Electric Cars

By Joey Klender Posted on January 20, 2021 German automaker Volkswagen has announced that it ended production efforts of the widely-popular Golf hatchback, opening the door for the all-electric ID series in the U.S. “Over four decades, the Golf has delivered a great value to American drivers,” Senior Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategy

Before today, buying a Porsche Taycan in the US was a six-figure layout. The first full battery electric vehicle from Porsche was only offered in packages starting from $103K for the Taycan 4S to $185K for the Turbo S (reviewed here). Today, Porsche is now opening the floodgates to Taycan ownership with a base model

After a few months since we first heard about the idea, Audi and FAW confirm a new cooperation company to produce EVs in China based on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE). The joint venture will be officially established during the first quarter of 2021. Interestingly, Audi (and Volkswagen Group China) for the very first time

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 18, 2021 SpaceX is in the midst of preparing for back-to-back Falcon 9 launches from its two Florida pads, a feat that will also require two drone ships for each rocket booster to land on. Drone ship Just Read The Instructions (JRTI) is already on station off the coast

Tesla has increased the price of Powerwall, its home battery pack, again – the second time in just a few months. Tesla Powerwall Demand is Crazy Back in 2015, Tesla decided to use its expertise in making battery packs for electric vehicles to produce energy storage devices for homes and businesses by launching the Powerwall

Tesla disrupted the automotive world by showing electric cars could be high-performance, desirable machines. Elon Musk even said his main goal was to make other car companies follow Tesla’s path before becoming the most valuable car company in the world. We have no idea if Musk still has the same motto, but European EV sales

San Diego-based electric bicycle company Ride1Up has long been a value leader in the US e-bike industry. Now with the new Ride1Up Prodigy’s unveiling, the company is bringing the same value-oriented design to its first ever mid-drive electric bicycle. Ride1Up Prodigy e-bike announced Popular models like the $995 Roadster V2 and $1,095 Core-5 have underscored

A recent thread on the Mach-E Forum and the InsideEVs Forum indicates that Ford Mustang Mach-E buyers received an email alerting them that their estimated delivery date has been updated. In addition, some Mach-E buyers have shared that, while their electric crossovers are already on trains for delivery, their delivery dates were still pushed back. ***UPDATE: We

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 15, 2021 It’s now clear that SpaceX is preparing to return to the roots of its Starship program with the latest in a series of one-off ‘test tanks’ meant to qualify upgrades to the rocket’s design and production. Likely known as Starship SN7.2, the hardware will be the first

French motorbike company Sodium Cycles took to CES 2021 to show off the latest version of their light electric motorcycle known as the Xubaka. Sodium Cycles Xubaka The Xubaka electric motorcycle has been in development since 2018 and looks quite different than most mini electric motorcycles we’ve seen. Instead of using a typical mini-sport bike

As Volkswagen targets electrification of the mainstream segments on a mass scale, the company has to promote electric cars to the groups not necessarily familiarized with EVs. There are tons of myths, concerns, doubts and fears about whether an electric car will reliably fulfil its role as a “normal car.” And here is a new

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 12, 2021 In a sign of the regulatory agency’s growing confidence in SpaceX, the FCC has rapidly approved a request to add ten Starlink satellites to an imminent Falcon 9 rideshare launch. Known as Transporter-1 and originally scheduled to launch as early as December 2020 or January 14th, SpaceX

Lowe’s offers the Greenworks 1800PSI 1.1-GPM Electric Pressure Washer for $149 shipped. That’s down from the original $179 price tag and the usual going rate. As a comparison, we previously saw it at $125 and today’s deal is the second-best we’ve tracked all-time. This model sports an ultra-portable design that can push up to 1800PSI of pressure

There was a time when Elon Musk was fond of combustion-engined cars – so much so that he bought one of the best ever made: the McLaren F1. This video from 1999 ironically gives us something Justine Wilson said she was afraid Musk could miss: “a sense of appreciation and perspective.” We cannot talk about

By Maria Merano Posted on January 11, 2021 A Tesla Model Y instructional video provided the community and potential buyers of the vehicle’s seven-seater option an inside look into the third row of the all-electric crossover. The extensive video showed the differences, in terms of seats and rows, between the Model Y five-seater and seven

Teasers late last month indicated that Vmoto’s Super Soco was planning to unveil an electric motorcycle soon. Vmoto’s presence in much of Asia, Europe and Australia has led to increased interest in the launch, as the new bike stands a good chance of reaching multiple international markets. TS Street Hunter unveiling clues Super Soco currently

NIO’s recently introduced ET7 will employ NIO’s latest NAD (NIO Autonomous Driving) technology based on NIO Aquila’s suite of sensors and NIO Adam’s powerful computing capabilities.  NIO has built up the NAD full-stack autonomous driving capability including perception algorithms, localization, control strategy, as well as platform software. NIO Aquila features 33 high-performance sensing units, including 11

By Joey Klender Posted on January 9, 2021 Earlier this week, a report was released that revealed Tesla’s margins for the Model Y crossover in Shanghai. Guosen Securities, a Shenzen-based financial firm, found that Tesla holds a nearly 30% marginal rate on every unit. As the Model Y just recently began production and has become available for

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla (TSLA) stock going to the moon (or Mars), a new Model Y, the timing of the $25,000 Tesla car, and more. The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. is the biggest oil producer in the world. Saudi Arabia is the second one, but petrodollars highly fund its economy. This is why there is such a delicious irony to the fact that Lucid would be discussing to have a plant in Saudi Arabia: one of

By Joey Klender Posted on January 7, 2021 Tesla’s energy business gets put off to the side due to the overwhelming success of the company’s automotive side. While the growth of Tesla’s automotive sector has influenced an over 700% boost in the stock price over the last year, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya says that when

GM is set to produce a Honda-branded electric vehicle and an Acura-branded electric crossover in Mexico and Tennessee starting in 2023. GM and Honda GM and Honda have an ongoing relationship around electrification. This includes work on the Cruise Origin, an electric, self-driving vehicle, which was revealed in San Francisco earlier this year. Honda also joined

The partnership between General Motors and Honda soon might enter a new level and include  joint production of new Ultium-based electric cars in North America. According to Automotive News’ unofficial sources, there is a plan to launch an electric Honda and electric Acura crossovers, produced in GM plants, within four years from now. The first

Workhorse Group, a company focusing on commercial sales of last-mile electric delivery vans, has received an order for 6,320 all-electric vans. The order comes from Pride Group Enterprises, a company which focuses on equipment sales, rental and leasing for the logistics industry. While 6,320 doesn’t seem like an astounding number at first blush, it’s much

Teslarati published a recent article highlighting a report from China-based publication Xinhua News Agency. Essentially, it explains that Tesla‘s new dedicated Supercharger facility will also include a new in-house Research and Development (R&D) center. The Supercharger facility is set to open this first quarter of 2021, with a goal of producing some 10,000 Superchargers per year.

By Maria Merano Posted on January 3, 2021 The Tesla China Model 3 configurator was updated to feature new design elements found in the recently announced Giga Shanghai-produced Model Y. These include an updated interior as well as new features like a heated steering wheel for the Model 3 Performance. A Gigafactory Shanghai-made Model 3

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We rarely see drag races of Chinese electric cars, but as more and more locally produced models are getting really quick, it might soon change. Here is the BYD Han, a new model, which in its top of the line all-electric version is able to accelerate from 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.9 seconds. In

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The New York Times digs into how Trump tried but failed to bury the US’ top climate report. Utility-scale solar and wind projects are expected to add 172.5 GW of US energy capacity through 2024. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in

November 2020 was an amazing month for passenger plug-in electric cars with a new all-time monthly record of over 414,300 units! It was possible thanks to a huge new record in China (over 198,000), and also a new record in Europe (over 166,000). It also means that the rest of the world has been responsible