GM has been spotted benchmarking a Tesla Model S Plaid and Model 3. The latter appeared to be in order to test Tesla’s Summon feature.
Tesla has had a lead in electric vehicles for a long time, which made its vehicles popular for other automakers to benchmark as they develop their own EV programs. Benchmarking involves acquiring a Tesla vehicle and either dismantling it to inspect and learn…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 29, 2022
March 30, 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…
Shaq’s favorite bicycle company DirtySixer unveils the largest electric bike in the world with 36″ wheels
March 30, 2022
Many electric bicycles come in multiple frame sizes to fit both short and tall riders. But like any good bell curve, the extreme ends of the spectrum often get left out. DirtySixer may not be able to do anything for the vertically challenged riders among us, but the favorite…
Volvo Trucks announced that it received a record order of 110 electric trucks from Maersk, and all those trucks should be delivered by early next year.
Commercial electric truck deployment is rapidly growing, and Volvo Trucks is emerging as a leader.
The company is aiming for 50% of its trucks to be electric by 2030.
Earlier this year, the company unveiled its second-generation VNR Electric…
Court orders Tesla to buy back car from customer who felt Autopilot was like ‘a drunk first-time driver’
March 29, 2022
A court in Germany has ordered Tesla to buy back a Model 3 vehicle from a customer who filed a complaint over how disappointed he was with the Full Self-Driving package – which includes Autopilot features – that he felt it was driving like “a drunk first-time…
General Motors marque GMC recently shared that it has received over 65,000 reservations for its electrified Hummer pickup and SUV, much higher than the American automaker’s initial expectations. As a result, GMC is expediting Hummer EV production to keep up with the…
US school bus maker Blue Bird receives its largest-ever order of electric school buses
March 29, 2022
Macon, Georgia-based bus maker Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) has received the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district in its history.
California’s Modesto City Schools ordered 30 Blue Bird All American Type D electric school buses to convert nearly half of its diesel-powered fleet to electric. The school district expects to save more than $250,000 a year in…
The first electric vehicle to go on sale with Android Automotive is getting another major update, as Polestar 2 is rolling out its Android 11 update.
Detailed on Polestar’s software updates page, software version P2.0 is now available for the 2021 and 2022 model years of…
UK-based sports car manufacturer, Lotus Cars, has officially unveiled details of its long-teased “Type 132” electric SUV. Today, the brand announced the EV will be dubbed the Eletre (pronounced “El-etra”) – calling it the “world’s first hyper-SUV.” We now…
NIU’s fastest and most powerful electric scooter yet arrives in Europe, headed to US soon
March 29, 2022
I was fortunate enough to be in the front row when NIU unveiled its new MQiGT EVO electric scooter at the 2021 EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show last November. Now the leading smart electric scooter company has begun making deliveries in Europe, with other markets also set to soon receive the fast and powerful electric scooter.
The NIU MQiGT EVO electric scooter has begun hitting the road in Europe…
