Bicycle manufacturer Kona has just broadened its lineup of electric bicycles with a series of new announcements for additional electric models.
Kona Remote 160 DL
The newly announced Kona Remote 160 DL electric mountain bike features the Shimano EP8 electric mid-drive system.
That new e-bike motor and drive unit was only announced at the beginning of the week, making the Remote 160 DL one of…
Watch Ford Mustang electric prototype pull a wheelie on the drag strip
September 14, 2020
The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 prototype electric car pulled a wheelie in a quarter-mile run that it completed in just 8.27 seconds.
Last year, Ford unveiled the “Mustang Lithium” with 900hp at SEMA in Las Vegas, but I guess we can’t be too mad at them now that…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 3, 2020
September 14, 2020
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.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
VW unveils ID.4 interior with some Tesla inspirations
September 14, 2020
VW is unveiling the ID.4’s interior today, or at least the electric SUV’s cockpit, and you could easily argue that there are some inspirations from Tesla’s minimalist interior.
Despite being trashed by many early on for the spartan approach to its interior design, Tesla has now definitely created a minimalist trend in the auto industry, with the user experience being centered around a…
Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki test shared swappable electric motorcycle batteries
September 14, 2020
The Big Four motorcycle manufacturers in Japan, including Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki, are teaming up on electric motorcycle development and testing.
Specifically, the companies are working together to develop a shared swappable battery platform for electric…
Tesla is finally going to Nikola Tesla’s home country
September 14, 2020
After years of waiting, Tesla is finally expanding to Croatia, the home country of the automaker’s namesake, Nikola Tesla.
An ethnic Serb, Tesla was born in a village called Smiljan in the Austrian Empire, but it is now located in Croatia.
Tesla has been talking about…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with VW CEO, gets preview of ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars
September 14, 2020
Tesla CEO Elon Musk had a special meeting with VW CEO Hebert Diess where he got a preview of the ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars.
As we have been reporting over the last few days, Musk has been in Germany to visit a few projects related to Tesla.
Musk visited several German officials and they assured him that Tesla will receive full support from the German government for Gigafactory Berlin.
The CEO…
EGEB: Volta Trucks launches an inner-city commercial EV
September 14, 2020
Volta Trucks launches the Volta Zero, a fully electric 16-tonne commercial truck.
Investment firm The Carlyle Group acquires Maine’s largest solar portfolio under construction.
France will spend €30 billion in its stimulus package on green energy policies.
Arcadia Power…
If you are an EV owner with a dryer in your garage, you’ve probably dreamed up the NeoCharge product already. And if you have a second EV, you’ve surely needed one rather than calling an electrician to run a second 240V line. What is this black magic device, exactly?
Tesla reverts to again not sharing pictures of used cars for sale
September 14, 2020
Tesla has once again changed its used car policy. It is reverting back to not sharing pictures of its used vehicles for sale.
Since Tesla doesn’t use the dealer model, it has arguably the greatest hold on the used car market for its own vehicles.
It gets a steady flow of used vehicles from leases ending and Tesla owners upgrading to the latest models.
Over the years, Tesla has made several…
