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 Charging network – is a very popular charging station, due to its price and power capacity. For the longest time, it was sold…
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…
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 company.
VanMoof’s cofounder Taco Carlier announced onstage at SXSW that April 5 would be the date we’d all get to see…
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…
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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…
Veego 750 review: A high-speed electric bike for commuting, hauling, cruising or just plain fun
March 16, 2022
The Veego 750 from Florida-based RideScoozy may not look like a powerhouse at first glance, but this e-bike rocks some serious giddy-up. Combined with its nice loadout of comfortable touch points and quality components, the Veego 750 makes for an awesome ride that doesn’t skimp on the performance.
RideScoozy Veego 750 Tech Specs
Motor: 750W (1,400 W peak) geared rear hub motor
Top speed: 45…
