Acura is moving to embrace electric cars at a faster rate than parent Honda, Emile Korkor, the brand’s assistant vice president of national sales, said in a recent interview with Automotive News (subscription required). The premium Acura brand is “going much faster” than the main Honda brand in having EVs make up an increasingly larger percentage… More…
Dacia Spring Super Cheap EV Is Safer Than Renault Zoe
The Chinese-made Dacia Spring was awarded more stars than the Renault Zoe by Euro NCAP. More…
Ralf Brandstätter rumoured to take over VW in China
According to a media report, VW brand manager Ralf Brandstätter is to become the Volkswagen group’s new board member for China, replacing group CEO Herbert Diess in this post. Brandstätter would thus still join the group’s board of management, albeit in a different capacity than previously suspected. According to the Handelsblatt, this was confirmed in […] More…
Peugeot to sell only BEVs in Europe by 2030
According to brand CEO Linda Jackson, Peugeot is to become an all-electric car manufacturer in Europe by 2030. Outside Europe, however, Peugeot intends to continue offering internal combustion engine models beyond 2030. “As we move on to the new [Stellantis] platforms, STLA Small, Medium, Large, by 2030 in Europe all of our models will be […] More…
Polestar 2 Gains 67 HP Via Performance Software Upgrade
It’s not free, though, and Polestar wants €1,000 to unlock the extra power. More…
Porsche IPO On The Table As VW Group Seeks Funding For EV, AV Shift
The luxury sports car maker could be valued at up to $100 billion. More…
Wait not, want not
Sources familiar with the matter told Electrek that Tesla is sick of waiting for customers who keep delaying the deliveries of their new Teslas. The electric carmaker has decided to send an ultimatum to these customers after which they mean to start cancelling orders. Apparently, this applies to a few thousand orders in the US. […] More…
Giant Tesla Megapack project is turned on after fire setback
A giant Tesla Megapack project operated by Neoen in Australia has finally been turned on after a fire set back the battery system this summer. More…
Tesla Model 3 Is A Competent Police Car, UK Trial Reveals
Custom-built Model 3 patrol cars have been getting great results during nine months of initial trials. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 7, 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…
DBT forms R3 to operate fast-charging hubs
French EV charging station specialist DBT Group has announced the launch of R3 (Réseau Recharge Rapide), a subsidiary dedicated to operating its network of ua-fast charging stations. The first R3 recharging station opened for business on 6 December at the Norauto site in Fâches-Thumesnil, just outside Lille. DBT says that subsequent stations should be set […] More…
See Mercedes-Benz EQS As A Luxurious Electric Banana Box Hauler
Only crossover/SUVs can take more boxes, but will not provide the same comfort. More…
Hyundai Ioniq 5 gets impressive EPA range of over 300 miles
Hyundai announced the EPA range of the Ioniq 5 today ahead of its US launch, and it received an impressive 300+ miles. More…
China’s offshore wind growth drives more than 300GW wind capacity installed
China is the world’s biggest polluter – and it’s also the world’s leader in clean energy growth. China’s cumulative installed onshore and offshore wind capacity has now reached 302.2 gigawatts (GW), according to Windpower Intelligence (WPI), the data and research division of Windpower Monthly. More…
SEA Electric to convert 10k US school buses
SEA Electric, a provider of electric commercial vehicles originally from Australia and now based in Los Angeles has received another major order: US school bus dealer Midwest Transit Equipment (MTE) wants SEA to convert 10,000 existing school buses to electric vehicles. SEA Electric and Midwest Transit Equipment have partnered up to equip 10,000 school buses […] More…
Hubject starts automatic invoice management
Hubject has introduced invoice management as part of its eRoaming services. The new ‘Invoice Management’ function should simplify – ie. automate – processes for over 1,000 B2B partners. Until now, the manual transfer of charging data has still been necessary in some cases. Until now, the invoicing process between charging station operators (CPO) and eMobility […] More…
Is The Tesla Model Y The Best Electric SUV? Not Really, Says Carwow
Mat Watson reckons there are better alternatives out there than the Model Y Long Range. More…
Rivian R1S Prototype Spotted At A Fast Charging Station
It appears big compared to a RAM pickup. More…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk On His Taxes & Charging Network Subsidies
Musk says we don’t need support for gas stations, so why money for charging infrastructure? More…
10,000 North American school buses will be converted to fully electric
SEA Electric, an Australian company with US headquarters in Torrance, California, that makes battery electric power systems for commercial vehicles, and Illinois-headquartered Midwest Transit Equipment (MTE), one of the largest school bus dealers in the US, have partnered to update 10,000 school buses in the US Midwest with battery-electric power systems over the next five years. More…
