Ford Motor Company has maintained a steady flow of $100 reservation holders for its upcoming electric F-150 Lightning pickup, and that has now surpassed 160,000 in total. Every indication is that these reservation numbers will continue to grow as the F-150 Lightning goes on sale next spring.
This past May, Ford unveiled the an all-electric version of its decades-long, best-selling pickup, the…
Today, Volkswagen unveiled the ID.5, a new electric SUV, expanding its “ID. family” of electric vehicles. However, the new vehicle is basically a coupe version of the ID.4.
Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of Volkswagen’s VW brand, unveiled the new vehicle:
“The ID.5 is…
VW teases new ID.BUZZ electric minibus ahead of launch
November 4, 2021
Volkswagen is teasing the latest version of its upcoming VW ID.BUZZ electric minibus, which is expected to come next year.
We have been teased about VW relaunching its famous minibus as an electric vehicle for years now. The German automaker unveiled the ID.BUZZ electric…
Tesla is moving driver profiles to the cloud for smooth transitions between cars, rentals, and more
November 4, 2021
Tesla is working on moving driver profiles to the cloud in order to sync them between vehicles.
It will make it easier for owners of multiple Teslas and for people renting or sharing Tesla vehicles.
Over the last few years, Tesla has been making moves to build a smooth experience for a self-driving and car-sharing future.
For example, Tesla launched a new “car access” feature that makes it…
Tesla has been spotted taking delivery of battery cell manufacturing equipment at Gigafactory Texas.
The automaker appears to be making progress in deploying battery cell production at the new facility.
Ahead of Tesla’s Battery Day last year, Electrek has exclusively…
Tesla integrates Tidal app in-car, adds cold weather improvements and more in new update
November 3, 2021
Tesla has started to push a new software update that adds an in-car app for Tidal, the music-streaming service, cold weather improvements, and more.
Today, Tesla started pushing its 2021.40 software update.
It includes several new features, but the most significant…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 2, 2021
November 3, 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.
Check out the , an all EV event taking place at Sonoma Raceway this November 13th and 14th.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our…
Tesla ‘recalls’ 11,704 vehicles over automatic emergency braking issue, already done over-the-air
November 3, 2021
Tesla has issued an official “recall” with NTHSA for 11,704 vehicles over a problem resulting in false automatic emergency braking events and forward-collision warnings.
While it’s officially a “recall,” there was no physical recall of the vehicles as the issue is…
CATL to supply batteries for upcoming Fisker Ocean SUV
November 3, 2021
Fisker Inc. has announced a formal agreement with CATL to supply batteries to the upcoming Ocean electric SUV, as it approaches production next year. CATL will provide small and large battery packs of different chemistries to Fisker over the next few years, delivering an…
Norway-headquartered energy giant Equinor has a new floating wind turbine foundation design, and it wants to launch it in a one-gigawatt (GW) Scottish offshore wind farm project.
If Equinor is successful in its bid for ScotWind, which is an offshore wind program that will lease areas of the seabed around Scotland for wind farm developments up to 10 GW, then it will use its new floating wind…
