Twitter announced that it accepted an acquisition offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk for roughly $44 billion, and it will become a private company once the transaction is closed.
This is a surprising turn of events as Twitter’s board had appeared to resist Musk’s effort to buy the social media and even adopted a “poison pill” defense earlier this month, after Musk originally made them the…
FREY Bike, the Jinhua, China-based high end electric bicycle manufacturer, has just released a fat tire version of the company’s popular CC full-suspension electric comfort bike. The new FREY CC Fat takes the laidback and relaxed riding style of the original CC and opens…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 23, 2022
April 24, 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…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $450 four-seater AWD electric go-kart
April 23, 2022
Like many of the quirky electric vehicles I find for the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week series, this fun-looking electric go-kart is a bit oddly proportioned. But that wouldn’t stop me from terrorizing the local neighborhood in it, all-wheel-driving my way to my rightful position as the kind of the cul-de-sac!
Yep, that’s right – you read that correctly. This wacky…
Could replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen turn transportation and manufacturing into green industries? Experts at the Argonne National Laboratory, a US Department of Energy science and engineering research center in Lemont, Illinois, are inviting the public to listen in…
The Mediterranean’s first offshore wind farm, off Italy, is now up and running [update]
April 23, 2022
All 10 offshore wind turbines have now been installed by Dutch maritime company Van Oord off Italy’s Puglia coast – the heel of Italy’s boot. It’s Italy’s first offshore wind farm, and the first in the Mediterranean Sea.
April 22 update: Italy’s first offshore…
Tesla’s gross margin and profits are surging along with prices, and it had to explain itself
April 22, 2022
Tesla’s gross margin and profits are soaring to record highs as it is raising prices, which the automaker has blamed on rising costs. The company felt the need to explain itself.
Over the last few years, one of the biggest storylines around the auto industry, and many other industries, has been price increases.
Tesla has been no exception with almost a dozen price increases on its vehicles…
Tesla vehicle crashes into $3.5 million jet after being dangerously ‘summoned’ by owner
April 22, 2022
A Tesla vehicle was caught on video crashing into a $3.5M Cirrus Vision jet after being ‘summoned’ in a dangerous way by the owner.
Smart Summon builds on Tesla’s previous “Summon” feature, which was used by owners to move their cars autonomously for a few feet…
Lectric eBikes unveils Lectric XPremium low-cost mid-drive folding electric bike with torque sensor
April 22, 2022
Right after unveiling a new lower-cost folding e-bike two weeks ago, Phoenix-based Lectric eBikes is back with a new higher-end mid-drive electric bike known as the . The new folder is the brand’s first mid-drive e-bike and applies Lectric’s signature low-cost pricing to…
Podcast: Dive into Tesla’s (TSLA) record earnings, Tesla mobile charger no longer free, BMW i7, and more
April 22, 2022
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we dive into Tesla’s (TSLA) record earnings, discuss Tesla mobile charger not being included with new vehicles, the unveiling of the BMW i7, and more.
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