Fiat is preparing to revamp its brand in the US. The Italian automaker is bringing its top-selling electric car, the Fiat 500e, back to the US in an attempt to take on Tesla and the booming EV market.
With Fiat sales diminishing to nearly nothing over the past several years, analysts believe an affordable and unique EV, like the new 500e, can help turn the brand’s perception around.
Fiat has…
Tesla and Ford partnership on charging standard angers CCS coalition, but they are wrong
June 5, 2023
CharIn, the association behind the CCS EV charging standard, has issued a response to the Tesla and Ford partnership on the NACS charging standard.
They are unhappy about it, but here’s what they get wrong.
Last month, Ford announced that it will integrate NACS, Tesla’s…
GM CEO says Tesla has the lead in electric cars, doesn't see profitable $30-40K EVs until end of decade
June 5, 2023
GM CEO Mary Barra says that she doesn’t see profitable electric cars in the $30,000 to $40,000 range until the end of the decade or “maybe even later.”
Here’s why she is wrong and why it doesn’t even matter.
At a Sanford Bernstein conference, Barra commented on…
A cargo ship struck an offshore wind turbine at the 330-megawatt (MW) Gode Wind 1 wind farm in the German North Sea – now we know why.
The ship hit a turbine at Danish wind giant Ørsted’s Gode 1 off the German coast in April because it was on autopilot and kilometers off course, according to German media.
Gode 1’s monitoring systems did not register the ship hitting the wind turbine.
Tesla’s new inventory vehicles are going down following a high earlier this year as recent discounts, new tax credits, and referrals appear to be working.
High-interest rates and inflation have made the auto market have reduced the pool of new car buyers and made the auto…
Tesla has reclaimed the production EV lap record on the famous Nürburgring race track with a new Model S Plaid equipped with the Track package.
Nürburgring has been a fighting ground for Tesla and Porsche over the last few years.
After Porsche brought its brand-new Taycan…
We went to VW’s North American 3-row ID.Buzz reveal this week in Southern California, and while we didn’t see anything about VW’s upcoming California camper van, we did see a cool camper/kitchen conversion that’s already available for the European two-row ID.Buzz, and we’re hoping to see something similar for the 3-row version.
Since the 3-row, long wheelbase Buzz is brand new and was…
Big Update here: Luna priced the Talaria XXX at $2995. It is safe to say this is a gamechanger of a electric moto bike.
Eric Hicks, the founder and CEO of LunaCycles, went onto Facebook last night to tease the next big (little) electric moto bike from the high-end…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 2, 2023
June 3, 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…
Many of the fun and strange electric vehicles that we cover in this running Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column serve more utilitarian purposes, but this week’s find is all about the fun. And since these electric go-karts come with two seats, you’ll be able to share the fun!
Just don’t expect to share the fun with your wife, girlfriend or significant other. At least…
