New registration data show that Tesla is still dominating the US electric car market, and it’s not even close. Something is going to have to break for EV adoption to accelerate in the country.
For years now, Tesla has been dominating the electric auto market in its home country. It is expected that Tesla’s hold on the market will erode as more EV options hit and help grow the US market, but…
The price of Tesla vehicles are going through the roof, but the automaker has managed to reduce the price of one of its most popular products, the Wall Connector.
Tesla’s Wall Connector – which is used as a home charging station and for the automaker’s Destination…
Ford’s base $40,000 F-150 Lightning electric pickup gets 230-miles of EPA range and 68 MPGe
March 17, 2022
The base version of the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup, which starts at $40,000, has received an official EPA rating with an estimated range of 230 miles and 68 MPGe.
Ford is preparing to start production and deliveries of the F-150 Lightning, an electric pickup…
eCessna? Textron, maker of Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft acquires Pipistrel for eAviation wing
March 17, 2022
The electric aviation world got a big shakeup today when Textron, the maker of Iconic small aircraft brands Cessna, Beechcraft, and Bell bought the Slovenian/Italian maker Pipistrel. The new organization has big plans for “eAviation”…
Textron eAviation division created
Textron lays out the purpose of the purchase in its opening press release blurb:
With Textron, Pipistrel will have…
VanMoof is set to announce next-generation sleek urban electric bikes, shares teaser videos
March 17, 2022
Leading Dutch electric bike manufacturer VanMoof says it will announce “something new” on April 5. All signs point to it being the next generation of VanMoof’s sleekly designed urban e-bikes. And we may already be getting a look at them in a video teaser from the…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he is working on releasing the third part to Tesla’s “Master Plan.”
Part One and Two have been important pieces of literature at Tesla that, in many ways, laid the path to the company’s success.
On August 2, 2006, Musk published a blog post…
Audi unveils A6 Avant e-tron station wagon concept described as a ‘storage champ’ with headlights that project a video game
March 17, 2022
Another year, another Audi A6 e-tron concept. During its 2022 Annual Media Conference, the German automaker pulled the sheet off its second A6 e-tron concept – a luxury class station wagon called the Avant. Picking up when the A6 e-tron Sportback concept left off, the Avant offers a glimpse into Audi’s all-electric future with some sleek new features that optimize space and…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 16, 2022
March 17, 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…
A Tesla employee who has been posting videos of his experience with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta has been fired. His firing came right after sharing a video of the first confirmed crash (albeit a small one) on FSD Beta.
Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving Beta” (FSD Beta)…
Four out of 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.
The Taranto offshore wind farm is near Taranto harbor, and it’s the first offshore wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea. It will have a capacity of 30…
