In Europe, Volvo is already selling more rechargeable cars than non-rechargeable cars. More…
Volvo Recharge Sales Improve 18% In November 2021
TotalEnergies to add 800 charge points for Ghent
The French energy company TotalEnergies has won a tender from the city of Ghent to install 800 new charging points by 2025 and to operate them for ten years. For Total, this is already the third such order from a major Belgian city. The exact locations of the 800 new charging points have not yet […] More…
Addmotor unveils new City Pro electric bike for commuters with ‘125 miles of range’
Replacing cars as commuter vehicles is one of the best uses for electric bicycles, which help would-be riders turn into actual riders by adding the confidence boost of electric pedal assist. Now Addmotor is hoping to cash in on the market with its own electric city bike known as the City Pro. More…
Is The End Of Fossil Fuel Cars Really Coming?
Public perception is coming around to the idea that the Oil Age is drawing to a close. More…
Ford plans a full-size electric truck with “incredibly high volume”
Ford is preparing to follow up the 2022 F-150 Lightning with another full-size electric pickup truck designed from the start for “incredibly high volume,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said in an interview with Automotive News (subscription required). The new full-size truck, which likely won’t arrive for a few years, will have a new platform, and will be… More…
Jeep to release 2022 Wrangler only as PHEV in most of Europe
Jeep will offer its Wrangler only as a plug-in hybrid in European left-hand drive markets with the new 2022 model year. The slightly revised 2022 model of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe will also receive some minor updates, including a host of new ADAS features. Introduced last year, Jeep will now only offer the 2022 Wrangler […] More…
Arrival to build battery assembly plant in Charlotte
The British electric vehicle developer Arrival is building an assembly plant for high-voltage battery modules for use in its vans and buses in Charlotte, North Carolina. Arrival is investing about 11.5 million US dollars in the plant. Arrival’s High Voltage Battery Module (HVBM) assembly plant will service the company’s nearby micro-factories. These are located in […] More…
BMW iX Deliveries Begin, Flagship EV Achieves Milestone Already
This black iX xDrive40 has become the one-millionth electrified vehicle BMW Group has built so far. More…
Toyota announces hybrid & BEV platform for Europe
The Japanese carmaker Toyota plans to develop a new vehicle platform with the abbreviation E3 exclusively for European vehicles with hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric drive systems. To speed up the process, the Japanese will apparently partly use existing technology. As reported by Automotive News Europe, citing Toyota’s European boss Matt Harrison, the new platform will […] More…
Power struggle at VW leaves Diess with less control
A solution is emerging in the power struggle at Volkswagen. According to insiders, Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess can continue to lead the Wolfsburg group, but he will have to relinquish power. The solution apparently foresees, among other things, that VW brand manager Ralf Brandstätter will be promoted to the group’s board of management. Both the […] More…
Elon Musk: Tesla Bot can solve labor shortage, but there’s no clear timeline
Elon Musk gave an update on Tesla Bot, Tesla’s upcoming humanoid robot project, and said that he believes it can solve the labor shortage issue. More…
Volvo, Polestar Reportedly Working On Smaller Electric SUV
The model would sit below today’s XC40 and C40 models and also undercut them on price. More…
Elon Musk calls for Senate not to pass the Build Back Better act: ‘Tesla doesn’t need the $7,500’
Elon Musk calls for the Senate not to pass the $2 trillion Build Back Better act and says Tesla doesn’t need the $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles. More…
Unofficial Rendering Previews Genesis GV90 Large Electric SUV
The GV90 will come as an EV and it’s believed to be based on the E-GMP platform. More…
When the QA problems come home to roost
Tesla will recall a total of 21,599 made-in-China Model Ys that were manufactured between Feb. 4, 2021 and Oct. 30, 2021, in order to fix a potentially dangerous suspension defect. In a written response, Tesla explained that the front and rear suspension links on Model Y vehicles are attached to the ‘knuckles’. Due to a supply-side […] More…
Is 2022 Tesla Model 3’s Quality Worse Than 21MY? Owner Thinks So
Having recently upgraded from a 2021 Model 3 Long Range to a 2022 Model 3 Performance, he says Tesla cheaped out and quality got worse. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 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…
Toyota Announces Location For U.S. Automotive Battery Plant
It will supply battery packs for up to 1.2 million electrified vehicles annually. More…
GM And POSCO Chemical Hint At Battery Materials JV
They will build a new manufacturing plant in North America to supply Ultium Cells battery plants. More…
Toyota says North Carolina battery plant will pave the way for US-built EVs
A North Carolina Toyota battery plant will make cells starting in 2025, bound for American-built electrified vehicles, including EVs, the company confirmed on Monday. The $1.29 million plant, in Randolph County, North Carolina, and called the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite, will provide 1,750 jobs and builds on a commitment to U.S.-built batteries… More…
