The U.S. electric vehicle maker Lucid leaped past several milestones on Tuesday. With an official commissioning ceremony for its Casa Grande, Arizona manufacturing plant featuring Arizona governor Doug Ducey, and presentations by CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson and manufacturing VP Peter Hochholdinger, it reported that it has produced the first… More…
Rolls-Royce Spectre Is The Brand’s First EV: Coming In Q4 2023
Company is also going all-electric after 2030. More…
Tesla Plaid Gets Into Crazy Fight With 1,000-HP McLaren 720S
Since this drag race is part of Hoonigan’s “This vs That” series, you know fun is guaranteed. More…
Volkswagen reveals PHEV plans with >100 km range
In the course of a presentation of its current plug-in hybrid models, Volkswagen has given an outlook on the PHEV strategy for the coming years. A new generation of plug-in hybrid drives is expected to be used from 2023. On the one hand, the 1.4 TSI combustion engine used so far will be replaced by […] More…
General Motors completes small-series BrightDrop production
General Motors has produced the first examples of its BrightDrop EV600 electric delivery vehicle. For the initial small series production, BrightDrop is cooperating with a partner; later, series production is to start in its own factory. Additionally, BrightDrop is introducing a smaller offshoot, the EV410. The EV600 is the young brand’s first electric delivery van. […] More…
Lucid launches production of the ‘Air’ electric sedan
Lucid Motors has officially started production of the first customer vehicles of its Air electric sedan at its plant in Casa Grande in the US state of Arizona. Deliveries are scheduled to begin at the end of October. According to the manufacturer, more than 13,000 reservations have been made so far. In the middle of […] More…
Elon Musk calls out Biden for ‘being controlled by unions’ after Tesla is snubbed at ‘EV summit’
Elon Musk called out President Joe Biden for “being controlled by unions” after Tesla was snubbed at a meeting about electric vehicles at the White House More…
Britain’s self-made fuel crisis
Because an estimated 100,000 truck drivers have gone back to where they came from because of Brexit, petrol is becoming increasingly scarce at British petrol stations. Panic buying has been going on for days. Now apparently soldiers are to help deliver the fuel. Prime minister Boris Johnson took to television to calm down the public, […] More…
UK Proposes Law To Switch Off EV Home Chargers During Peak Hours
Going into effect next year, a new law aims to protect the grid from excessive strain; it won’t apply to public chargers, though. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 6 Electric Sedan Spied Testing In Germany
Tesla Model 3 rival from Hyundai spotted still under heavy camouflage, although we can see the shape of its body and many details. More…
The Polestar 4 Will Be The Brand’s More Affordable Electric SUV
It will be positioned under the Polestar 3, which is set to launch next year. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 28, 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 Tesla shouldn’t have an NDA for its Full Self-Driving Beta
Elon Musk says Tesla shouldn’t have a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta testers More…
The British have a gas shortage, so they’re Googling electric cars like crazy
Analysis of Google search data revealed that online searches for electric cars in the UK exploded 1,600% on September 24 – the day that gas shortages became a widespread problem across the country More…
EcoFlow DELTA Max offers up to 6,048 Wh of stored power to fulfill all your energy needs
Portable Power and Renewable Energy Solutions company EcoFlow has shared details of the newest member of its DELTA product line, complete with modular expandable storage capacity and other new features. EcoFlow’s arsenal of power stations and solar panels has already established the brand as a major player in energy on the go, and its new EcoFlow DELTA Max will push customer’s capabilities when it becomes available for order in late September More…
Lucid rolls first customer Air EVs off AMP-1 assembly line, Dream Editions to deliver in late October
During its “Production Preview Week” in Arizona, EV automaker Lucid Motors opened the doors of its AMP-1 production facility to the media, investors, and Air Dream Edition reservation holders to showcase the first customer-quality Air EVs rolling off the assembly line. Lucid shared that it will deliver in late October. More…
Lucid Air Officially Enters Production In Arizona
Customer deliveries will begin next month. More…
Tesla launches a $10,000 monthly lottery to encourage workers to get COVID-19 vaccines
Tesla told employees that it is launching a new lottery to encourage workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 More…
Meet The Xpeng P5: World’s First Production EV With LIDAR
It’s a very advanced EV and its LIDAR system is the first on the market. More…
Cupra Born Enters Production In Zwickau, Germany
A prettier Volkswagen ID.3? More…
