Tesla is ramping up hiring for its humanoid robot program, Optimus, including some reinforcement learning engineers.
It was hard to take Tesla Bot seriously when Elon Musk announced it by having someone dressed as a robot dance on stage.
To this day, many people are taking the project seriously, but Tesla certainly is.
The latest demonstration of Tesla Optimus prototypes was way more impressive…
Jeep, Ram owner is launching affordable EVs next year
November 2, 2023
Stellantis, the parent company behind Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and 11 others, is launching several new affordable EVs in 2024. The automaker aims to reduce prices on electric models to take on industry leaders like Tesla and incoming Chinese EV makers.
Jeep owner takes stake in…
Base Camp Ghost electric skateboard review: This deck is scary fast and fun to ride [Video]
November 2, 2023
As we reach the pinnacle of the spooky season on Halloween today, I thought it would be appropriate to share my recent experience with the Ghost – a high performance electric skateboard from Base Camp, featuring some impressive in-house technology, and some of the fastest…
Electric motorcycles have demonstrated superior performance in many areas from acceleration to speed and even towing, but they’ve long trailed behind ICE-bikes when it comes to range. That’s set to change with the launch of the new 2024 Evoke 6061-GT electric motorcycle, now preaparing to make its North American debut.
Evoke Motorcycles has built urban-oriented naked bikes for years, focusing…
EV battery maker StoreDot says its silicon-dominant XFC battery cells didn’t degrade after 1,000 consecutive extreme fast charging cycles.
StoreDot ran an extended set of charging profile tests in which XFC was applied from 10-80% of the charge in 10 minutes, with the…
Gigafactory Mexico has received all its needed permits to start construction. Now, it is up to Tesla to give the greenlight after the automaker pumped the brakes on the project.
Tesla officially announced Gigafactory Mexico back in March, and until recently, we were…
Best look at Tesla Cybertruck's powered frunk yet
November 2, 2023
We get our best look at the Tesla Cybertruck frunk with a new sighting with the automatic closing in action.
The front trunk, or frunk, is a popular feature with electric vehicles. It is enabled by electric motors being much smaller than combustion engines.
With the advent of electric pickup trucks, some are excited about the possibility of having large front trunks – enabling an enclosed cargo…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 30, 2023
November 2, 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.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
This team is attempting to take a solar electric truck atop the highest active volcano on Earth
October 5, 2023
Three men from Switzerland have formed the Peak Evolution Team with the goal of conquering the summit of Ojos del Salado in Chile – the world’s highest active volcano – in a solar electric truck, with the help of Austrian logistics company Gebrüder Weiss. The…
Kawasaki has finally revealed the final specs as well as pricing for its first two electric motorcycles, the Kawasaki Ninja e-1 and Z e-1.
Both bikes are now launching in North American markets (US and Canada) as well as in the UK.
In the US, the Ninja e-1 will be priced at US $7,599, while the 2024 Z e-1 starts at a slightly lower US $7,299.
Both models have rock-bottom performance specs…
