The number of consumers looking to buy electric vehicles has hit 52%, according to the latest EY Mobility Consumer Index (MCI). This is the first time the number has exceeded 50%, and it represents a rise of 22 percentage points in just two years.
EV buyers are on the rise
The MCI survey has tracked consumer mobility patterns and buying intentions since the start of the pandemic in 2020. EY…
Rivian is losing its head of manufacturing engineering at a critical time. The company is trying to sustainably ramp up the production of its R1T electric pickup truck as it reorganizes its leadership.
Charly Mwangi has been a longtime automotive engineer. Mwangi rose to…
If you’re tired of sitting in traffic on the way to or from work, leave that all behind when you opt instead for an electric scooter. Hover-1’s can travel up to 18 MPH and can even climb hills up to 15-degrees too. Plus, it’s on sale for just refurbished, which is at…
Review: Luna Eclipse full-suspension fat tire foldable BMX e-bike, somehow priced under $1400
May 27, 2022
….that pedals smoother than most acoustic bikes up to 25mph.
I’ve spent the last few weeks with Luna’s new $1395 Eclipse folding fat tire e-bike. It is unlike any other e-bike on the market, and yet I can recommend it enthusiastically for a big swath of the foldable fat tire e-bike market. And even some general e-bikers. Here’s why:
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One look at Luna’s new Eclipse e-bike, and…
Podcast: Tesla 100-year battery, software update, first Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries, and more
May 27, 2022
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed the newly published research on Tesla’s 100-year battery, a new Tesla software update, the first Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries…
According to a report out of China, EV automaker NIO is hiring a number of positions related to manufacturing vehicles in the US. The recruitment descriptions suggest the Chinese automaker intends to begin planning and erecting EV production facilities on US soil that may…
Tesla owners who also drive another vehicle are 50% less likely to have an accident in their Tesla compared to in their other vehicles, according to an interesting new study looking at EV drivers who drive multiple vehicles.
The study is coming from Cambridge Mobile Telematics, which collects telematics data from millions of vehicles.
At the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Charging Into…
If you know anything about me or the topics I cover, you’ll know two of my biggest hobbies revolve around electric bicycles and DIY projects. So combining them has always been a natural conclusion for me – to the point that I even wrote the book on the subject.
With so…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 26, 2022
May 27, 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…
Tesla has started to officially move to expand Gigafactory Berlin on a new 250-acre lot with the submission of the construction plan to the municipality.
The automaker has just started production at the factory, and it is still having issues ramping things up, but that’s not stopping the company from already expanding the plant.
Tesla has ambitious plans for Gigafactory Berlin that includes…
