EV maker Rivian (RIVN) announced Friday it has hired Dr. Kjell Gruner as chief commercial officer (CCO) and president of business growth. Gruner brings over 25 years of auto experience to Rivian, most recently serving as CEO of Porsche Cars North America.
Rivian hires ex-Porsche, Mercedes-Benz exec as CCO
Gruner started at Rivian on Friday and will report directly to CEO RJ Scaringe. He will…
Hyundai and LG to spend an extra $2B on their US EV battery plant
September 1, 2023
Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) are going to inject an additional $2 billion into their $4.3 billion US EV battery factory.
Carmaker Hyundai and lithium-ion battery maker LGES signed a memorandum of understanding at LGES’s headquarters in Seoul in May.
Tesla FSD Beta tried to kill me last night
September 1, 2023
I was testing Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta update last night (v11.4.7), and a new aggressive bug has nearly made me crash at highway speed twice.
Please take this as a public service announcement.
I received the new FSD Beta v11.4.7 update on my Model 3…
Tesla has cut prices on the Model S and X, with price drops of 15-19% in the US on all trim levels (and similar cuts in the rest of the world), except for the brand-new Standard Range model which was introduced just over two weeks ago and is now no longer available.
Good news and bad news from Tesla today – the cheapest Model S and Model X, the $78,490/$88,490 Standard Range version, is gone.
NIU launches new lighter, stronger carbon fiber electric scooters
September 1, 2023
NIU, the Beijing-based power player in the electric scooter market, has just released a pair of new electric scooters. Unlike the moped-style rides that the company is most famous for, these are standing scooters. Meet the NIU KQi Air and KQi Air X.
Crafted of a carbon…
Tesla cuts FSD price by $3K in US, $3.5K in Canada
September 1, 2023
Tesla has cut the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software by $3,000, to $12K, down from $15K in the US.
North America might not have gotten an official Model 3 refresh announcement yet like Europe did, but it did get something Europe didn’t get overnight – a big…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 31, 2023
September 1, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Just hours after photos leaked of the upcoming Tesla Model 3 refresh, codenamed “Project Highland,” Tesla has officially unveiled its highly-anticipated facelift in Europe.
The refresh includes a “facelifted” front-end design, interior changes like more screen space…
NIO's new EC6 spotted ahead of September debut, CEO says it will dominate its segment
September 1, 2023
The last NIO model to convert to the automaker’s second-generation platform, the EC6, was spotted ahead of its official debut in September. NIO’s CEO, William Li, believes the new EC6 “will be dominating the major market share” in its segment after launching.
NIO…
Is this the new Tesla Model 3?
August 31, 2023
We just received new pictures from an anonymous source alleging that this is the new updated Tesla Model 3 project, “Highland.”
What do you think?
For a year now, Tesla has been working on “Project Highland,” a design refresh of the Model 3, the automaker’s cheapest electric vehicle.
Camouflaged prototypes have been spotted on the road for months, and rumors are pointing to a launch in…
