Electric bicycle company SONDORS has expanded into the larger electric mobility space with the announcement of a highway-capable electric motorcycle.
Pushing far beyond typical electric bike specs, the highway-capable SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle needs a much higher-power battery than that found on SONDORS’ electric bicycles.
Now we’re getting a closer look at that battery than…
GM unveils new electric motors that will power its future EVs, starting with Hummer EV
September 22, 2021
GM has unveiled its latest series of new electric motors that will power its future electric vehicles, starting with the Hummer EV.
With the Bolt EV coming out in 2016, GM has been selling electric vehicles for a long time, but the automaker has also been stuck on older EV…
London’s largest taxi firm to go fully electric by 2023 with 4,000 EVs
September 22, 2021
Addison Lee, a London-headquartered private hire taxi and courier company, and the UK’s largest private vehicle hire firm, today announced that its entire fleet will become fully electric by 2023. Its current fleet currently stands at around 4,000 cars.
More electric…
Tesla announced today that it is expanding its biggest virtual power plant in Australia to Victoria through its new “Tesla Energy Plan.”
Australia, and especially South Australia, has had a lot of power issues over the years as it retires aging infrastructure.
It also has a high penetration of renewable energy, which destabilized energy markets due to the inconsistency of the power…
Elon Musk hints at new Tesla Gigafactory, denies location is in Russia
September 21, 2021
Elon Musk denied rumors that Tesla has selected a Russian city as its next location for a new Gigafactory.
In the process, he hinted that Tesla is on the hunt for a new location.
Tesla is currently in the process of starting production at two new massive factories…
EcoFlow is launching the DELTA mini; backup power for work and play
September 21, 2021
EcoFlow a new entry in the family of the DELTA and DELTA Pro. The DELTA raised over $2.5 million and the Pro raised over $10 million, launching EcoFlow itself into the forefront of battery backup technology. Theses wildly successful systems can single handedly power…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 20, 2021
September 21, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
NTSB says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta is ‘misleading & irresponsible’ ahead of wider release
September 21, 2021
As Tesla is moving to release its Full Self-Driving beta software to its US fleet, the automaker is facing some pushbacks from US regulators.
Now the NTSB is calling Tesla’s approach “misleading and irresponsible.”
After a year of testing only with a select few…
Juiced increases minimum battery capacity on e-bikes, shares real-world range data
September 21, 2021
The range is one of the first questions I get asked about my electric bikes, right after “How fast does that thing go?” But range has always been one of the most mysterious and difficult to pin down specs in the e-bike industry.
After increasing its minimum battery…
Skoda abandoning PHEVs per CEO: ‘Our future is the pure electric car’
September 21, 2021
Czech auto manufacturer Škoda has shared plans to focus less on its PHEV models in the future, and instead deliver more pure electric cars. In a recent interview, Škoda CEO Thomas Schäfer spoke to the company’s success last year, as well as the bright future around its all-electric Enyaq iV, despite a global semiconductor chip shortage.
Škoda Auto a.s. is an automaker founded and…
