Cleantech & EV’s

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a bunch of Rivian news through its first earnings report and it being named Electrek’s vehicle of the year, Hyundai announcing Ioniq 5 price, first Hummer EV deliveries, and more. (NOTE for those watching live, we’ll be an hour early).  Discover all the new and…

Tesla has now expanded the availability of its real-time data car insurance product to car owners in Illinois. It’s now the third state to get Tesla Insurance and the second one with the more recent product based on real-time data from the drivers. Tesla Insurance Tesla had already introduced its own insurance product in California, but it didn’t utilize real-time driving data and its…

VW is preparing a software update for its ID. series electric cars that increases peak charging speed from 125kW to 135kW on the largest 77kWh battery. The 3.0 software also includes improvements to navigation, voice control, and driver assistance. While 10kW might sound like a minor improvement (only 8%), it actually cuts charge time from 38 minutes to 29 minutes for a 5–80% charge. The…

It’s been a rough week for one of Europe’s best-selling electric cars, the zippy little Zoe, which failed Euro NCAP’s latest round of grueling vehicle safety tests with a grand total of zero stars out of five, a huge blow to a vehicle that previously boasted five-star ratings in earlier models. Is it the end of the road for the beloved Zoe? Since its debut in 2013, Zoe has been a major hit…