Gas? Where we’re going, we don’t need gas. DeLorean Motor Company, the short-lived 1980s automaker behind the DMC DeLorean sports car turned pop culture staple thanks to the Back to the Future franchise, is returning with an EV model. The DeLorean EV concept has just recently been teased, but its official reveal has now been moved up three days alongside an enticing teaser image.
DeLorean…
In the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, there’s good news and bad news. We’re spotlighting the good news: EVs and clean energy can help us limit climate change.
The good news in the IPCC report
The bad news is that we are…
Tesla Semi shows up at its future home of Gigafactory Texas with more Model Ys and possible new colors spotted
April 4, 2022
A new drone flyover of Tesla Gigafactory Texas shows a lot of activity, including a Tesla Semi, a lot more Model Y vehicles, and even some potential new colors. The new activity comes ahead of the Cyber Rodeo event.
On April 7th, Tesla is going to hold an event at…
Hurtigruten, which sails hybrid cruise ships, says it will launch fully electric ships by 2030
April 4, 2022
Hurtigruten Group, an Oslo-headquartered adventure travel company, has announced that it intends to launch zero-emission ships that will sail the Norwegian coast by 2030.
Hurtigruten is working with Trondheim, Norway-based research and technology organization SINTEF to build on Hurtigruten’s existing battery-hybrid expedition ships, which the company claims are the first in the world.
The…
Take a look at UPS’s cute little electric delivery vans powered by an electric bike motor
April 4, 2022
UPS is testing out a new tiny electric delivery van, though calling it a “van” is a bit of a stretch. Technically considered a quadricycle, it’s basically a highly efficient van-shaped four-wheeled electric bike that can make urban deliveries in crowded areas.
The…
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is up in pre-market trading on Monday after releasing new record delivery numbers this weekend, despite investors learning that Gigafactory Shanghai is unable to restart production today.
As we reported on Saturday, Tesla released its Q1 2022…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk buys near 10% stake in Twitter
April 4, 2022
A new SEC filing revealed that Elon Musk, better known as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, invested almost $3 billion in Twitter and now owns almost 10% of the social media platform.
Musk, the richest man in the world, famously doesn’t have many investments.
While most billionaires have most of their assets linked to a single company, like Jeff Bezos with Amazon and Mark Zuckerberg with Meta (Facebook)…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 2, 2022
April 4, 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…
KYMCO’s Ionex swappable EV batteries to share power between electric motorcycles and streetlights
April 3, 2022
KYMCO Chairman Allan Ko recently shared new plans from the company’s electric vehicle developments, including the debut of the KYMCO Ionex Smart Streetlights system. Once employed, the system would see connected streetlights and traffic lights in smart cities tied into the…
Tesla released its Q1 2022 delivery and production results today and confirmed just over 310,000 deliveries, which is a new all-time delivery record despite a difficult quarter for several reasons.
Due to supply chain issues and 2 separate shutdowns at Gigafactory Shanghai, many believed that Tesla would finally break its impressive streak of quarterly delivery records.
We estimated that Tesla…
