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…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $3,000 electric pickup truck with bed cap
April 2, 2022
It’s no secret that I love me a fun little electric pickup truck from China. Yes, I’m that guy that floated one over from half way around the world to use as a farm truck in the US. But just like my four year old nephew after a run through a candy store, time does not…
The governor of Nevada, Steve Sisolak (D-NV), signed a multi-state agreement yesterday that pledges at least 30% of all new trucks and buses sold will be zero emission by 2030, and 100% will be zero emission by 2050.
Nevada trucks and buses have an electric future
Sisolak…
In Tesla’s latest video, a drone tours the company’s latest Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany. High-speed drone videos are nothing new, but the video the skilled pilot captured (in tandem with equally adept video editing) is impressive and gives us a look at the robots and tools the company uses to produce its electric vehicles.
We’ve taken a look at skilled FPV piloting before over on…
Tesla has opened its “longest Supercharger station in the world” through a growing partnership with a French supermarket company.
There are larger, bigger Supercharger stations in the world, but apparently, there are none longer.
Tesla is currently growing its…
Cyrusher Kommoda full-suspension electric bike review: A fun, category-busting fat tire e-bike!
April 1, 2022
The Cyrusher Kommoda looks like the e-bike equivalent of someone who got dressed in the dark. It seems to be wearing a bit of every different type of e-bike on the market. Nothing really matches, but damn if this powerful e-bike doesn’t somehow pull it off in an awesome…
GM delivered only 457 electric vehicles last quarter, but it assures us more are coming
April 1, 2022
GM released its Q1 2022 delivery results today and revealed that it only delivered 457 electric vehicles during the last quarter.
The automaker assures us that more EVs are coming.
GM has been claiming to be “all-in” in electric vehicles for years now, but its sales haven’t reflected that.
To be fair, the company has had issues that were, to a degree, out of its control, like the major…
Drive Electric Earth Day runs all of April, with in-person outdoor events around the US
April 1, 2022
Plug in America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association are hosting their annual Drive Electric Earth Day event where advocates educate attendees about EV ownership. While most events will take place on April 22-23, Earth Day weekend, the first events start this…
Spanish-German wind giant Siemens Gamesa has started production of its first B115 blades at its facility in Aalborg, Denmark. The blades will be used on its SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbine, which will have an output of 14 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 236 meters…
Mercedes-AMG shares pricing for new performance EQS model, the first AMG EV on EQ architecture
April 1, 2022
Mercedes-AMG will soon deliver the first performance versions of the all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQS and has now shared pricing. With two new curated trims for the US market, the Mercedes-AMG EQS will be the first AMG electric vehicle to arrive on the Mercedes-EQ architecture.
Mercedes-AMG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG founded by former Mercedes-Benz employees in the 1960s.
