In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Electrek seeing a ton of cool EVs at the Shanghai Auto Show, Tesla’s disastrous earnings, Slate’s cheap EV pickup being unveiled, and more. Read more…
Tesla Cybertruck Demand Is Way Below Its Annual Production Capacity
Model S and X sales have also tanked. Read more…
The Slate Online Configurator Is Up. Build Your Perfect Cheap Truck
There are options and customizations galore, but prices are still unknown. Read more…
Huawei showcases the luxurious interior of the Maextro S800
Huawei and JAC (Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group) have together created the very high-end Maextro brand, and its first car, the S800, was first unveiled in November. Since then, we’ve seen official photos in January, and even a crab walk. Now the brand is finally ready to show us inside. Maextro has published official images of the car’s interior, and it’s… Read more…
Tesla (TSLA) brings back FSD transfer, offers $2,000 loyalty discount amid demand crisis
Tesla (TSLA) is reintroducing Full Self-Driving (FSD) transfers and offering $2,000 loyalty discounts on the new Model Y to existing owners amid a demand surge. Read more…
Waymo founder: Tesla hoped to compete with Waymo, but failed utterly and completely for 10 yrs
John Krafcik, Waymo founder and former CEO, clapped back at Tesla CEO Elon Musk after his comments on Waymo at Tesla’s earnings earlier this week. Read more…
Waymo Might Sell You A Robotaxi One Day
Looser AV regulations from NHTSA could help with that. Also, VW is ready for range-extended EV. Read more…
Renault 5 Turbo 3E presales open
Reservations for Renault’s new 5 Turbo 3E have opened, enabling customers to gain priority reservation on one of 1980 available vehicles for €50,000. A customisation phase is planned for 2026, with initial deliveries to begin in 2027. Read more…
France to end registration fee exemption for electric cars
France will scrap the exemption from vehicle registration fees for electric cars from 1 May in most regions, ending a policy that has been in place since 2020. The only region expected to maintain the exemption is Hauts-de-France. Read more…
The “Blank Slate” revolution – a $28,000 EV ready for your personal touch
It seems we have a revolution on our hands. Dubbed simply “Truck” by its creators, Slate is offering an all-electric pickup with a starting price of around $28,000 – potentially dropping to less than $20,000 after the $7,500 federal tax incentive. This aggressively priced EV wants to shake up the industry by providing a basic, customizable platform that owners can… Read more…
QuantumScape partners with specialist Murata
QuantumScape, the solid-state battery developer backed by Volkswagen, has entered into a strategic agreement with Murata Manufacturing to explore collaboration on large-scale production of ceramic separators for its next-generation battery cells. Read more…
Wheel-E Podcast: Tenways cargo e-bike, Lime mopeds, EUCs, more
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes a new cargo e-bike launch from Tenways, Lime bringing its new e-bike and e-moped to its larger fleets, testing a 100 mile e-bike, California’s e-bike vouchers are set to open again in another lottery round, a new electric unicycle from InMotion, and more. Read more…
Volvo EX30 Begins Very Timely Production In Europe
Until now, EX30s were only made at the Geely Group’s plant in China and faced big tariffs. Read more…
Slate Unveiled A Cheap EV. Tesla’s Is Still A Mystery.
On this week’s Plugged-In Podcast: Our thoughts on Slate’s cheap pickup, a battery breakthrough from CATL and turmoil at Tesla. Read more…
Octopus Energy launches ‘unlimited’ charging subscription
Octopus’ ‘Intelligent Drive Pack’ is being billed as the UK’s first ‘unlimited’ EV charging subscription. It costs £30 per month and enables EV drivers to charge their vehicles during set hours scheduled by Octopus. Read more…
XCharge to showcase improved microgrid solution in Munich
The charge point manufacturer will display its new generation of the Net Zero Series (NZS GEN2) at the Power2Drive in Munich at the beginning of May. It combines battery storage, photovoltaic integration and fast charging in a single system. Read more…
CPCA expects China Apr NEV retail at 900,000, down 9% from Mar
Overall passenger car retail sales in April are estimated to be around 1.75 million units, up 14.4 percent year-on-year but down 9.8 percent from the previous month.
The first week of April was the Qingming Festival holiday, while the second week saw windy weather in some parts of China.
CATL buys back shares to support stock price
CATL bought back RMB 254 million of its shares today, the first of its latest share buyback program.
CATL shares have been down about 9 percent so far this year.
Goliath solid-state battery achieves scale-up milestone
UK solid-state battery technology developer Ilika has verified the high performance of its Goliath batteries manufactured via an industrially scaled process at The UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. This confirms the battery is on track on its route to market, the company said. The announcement follows Ilika’s announcement in February reporting large-scale preparation of the Goliath… Read more…
Dongfeng debuts Nammi 06 electric SUV
Dongfeng has just unveiled its new compact electric SUV at Auto Shanghai, with pre-sales due to start later in April. It’s based on the Dongfeng Quantum Architecture Platform 3 and will initially only be sold in China. Read more…
