“Tesla is no longer the world’s largest electric car producer” is the take that the media is parroting this week, but it stems from adding plug-in hybrids into the mix, while everyone agrees that all-electric vehicles are the future of the industry.
For years, Tesla has been investing heavily in large-scale production of electric vehicles while most legacy automakers were still focusing on…
One simple fact is going to tell you more than all of the Rivian R1S Review words, images, and video below: I’m in line to buy a Rivian R1S, and after a few days on and off the roads of upstate NY, I’m more excited than ever to get my hands on it.
But if you’ll…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 5, 2022
July 6, 2022
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.
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Tesla (TSLA) achieves record monthly production – ready for impressive second half of 2022
July 5, 2022
Tesla (TSLA) achieved record production in June – exiting the year’s first half – setting the automaker up for an impressive second half of the 2022.
This weekend, Tesla released its Q2 2022 production and delivery results. It confirmed its first quarterly setback in deliveries in more than two years due to its factory shutdown in Shanghai.
However, there was a silver lining in Tesla’s…
Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has installed the first wind turbine at Japan’s Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm. Akita Noshiro will feature 33 V117-4.2 megawatt (MW) wind turbines.
Japan already operates several demonstration offshore wind turbines, but Akita Noshiro…
Fisker is asking its Ocean reservation holders to shell out an extra $5,000 in a nonrefundable deposit for a “pre-order” when holders have already made a reservation with a deposit for the Ocean electric SUV.
This week, Fisker has launched what it calls its…
A new study in the UK shows that 100% of new car buyers in the country are ready to go electric for the right price.
Large parts of the population used to have a lot of concerns about going electric for their next vehicle – things like range, charging, long-term battery capacity, and several other factors have been cited by people hesitant about going electric.
In the UK, an annual “Driving…
Here at Electrek, we have spent endless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through the thousands of miles at this point, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real…
Tesla is bringing its Green Light Chime feature, which previously was only for people with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to most of its cars, helping cut down on road rage at traffic lights.
When Tesla started to bring traffic light controls to its vehicles equipped with…
Tesla to shut down production at Gigafactory Berlin to upgrade the factory and add a shift
July 4, 2022
Tesla is reportedly going to shut down production at Gigafactory Berlin in order to upgrade the factory and add a shift to achieve higher production capacity.
The top priority at Tesla is to ramp up production to catch up with customer demand.
The automaker is doing that at all its factories, but the ramps are more significant at Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas, which only recently…
