The AYRO Vanish, an electric mini-truck designed and built in Texas, has just completed homologation to receive its street-legal status in the US and Canada.
Homologation is the process that new vehicles undergo to test and verify that they meet or exceed vehicle regulations.
In the US, that means the AYRO Vanish had to be homologated to LSV (low-speed vehicle) standards set out in the Federal…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 22, 2023
August 23, 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…
The all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQC will finally arrive in the United States, but not in its current form. The next-generation EQC was spotted testing ahead of its imminent reveal later next year or in 2025.
The EQC is the three-pointed star’s first all-electric vehicle…
2Swift Board review: It’s a skateboard! It’s a scooter! It’s… its own thing in the best way [Video]
August 22, 2023
It’s very rare that I see something in the world of electric mobility that makes me think, “What the hell is that thing?” Buried in those rare instances, however, are usually some unique gems, and that is no different when it comes to the all-terrain, two-wheel inline electric board from 2Swift. Learn more below, alongside my video review.
2Swift is a young company specializing in electric…
EV maker Lucid Motor’s (LCID) recent price cuts have been “well received by customers,” according to CEO Peter Rawlinson. The company’s leader also said the Gravity electric SUV launch is on track for November.
Amid a wave of price cuts that started with Tesla…
Tesla keeps creating new paying accounts on Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) to the point that it is now likely paying around $20,000 per year to be on the social media platform.
It’s not clear what it is getting in return.
Public companies, like Tesla, have to disclose…
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) today announced its approval of Rhode Island and Connecticut’s Revolution Wind offshore wind farm.
This is the DOI’s fourth approval of a US commercial-scale, offshore wind farm. Revolution Wind joins Vineyard Wind off Massachusetts, South Fork Wind off Rhode Island and New York, and Ocean Wind 1 off New Jersey.
Now that it’s received its…
A number of troubling developments point to serious financial troubles for SONDORS, the company behind a wide range of electric bicycles as well as the Metacycle electric motorcycle (and an ill-fated three-wheeled electric car, but that’s another story).
This isn’t the…
The first photos of NIO’s new “Alps” brand have allegedly emerged online. The new EV brand is designed to take NIO mainstream, positioning itself to compete with automaking giants like Toyota and Volkswagen in the mass-market segment.
NIO’s new Alps mass-market EV…
EV charging giant NaaS Technology (Nasdaq: NAAS) today announced that it’s going to acquire EV charging provider Charge Amps for $66.4 million in order to penetrate the European market.
Chinese EV charger giant NaaS has connected over 575,000 chargers covering 55,000 charging stations, representing 40% and 49% of China’s public charging market share, respectively.
It’s the first…
