Volkswagen’s first all-electric crossover coupe will launch in Europe in early 2022 but won’t make it to the US. More…
VW ID.5 RWD And ID.5 GTX AWD Electric Crossover Coupes Are Here
ZipCharge Go Portable Electric Vehicle Charger Introduced At COP26
Could this be the portable EV charger the industry’s been waiting for? More…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 2, 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…
Tesla integrates Tidal app in-car, adds cold weather improvements and more in new update
Tesla has started to push a new software update that adds an in-car app for Tidal, the music-streaming service, cold weather improvements, and more. More…
Fisker Announces 5 GWh/Year Battery Deal With CATL
The production-intent version of the Fisker Ocean will be unveiled this month. More…
Apple joins ‘First Movers Coalition’ in its goal to become a carbon-neutral company by 2030
Apple has joined the “First Movers Coalition,” a partnership between the World Economic Forum and the US Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate to maintain its commitment to becoming a carbon-neutral company by 2030. More…
COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 2
The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021, is under way in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever. More…
Goodfood gets Lightning refrigerated vans
In Montreal, Goodfood Market Corp, one of Canada’s largest online grocery companies has just received ten fully-electric refrigerated delivery vans from Lightning eMotors. Lightning eMotors says that this delivery is Canada’s first deployment of a fully electric refrigerated vehicle fleet. The deployment also marks Lightning eMotors’ entry into Canada’s commercial electric vehicle market. Tim Reeser, […] More…
UK’s NHS unveils new hydrogen-electric ambulances at COP26
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) unveiled a hydrogen-powered zero emission ambulance this week at Glasgow’s COP26 climate change conference. The vehicle will help the NHS reduce its contribution to UK road emissions and improve air quality and therefore health – thus making health workers’ jobs a little easier to boot. More…
Tesla Launches J1772 Gen 2 Wall Connector… For Non-Tesla EVs
It’s competitively priced and might be worth considering. More…
Mini Asks US Dealers To Accept 3% Margin Cut On Next-Gen Cooper SE
The made-in-China small EV will be subject to a 27.5% tariff in the US. More…
XPeng launches ‘Smart Driving Points’ beta, eerily similar to Tesla’s ‘Safety Score’
Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors has taken a play out of Tesla’s book and will implement a ‘Smart Driving Points’ scoring system to ensure future owners don’t abuse its self-driving technology. The safety monitoring system has launched in beta form ahead of a 2022 rollout, and appears to be eerily similar to Tesla’s recent ‘Safety Score’ feature for its Autopilot technology.. More…
Toyota Posts New Ad Pushing Back Against ‘Union’ EV Tax Credit
Toyota isn’t the only automaker opposed to the Biden Administration’s proposal to give extra incentives to union-made EVs. More…
Equinor has a new floating wind turbine design, and it’s Scotland-bound
Norway-headquartered energy giant Equinor has a new floating wind turbine foundation design, and it wants to launch it in a one-gigawatt (GW) Scottish offshore wind farm project. More…
CATL to supply batteries for upcoming Fisker Ocean SUV
Fisker Inc. has announced a formal agreement with CATL to supply batteries to the upcoming Ocean electric SUV, as it approaches production next year. CATL will provide small and large battery packs of different chemistries to Fisker over the next few years, delivering an initial annual capacity of over five-gigawatt hours (GWh). More…
Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus Gone: Say Hi To Model 3 RWD
The latest data suggests a major overhaul is coming, including possible Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive version. More…
Watch Tesla’s Captivating Video Inside Shanghai Robot Paint Shop
Elon Musk says Tesla’s edge over rivals will be thanks to its manufacturing. Here’s a glimpse of what that might mean. More…
USA awards $199 million for zero-emission trucking and EV charging projects
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $199 million to fund 25 projects aimed at putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads. This includes long-haul trucks powered by batteries and fuel cells and improving EV charging infrastructure in projects across the USA. The initiative that was just presented in New York by Vice President […] More…
MG Motor shows off updated ZS EV
MG Motor has now presented the details of the announced facelift of the ZS EV, which will arrive at European dealers at the end of November. Initially, only the larger of the two will be available – the ‘Standard Range’ battery will follow later. As already announced at the beginning of October, the 45 kWh […] More…
SQM begins testing electric truck for logistics
The Chilean chemical company SQM is initiating the test run of an electric truck in the company’s logistics. The model is an electric 28-tonne truck from the Chinese manufacturer Yutong with a range of around 200 kilometres. According to the company, many more electric trucks could follow. The e-truck is to start its service in […] More…
