Elon Musk says Tesla is now working on the “final piece of the Full Self-Driving (FSD) AI puzzle,” and apparently that is “vehicle control.”
Despite his best efforts to stop making predictions about self-driving, the CEO has recently still predicted that Tesla would achieve full autonomy by the end of the year.
For many of us who use Tesla’s FSD Beta regularly, it is hard to imagine…
Japanese automaker Subaru is shifting its focus and resources to produce electric vehicles. Subaru announced a new electrification plan Wednesday, calling for eight EV models by 2028 and a 50% BEV sales share by the end of the decade.
Subaru updates EV strategy
A day after a…
Tesla has evidently restarted deploying Magic Dock adapters at its Superchargers in the US or at the very least at one station in Texas.
Earlier this year, Tesla started deploying what it calls “Magic Dock” at a few Supercharger stations.
It serves as a new receiver for…
Kawasaki says its first electric motorcycles are ready
August 2, 2023
We first learned about Kawasaki’s upcoming electric street bikes last year at the 2022 EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show. And now it looks like the two electric motorcycles are ready for primetime.
The pair of electric models has begun homologation in Australia, as reported by Motorcycle.com. According to the homologation filings, the two electric motorcycle models have received the designation Ninja…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 1, 2023
August 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…
Chinese EV maker NIO delivered over 20,000 vehicles in July, breaking a new monthly sales record. The success was driven by the new ES6, which broke NIO’s monthly sales record for a single model.
New NIO ES6 EV sets monthly sales record in July
NIO released the…
Li-Cycle today launched one of Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery recycling centers, and it can process full EV battery packs.
Li-Cycle in Germany
Toronto-headquartered Li-Cycle’s first European battery recycling center – what the company calls a “Spoke” – is in Magdeburg, Germany, northwest of Leipzig.
The Magdeburg Spoke’s first main processing line at the 20,000-square-meter…
Automobili Pininfarina unveils PURA Vision concept as study in future electric luxury utility vehicles
August 2, 2023
Behold the dawning of the e-LUV. Electric hypercar developer Automobili Pininfarina is created a new new breed of luxury vehicles with a new concept called the PURA Vision. The boutique automaker describes the PURA Vision as an electric luxury utility vehicle or “e-LUV”…
Volkswagen’s smallest electric car, the ID.3, is seeing more orders in China following significant price cuts implemented last month.
VW ID.3 orders soar after price cuts in China
Volkswagen’s joint venture with SAIC (VW-SAIC) announced a new limited-time offer on…
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is a “free electric bank account with your name on it.” It’s packed with rebates and tax credits that will help Americans purchase everything from EVs to electrical appliances to heat pumps. Check out this easy-to-use IRA savings calculator from Rewiring America that tells you what you’ll get.
Rewiring America is an electrification nonprofit whose…
