Tesla and Ford announced a partnership to onboard the latter’s electric vehicles on the former’s Supercharger network. Ford will add the Tesla plug, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), to its own electric vehicles. More…
US wind and solar combined produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023
US wind and solar together produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023, according to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). More…
Mercedes-Benz is installing a 100 MW wind farm on its test track
Mercedes-Benz has hired a contractor to install a 20-turbine wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, Germany. More…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk discusses EV future with Ford CEO Jim Farley
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is going to discuss the future of electric vehicles with Ford CEO Jim Farley on a Twitter Spaces. More…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 25, 2023
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…
Boutique Mobility: Ponomarets Introduces The Series 1 Electric Bicycle
Built to exacting standards, this carbon e-bike incorporates technology from the worlds of aviation and supercars. More…
See Aspark Owl EV Set Two New Speed Records At Almost 200 MPH
The fully electric Japanese hypercar had the fastest-ever recorded average speed for an EV over the eighth and quarter mile. More…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta Finally Launched In Europe And Oz
The vision and AI-based advanced driver-assist system is reportedly only available to a few beta testers for now. More…
This Is The Best Look Yet At The Tesla Cybertruck’s Interior
The photos posted on the Cybertruck Owners Club appear taken at Tesla’s Annual Shareholder Event earlier this month. More…
Tesla Model Y Was The World’s Best-Selling Car In Q1 2023
According to JATO data compiled for Motor1, the Model Y was the first electric car to lead global sales for a period. More…
VinFast recalls entire first batch of VF8 models sent to the US
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast issued a voluntary recall for the entire first batch of 999 VF8 electric SUVs sent to the US over a software issue that poses safety risks. More…
Easee temporarily restricts wall box sales on its own account
After Sweden banned the sales of Easee wall boxes due to potential safety deficiencies, authorities in other countries have become active. In Austria, Easee is now temporarily restricting the sale of two products itself, and the situation also appears to have changed in Germany. Brief review: In February, the Swedish safety institute Elsälerhetverket revealed safety […] More…
2024 BMW i5: Electric 5-Series starts at $67,795 and 295 miles
BMW on Wednesday unveiled the i5, the first-ever all-electric version of the automaker’s 5-Series luxury sedan, which is scheduled to reach dealerships later this year as a 2024 model. The 2024 BMW i5 will launch in the U.S. in eDrive40 and M60 xDrive guises priced from $67,795 and $85,095, respectively. Both prices include a mandatory $995… More…
BMW to launch i7 with rear-wheel drive in July
According to the German carmaker, the new BMW i7 eDrive50 offers a maximum output of 335 kW and comes with a range of 575 to 611 kilometres in WLTP. In the USA, both i7 and i4 customers also have the option of a boosted variant with longer ranges. The maximum torque of the i7 eDrive50 […] More…
A long wait is over for Volkswagen employees
Volkswagen employees can now, finally, order electric cars as company cars again. The company has insisted employees wait two years before they can get electric vehicles from their own company as company cars. Back in 2021, the group informed its approximately 18,000 executives that electric and hybrid models would “probably not be orderable” as company […] More…
Ford Lightning Helps Tesla Model S With 0 Miles Of Range Get Back On The Road
The Pro Power Onboard feature of the Ford truck brought the Tesla back to life. More…
Caterham EV Seven: Lightweight electric sports car concept
British sports carmaker Caterham has made progress on its all-electric Seven series announced two years ago. The company just presented what it calls a technology development showcasing a future electric Caterham Seven that delivers the first performance data. The EV Seven uses a 179 kW E-axle from Swindon Powertrain and a battery pack with immersion […] More…
VinFast Recalls All VF8 City Edition EVs Because Display Goes Blank
The VinFast VF8 City Edition has only one display in the cabin, so that’s a big deal. More…
Toyota, Suzuki & Daihatsu Partnered On Mini-Commerical Electric Vans
As Toyota rethinks its electrification plans, this is yet another step forward to show its support of EVs. More…
ZeroAvia and Natilus team up to develop a hydrogen-electric autonomous cargo plane
Autonomous freight aircraft developer Natilus has announced it will offer ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen-electric engine as a propulsion option on its blended wing body (BWB) cargo plane. The two aviation companies have formed a strategic partnership to jointly-develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flown entirely by hydrogen-electric propulsion.. More…
