Ford (NYSE: F) stock continued its upward climb today, reaching a 20-year high and a $100 billion market cap on big hopes for the all-electric F-150 Lightning and plans to lead the industry in battery production capacity by 2025.
After Ford posted a 140% return in 2021 (beating Tesla, which was up 50%), Blue oval stock rose by nearly another 4% today to just over $25 per share, matching a…
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. recently stated it is still undecided on where to manufacture EVs in the United States, questioning the country’s demand despite soaring sales numbers from competitors miles ahead in their own electrified transitions.
Honda is a legacy…
New satellite images show that Tesla significantly expanded its rooftop solar array at Gigafactory Nevada as it aims for it to become the world’s biggest.
In 2017, Tesla announced plans for a giant 70 MW rooftop array at Gigafactory Nevada, which would be the largest…
Valais, Switzerland pulls plug on hybrid incentives, should the rest of the world follow?
January 14, 2022
Citing a report which found hybrid cars offered negligible emissions and fuel consumption advantages when tested on Switzerland’s Alpine roads, one Swiss region has decided to “pull the plug” on subsidies – even calling the claims of hybrids’ environmental advantages a “con.”
The southern Swiss canton of Valais (Wallis, in German) commissioned a study by Impact Living, a project…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 13, 2022
January 14, 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…
The new Tesla Model S is getting its first third-party yoke steering wheel replacement, but there are caveats – starting with the price.
When Tesla unveiled the new Model S with the “yoke” butterfly steering wheel, it was controversial. Some were worried about the…
CycleBoard Rover review: A strange yet exciting mashup of an electric scooter and a skateboard
January 13, 2022
The CycleBoard Rover is unlike anything I’ve tested before. It looks like a scooter and handles more like a skateboard. It’s a wild ride that is hard to describe, but that’s what I’m here to try and do.
Having tested plenty of electric scooters and e-skateboards before, I thought I could just hop on the CycleBoard Rover and blast away.
But I was woefully underestimating the learning…
Rivian will sponsor dozens of free public chargers in National Parks for nonprofit Adopt A Charger
January 13, 2022
EV charging nonprofit Adopt A Charger has announced a collaboration with American automaker Rivian to provide free Waypoint chargers to the public in Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA).
Rivian is an American automaker focused on…
Many Tesla owners using third-party apps to monitor have found them not to be working in the last few days as Tesla appears to have revoked many log-in tokens – a hacker claims to be behind the action after he supposedly gained access to several Tesla accounts.
Tesla…
Nuro shares third-generation autonomous delivery vehicle with external airbag, BYD to help with assembly
January 13, 2022
American robotics company Nuro has just introduced the third version of its autonomous, zero-occupant last-mile delivery vehicle as it enters pre-production. Together with the help of BYD North American, Nuro hopes to manufacture the first zero occupant autonomous vehicle to be produced at scale this year. This third-generation EV comes with some cool features too. Do I smell pizza?
Nuro is a…
