I’ve set foot on just about every budget electric scooter on the market, and it’s not very often that I get to see something genuinely innovative and new. But that’s exactly what the ANYHILL UM-2 electric scooter delivers: a novel innovation in the form of a pop-up removable battery hidden below the deck.
Most electric scooters stuff their lithium-ion batteries in the deck under where the…
Ahead of its world premiere in October, Polestar has publicly shared the first non-camo’d image of its upcoming Polestar 3 SUV alongside a teaser video. When it debuts, the Polestar 3 will be the first of three bespoke models for the Swedish EV brand to arrive over the…
Lucid Motors launches Lucid Financial Services with Bank of America for lease and loan financing
June 7, 2022
Today Lucid Motors announced a new digital financing platform called Lucid Financial Services to provide lease and loan purchase options to Air EV customers in the United States. The financing options are provided through a strategic relationship between Lucid Group and Bank…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 6, 2022
June 7, 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.
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…
Biden throws a lifeline to ‘paralyzed solar supply chain’ by waiving tariffs for 24 months
June 6, 2022
President Joe Biden will today waive tariffs for 24 months on solar panels made in Southeast Asia in response to a Department of Commerce (DOC) investigation that is destabilizing the US solar industry.
Biden’s action comes in response to a DOC probe into whether…
Voro Motors RoadRunner Tronic seated electric scooter to hit 65 mph with TWO 5,000W motors
June 6, 2022
Every time I think I’ve seen the electric scooter envelope pushed as far as it can go, someone comes along and builds a bigger envelope. This time that someone is California-based electric scooter company , which is prepared to break the internet (and perhaps a few bones)…
Aptera raises $40 million to bring solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production
June 6, 2022
Aptera announced that it raised $40 million to bring its solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production later this year.
A lot of people got into electric vehicles for their efficiency, and there’s nothing more efficient than Aptera’s solar electric vehicle (SEV).
Thanks to an extremely lightweight three-wheel design and a drag coefficient (Cd) of only 0.13, the Aptera SEV…
Qiantu unveils K20 $13,000 two-seat electric car
June 6, 2022
Qiantu has unveiled a new two-seat electric car with up to 500 km (300 miles) of range and a starting price equivalent to just $13,000.
We reported on Qiantu’s all-electric roadster K50 when they unveiled the vehicle in China back in 2016. The company is a subsidiary…
Addmotor M-81 Cargo e-bike with 80 mile range sees $900 discount, more in New Green Deals
June 6, 2022
If you’re looking for a great way to travel around this summer without using a drop of gas or oil, then we have a great sale for you to check out. Addmotor is offering for Father’s Day, and the takes full advantage of that at . That’s its normal going rate and…
Solid Power begins solid-state battery pilot before testing with Ford and BMW in late 2022
June 6, 2022
EV-scale solid-state battery cells have come one step closer to reality in Louisville, Colorado, where Solid Power announced it will begin pilot manufacturing of solid-state cells. The completed installation of the production pilot line will allow Solid Power to produce silicon anode, solid-state battery cells for internal testing before delivering them to automotive partners BMW and Ford to…
