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 growing consumer demand. That being said, the SUV version of the Hummer is not scheduled to deliver until 2023, and new pickup…
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…
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 have a slew of new specs and features to ponder.
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Lotus goes electric
Lotus officially unveils Eletre…
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…
London announced that it is providing funding to deploy a fleet of Tesla Model 3 vehicles through a vehicle subscription service to be available for private hire drivers such as Uber.
Startup Breathe operates in the rapidly growing space of “vehicle-as-a-service” by…
Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel says EV batteries should last about 15 years
March 29, 2022
JB Straubel, Tesla’s longtime Chief Technology Officer, has given some insight into how long he believes electric vehicle batteries should last — about 15 years. This is critical for Straubel’s new business.
One of the most popular questions when it comes to electric vehicles is, “How long does the battery last?” And, I am not talking about the range here. How long, how many miles or…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 28, 2022
March 29, 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…
Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s head of AI, Andrej Karpathy, is on a four-month sabbatical, and people are worried since other Tesla execs have left after going on sabbatical.
It comes as Tesla expands its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to Canada.
While Tesla has built a…
Morfuns Eole S carbon fiber folding e-bike review: Lightweight with a torque sensor and throttle!
March 28, 2022
The Morfuns Eole S is an interesting departure from many of the budget-end folding electric bicycles on the market. It features both a lightweight design and some nice components that should make it an awesome urban e-bike for someone on the lookout for a small and unobtrusive folder.
To be fair, we’ve of course seen plenty of lightweight folding e-bikes before.
But when you cut the weight and…
