Some things in the universe are constant. Gravity, the slow march of time, and the same three questions that every new electric bike owner will get from friends, family, and strangers. Those questions are always “How fast is it?,” “Does it pedal when you charge it?,” and the most difficult of all to answer, “How far does it go?”
The range that any e-bike gets is a tricky question to…
On Wednesday, General Motors launched its newest business unit, GM Envolve. The goal is to utilize all aspects of GM to create a new, all-in-one user experience enabling commercial and fleet customers to transition to electric seamlessly.
GM launches Envolve enabling fleets…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 9, 2023
May 10, 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…
Tesla has achieved its goal of producing 5,000 Model Y vehicles in a week at Gigafactory Texas, which was the original goal for volume production at the plant.
The automaker has been simultaneously ramping up two major factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas, to volume production. It created a friendly competition between the two.
When ramping up a new vehicle to volume production at…
A Tesla Cybertruck prototype was spotted stuck in a field in rural Texas following the groundbreaking ceremony for Tesla’s new lithium refinery.
There aren’t that many Cybertruck prototypes out in the wild, which makes every sighting quite interesting.
Different…
Rivian (RIVN) surprises in Q1 earnings with smaller losses and reaffirmed production guidance
May 9, 2023
Rivian (RIVN) released its first-quarter earnings Tuesday as the EV maker looks to build upon its momentum from last year. Despite a slow start to 2023, Rivian says it still expects to produce 50,000 vehicles this year.
Rivian Q1 2023 earnings preview
After producing 9,395…
The construction of China’s first deep-sea floating wind power platform is ready to come online.
This floating wind platform is known as Haiyou Guanlan, and Chinese oil giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced on Saturday that it has completed installation of its 5,000-meter (16,404-foot) undersea cable.
Haiyou Guanlan’s subsea cable is designed to operate at a depth of…
If you’ve been waiting to buy Ford’s electric truck, now is your chance. Ford is reopening orders for its trendy F-150 Lightning electric truck again on Tuesday, May 9. However, this time, no reservation is needed.
Since its release in May 2021, the F-150 Lightning has…
Porsche revealed today a new collaboration with former Tesla partner Mobileye to produce premium Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for future models.
Tesla used Mobileye’s computer vision technology (camera-based ADAS), using its EyeQ3 chips, to power its…
Tesla is under pressure from the Democratic Party’s leadership who claim the automaker is hiding complaints from workers and customers.
The issue stems from the inclusion of “arbitration clauses” inside Tesla’s contracts with workers and customers.
An arbitration clause consists of any form of agreement between parties that indicate certain disputes will be resolved by an arbitrator…
