I’m going to say something that may make me sound old, but I just don’t care. E-bike throttles used to be better in the old days.
Not every e-bike throttle, of course. There have always been good ones and bad ones. But if you’ve been riding e-bikes for a decade or more, you’ve probably noticed the same trend I have.
Over the last five to ten years or so, the industry has largely abandoned…
I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve been fortunate to learn these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That long-term experience with…
The first Volkswagen ID. Polo and Cupra Raval models rolled off the production line at the Group’s Martorell plant in Spain, the first of several new affordable, mass-market EVs.
Volkswagen ID. Polo, Cupra Raval EVs enter production
Volkswagen opened orders for the new…
The new Denza Z9 GT can drive over 1,000 km (621 miles) without stopping, fully recharge in under 10 minutes, and starts at about $40,000 in China. Now, BYD is unleashing it in Europe, the UK, and several other markets.
BYD Denza Z9 GT is China’s top-selling luxury GT
After launching the all-new Z9 GT in March, BYD’s luxury sub-brand, Denza, boasted it was the “world’s longest pure…
Tesla has retroactively modified “Full Self-Driving” purchase agreements to add “supervised” language that did not exist when owners originally bought the product. In some cases, the original documents have been made entirely inaccessible.
Electrek has confirmed the…
Windrose first published AI-generated drawings of its BESS-in-a-trailer and mobile AI data center concept back in February, but hand it to Windrose founder, Wen Han: he’s not leaving it at that – Han has signed a new strategic partnership with the mobile charging experts…
One of the most common questions I hear from people considering an e-bike right now, during a period of soaring energy prices, is some variation of “Can it actually save me money?”
The answer is yes. Quite a bit, actually. But the interesting part is that most people focus on the wrong number.
You see, most people think about the cost of charging an e-bike versus filling a gas tank. And while…
Covenant Logistics, one of the largest trucking companies in the US with a fleet of over 2,600 tractors, completed a two-week evaluation of the Tesla Semi in California — including a loaded run over the notorious Grapevine pass on I-5.
The company’s VP of Sustainability…
Police departments are increasingly turning to drones as a tool for tracking and apprehending riders of non-street legal e-bikes, off-road electric motorcycles, and other non-compliant vehicles being used on public streets and trails.
The latest example comes from the UK…
Rolls-Royce has unveiled the Spectre Series II, bringing a 16% range increase to 308 EPA-estimated miles, a switch to the NACS charging standard in the US, and a 670 hp Black Badge variant that becomes the most powerful Rolls-Royce ever built.
The update addresses two of the biggest criticisms of the $398,000 electric super coupe: limited range and reliance on CCS charging infrastructure. But it…
