Harley-Davidson’s Serial 1 e-bike brand is taking a Eurotrip as the electric two-wheelers ride across the continent.
The expansion follows Serial 1’s debut late last year, when we got a chance to take the first ride on the premium electric bicycles.
Now the electric bikes are showing up in Harley-Davidson dealerships across Europe this summer.
Countries welcoming the motorcycle…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 5, 2021
August 6, 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…
Imagine this – You’ve parked your pristine Long Range Model Y away from the other cars in the lot, and you’re inside your favorite café maxing on a loaded açai bowl. Suddenly, Sentry Mode on your Tesla sends you an alert capturing some guy in a beat-up Tercel pulling…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Baltimore-based US Wind announces a new offshore wind farm and other major developments.
Costa Rica is considering a permanent ban on fossil fuel exploration and extraction.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s…
Biden to sign executive order for 50% of new cars being electric by 2030, reiterates new point-of-sale EV incentive
August 6, 2021
President Joe Biden announces a new executive order to set “a new target to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emissions vehicles.”
In order to get there, Biden reiterated that they are working on a new point-of-sale EV incentive.
As we reported earlier…
Tesla is reportedly going to buy BYD’s new ‘blade batteries’ in an unlikely partnership
August 6, 2021
Tesla is said to have entered into an agreement to buy BYD’s new “blade batteries” in a partnership that not many people would have predicted.
Last year, BYD, a China-based electric vehicle and battery company, introduced its new bladed battery cell.
The new cells…
Footage of a man recklessly driving his Li Auto ONE SUV has gone viral in China after he tricked his SUV into “full self-driving” mode. The video shows the driver reclining his seat all the way back with his hands off the wheel, allowing the car to drive itself using driver assist features.
Li Auto Inc. ($LI), or Li Xiang, is a Chinese EV startup founded six years ago in Beijing. Since then…
Technology company and EV startup Arrival has announced plans to co-develop a cloud-based data platform with Microsoft to enable telemetry, vehicle, and data management for future electric vehicle fleets. Together with the help of Microsoft Azure, Arrival looks to streamline…
A few weeks ago, Fully Charged’s Elliot Richards had a go in the Wuling Mini, the cheapest EV currently available. Today he’ll be driving not only the most expensive EV ever built at $3.48 million, but also the fastest, at 217 mph – the Nio EP9.
[This is part of an…
Tesla is going to supply its full energy ecosystem with solar, batteries, and EV chargers, to new homes in a new luxury community being built in Florida.
Over the last few months, Electrek noted two important trends with Tesla Energy.
The automaker started to provide its full energy ecosystem with solar panels, Powerwall home battery packs, and electric vehicle chargers to third-party installers…
