Gruber Motors, a shop best-known for working on Tesla vehicles, caught on fire again. The second time in 4 years.
It is believed that several more rare Tesla Roadsters have been lost.
Gruber Motors is a Phoenix-based shop that focused on offering services to Tesla owners.
They made a name for being one of the rare companies able to fix the “bricking” issues that some Tesla Roadsters…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 16, 2021
October 17, 2021
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…
Living with an EV (Featuring the VW ID.4)
October 17, 2021
In this episode of Cariosity, we address some of the major concerns many buyers have when considering an all-electric vehicle, and demonstrate the distinct advantages an EV like the new offers.
Driving
The fun starts the moment you climb inside the ID.4. Instead of putting…
It looks like today’s the first day of deliveries for the refreshed Model X at a very small event where a handful of vehicles were delivered to new customers. Let’s take a peek inside!
TMC Forum user sunnyvaletree uploaded the above image of the delivery and added a short video below of the event and the inside of his new car.
The dashboard is very similar to the refreshed Model S with…
Watch Australian soldiers using these 50 MPH electric bikes on scouting missions [Video]
October 17, 2021
It’s been a big few weeks for electric bicycles in the military, with the latest tactical e-bike news coming from down under. Australian soldiers are now testing the use of high-powered electric bicycles for military roles, focusing on stealthy scouting missions.
Scouts…
Herbert Diess, CEO of VW, invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to call in to an internal conference with 200 VW executives in an effort to spur further innovation from his company. The two auto execs continue to have a beyond cordial relationship after Musk tried to hire Diess to…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: This 12-seater ‘vintage’ electric car
October 16, 2021
Sometimes you want a fast car for going out. Sometimes you want a big car for showing off. But sometimes, just sometimes, you need something totally different for standing out. And I think this 12-seater electric car-shaped thing might be just the ticket. It’s certainly deserving of this week’s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. Now let’s see why.
At over 20…
Electric cars come with intelligent charge management designed to protect batteries from over-heating and excessive wear. is a smart device which brings that same intelligence to your overnight phone charging – and best of all, it works with all of your existing…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Vattenfall says it will recycle all of its wind turbine blades by 2030.
The US Department of Energy spends $61 million on 10 grid-interactive efficient buildings pilot projects.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links…
I’m admittedly only a couple years into the world of electric skateboards, immersing myself in the technology after seeing people zoom by me on the strand in the South Bay of Los Angeles. One name that continually came up has been Backfire Skateboards, which just recently unveiled its Hammer all-terrain electric board, and I got the opportunity to test it out for you.
While I was a bit timid…
