Ford’s F-150 Lightning is the best-selling electric pickup in the US after a record fourth quarter. As demand continues to grow, Ford is adjusting 2024 F-150 Lightning prices and trim packages.
Ford raises and cuts 2024 F-150 Lightning prices
With over 100 years of experience building trucks, Ford knows a thing a two. Ford calls the F-150 Lightning its “smartest, most innovative” truck…
Tesla continued its trend of making some of the most American-made vehicles, with the Cybertruck now included in the list.
One of the lesser-known things that differentiate Tesla from most other automakers is its deep vertical integration.
During the last century…
2024 Tesla prices: How much does your favorite model cost?
January 4, 2024
Although its sales lead was just usurped by BYD, Tesla continues to dominate as an EV industry leader entering 2024. While other automakers are driving their new electrified models through a door in the automotive industry that Tesla originally kicked in, the American…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 2, 2024
January 4, 2024
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…
Rimac, the Croatian EV maker behind the record-setting Nevera electric supercar, is launching a robotaxi service. With Kia’s help, the new robotaxi will be revealed in just a few months.
Founded in 2009, Rimac Automobili has focused on building the most powerful…
The US's first large-scale offshore wind farm just missed its first power delivery deadline
January 3, 2024
Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn’t.
Vineyard Wind 1 is a 50/50 joint venture between Avangrid and green investors Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
On December 6, Avangrid CEO Pedro Azagra…
Tesla is no longer the world’s largest electric vehicle automaker by volume. BYD, which Elon Musk used to literally laugh at, overtook Tesla in overall battery-electric vehicle volume in Q4 2023.
You might have seen a variation of that headline over a year ago, but it wasn’t as significant as it is today.
Tesla has always been a pure electric, battery-electric, vehicle manufacturer, while…
Can solid-state batteries improve EVs even more? Hyundai is betting on it. The automaker recently filed a patent for a pressurized all-solid-state EV battery system in the US.
Hyundai files patent for all-solid-state EV battery system
Hyundai looks to get a leg up as EV…
Start 2024 with a $401 discount on the folding HeyBike e-bike, plus deals on other EVs and electric tools
January 3, 2024
Don’t think you have room for an e-bike? This affordable HeyBike model will prove you wrong thanks to its folding design that clocks in at $401 off. Complete with a 48-mile range and 20 MPH top speed, it falls to $799 alongside a deep New Year’s discount on this electric…
The world’s largest ultra-high-altitude wind farm came online on January 1 in Tibet, or what China now refers to as the Xizang Autonomous Region.
The 100-megawatt (MW) wind farm is at an altitude of 4,650 meters (15,256 feet) in the Seni District. A wind farm built at 3,500 (11,483 feet) to 5,500 feet (18,045 feet) is considered ultra-high.
Its developer, CHN Energy, will use the wind farm for…
