, according to Lucid Motors. More…
These unique two-bladed floating wind turbines will be deployed by 2024
Petrofac, a London-headquartered global company that designs, builds, and operates energy facilities, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Amsterdam-based Seawind Ocean Technology to deploy the latter’s two-bladed floating wind turbines. More…
BYD Sales In 2022 Might Reach 1.5 Million Plug-In Cars
The company released new targets, including 3 million plug-ins on the road (cumulatively). More…
Einride purchases 200 Class 8 battery-electric trucks from BYD to be deployed in the US using its Saga technology platform
BYD has announced that Swedish freight technology company, Einride, has purchased 200 of its 8TT battery-electric trucks – the company’s largest heavy-duty BEV sale outside of Asia. The BYD electric trucks will be built in the US and delivered to Einride over the next 12 months to support its fleet customers stateside.. More…
Tesla obtains patent for automatic tire inflation system for Tesla Semi electric truck
Today, Tesla was granted a patent for a new automatic tire inflation system enabling to adjust tire pressure in real-time in the upcoming Tesla Semi electric truck. More…
Fast, stealthy Babymaker II electric bike launched at ultra-low price, touts USA assembly in Detroit
The folks over at the electric bicycle company FLX caught lightning in a bottle two years ago when they launched the original Babymaker electric bicycle. Now, the company is back up on a hill in a thunderstorm, jar in hand, hoping to do it again. And this time they’ve brought and even better e-bike than the first time around. More…
Volkswagen shares EPA ranges for 2022 ID.4, RWD Pro model sees 20 mile increase compared to 2021
Volkswagen of America has shared its EPA-estimated ranges for the 2022 versions of its ID.4 Pro electric SUV. While each of the 2022 trims of the ID.4 Pro saw range increases, it was the RWD version that saw the biggest jump to 280 miles compared to 260 in Volkswagen’s 2021 model. More…
Mazda CX-60, The Brand’s First PHEV, Teased Ahead Of March 8 Debut
Part of Mazda’s Large Product Group, the CX-60 crossover is rear-wheel drive and boasts more than 300 horsepower. More…
BMW i4 M50 Versus M3 Drag Race Is Remarkably Close
This drag race really puts the future of BMW’s entire performance lineup into perspective. More…
A Chinese company is building a colossal 16 MW offshore wind turbine [Update]
Zhongshan, China-headquartered MingYang Smart Energy is in the process of building the largest offshore wind turbine yet: the MySE 16.0-242 wind turbine. Once it launches, it will dwarf the 14-megawatt (MW) GE Haliade-X. Why do they keep getting bigger. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 22, 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…
