Right to Repair laws are common in many countries and are designed to prevent manufacturers from maintaining a monopoly with costly repair services to fix a device. But electric bike makers are pushing lawmakers to exclude e-bikes from these laws.
Right to repair laws make sense for a lot of consumer goods. When my robotic vacuum cleaner eventually burned out a side motor, I bought a spare motor…
Probably the best deal we’ve seen on a fat tire ebike in years, Juiced is currently closing out $900 off their super popular and hyper fast fat tire ebike with monster 812Wh/15.6Ah UL-listed battery. This Class 3 28-mph ebike features 1300W peak motor, 9 speed gears…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 12, 2023
August 12, 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…
First look at Tesla Cybertruck's suspension
August 12, 2023
We get our first close look at Tesla Cybertruck’s suspension thanks to a prototype that was left on the side of the road.
Yesterday, we reported on a Tesla Cybertruck found broken down on the side of the road.
The person who found it, Wayne, was smart enough to sneak a camera under the electric pickup truck. He shared the pictures with Electrek – giving us our best look at Cybertruck’s…
Compared to many of the funky-looking EVs we find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, today’s entry is dangerously close to being almost normal. In fact, it actually is fairly normal in China, where smaller and less expensive EVs are quite…
Luxury electric bike company Riese & Müller generally ships its e-bikes the same way every electric bike maker in the world does so: in cardboard bike boxes. But now the company is switching to a new, greener solution.
Riese & Müller has just unveiled its new…
Tesla Cybertruck found broken down on side of the road
August 12, 2023
A Tesla Cybertruck release candidate was found broken down on the side of the road as the automaker is testing the electric pickup truck ahead of the start of production.
Over the last few months, we have been reporting on Tesla’s evolving test program for the Cybertruck ahead of production, which is just a few weeks or months away.
For example, Tesla was spotted testing the Cybertruck’s…
Automobili Pininfarina teases world premiere of new EV called B95 – 'a collectible masterpiece'
August 12, 2023
After already unveiling to new EVs that will be on display at Monterey Car Week, Automobili Pininfarina is surprising us with a third vehicle called the B95 that will make its world debut next week. Here’s what we know so far.
It’s been a busy month or so for Automobili…
Is an electric truck from Hyundai on the way? A Rivian R1T was spotted with testing plates near Hyundai’s Namyang research and design (R&D) facility in South Korea.
Hyundai benchmarking Rivian R1T electric truck?
In June, the Hyundai Motor Group released its…
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, Seth is on vacation and it’s just me, Fred, so we are going to discuss EV news as usual, but we are also going to make the episode more interactive by taking more questions from you, the audience.
The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on – except for…
