The highly-anticipated GMC Hummer EV EarthCruiser made its official debut Thursday. The electric pickup is fitted with EarthCruiser’s overland upfit solution, offering the ultimate zero-emission adventure vehicle with self-charging capabilities via solar power.
In March, GMC announced it was teaming up with EarthCruiser to build an overlanding upfit solution that could be integrated into the…
GM looks to catch up in China after getting OK to begin testing autonomous driving tech
August 24, 2023
General Motors (GM) has recently been given permission to begin testing Level 4 autonomous driving technology in China. Together with self-driving startup Momenta, GM will begin rolling out autonomous Cadillac Lyriqs as it looks to catch up with several other genuine…
Ford has launched a new limited-edition matte black F-150 Lightning, which looks pretty sick.
Henry Ford famously said, “Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it’s black,” and Ford is reminding us of that with the launch of the new…
Volvo teases first 100% electric minivan, the EM90 is like a ‘Scandinavian living room’
August 24, 2023
Volvo’s first all-electric minivan is on its way. The Swedish automaker teased the electric EM90 minivan Thursday, claiming it’s like a “Scandinavian living room on the move.”
We knew Volvo was working on an electric minivan after Qin Peiji, president of Volvo Cars Greater China, revealed the automaker’s EV plans during a slide presentation earlier this year.
The presentation showed…
Tesla receives approval for 2 virtual power plants in Texas
August 24, 2023
Tesla has received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to launch two virtual power plants for Powerwall owners in Texas.
Virtual power plants (VPP) are becoming one of Tesla’s most underappreciated products.
Tesla is using its existing and growing…
We’ve seen electric bicycle drivetrains in a number of small-format vehicles, but the Old Town Sportsman BigWater ePDL+ 132 brings e-biking to the kayak market. The ePDL+ 132 is basically a pedal-assist system for a kayak, though it also offers pedal-free operation that…
Electric car charging stations are becoming ubiquitous across many cities in the US. But with electric bikes vastly outnumbering electric cars, should we be considering charging stations for these more popular light EVs? In China, e-bike charging stations are already commonplace. Perhaps we can learn something from them.
In fact, I didn’t know just how common these charging stations were in…
Tesla has added Cybertruck Delivery Event invites to its owner’s referral award program – without sharing a date yet.
After Tesla took an extended break from its referral program for a few years, it was relaunched last year for solar products and last quarter for…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 23, 2023
August 24, 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…
Elon Musk says 'if LEGO can do it, so can we' about Cybertruck quality in leaked Tesla email
August 24, 2023
In a leaked email to Tesla employees, Elon Musk highlighted the need for high standards of quality and “single-digit micron” tolerance with the Cybertruck due to its straight edges.
Today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he test-drove a production candidate Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas.
Presumably, he also surveyed the Cybertruck production at the plant and the quality of the pickups…
