CarSpyMedia has released video of the upcoming electric ID Buzz during a braking test in the Alps.
We’ve seen a few spy photos recently, but this is the first video we’ve seen yet of the van driving on public roads. And, just a warning: it looks nothing like the cute throwback prototype that so many of us loved when we first saw it.
The prototype looks, well, like a van. It’s big; it’s…
Ram trucks go electric starting in 2024
July 9, 2021
As part of the Stellantis EV Day, its American truck division Ram announced a transition to electric vehicles starting in 2024. Will it be too little, too late?
Ram CEO Mike Koval announced in a weird volume cadence that a Ram 1500 BEV will be the first fully electric…
Jeep was featured in Stellantis’ new electrification plans announced today and unveiled the new 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe, a plug-in hybrid.
The brand is also teasing new all-electric vehicles.
As we reported earlier today, Stellantis unveiled a new acceleration of its…
Elon Musk has now put an official date on Tesla launching its ‘mind-blowing’ Full Self-Driving Beta v9 software update.
It should come on Saturday if it’s not again delayed.
Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta v9
Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete” version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in beta with a few thousand customers and employees through its early access…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 7, 2021
July 8, 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…
Electric bicycles have come a long way in the last decade from rarely-seen oddities to skyrocketing sales. It’s hard to argue against the obvious transportation advantages of e-bikes; they simply help people arrive at their destinations quicker and without as much…
The latest prototype of the Lightyear One solar electric vehicle (SEV) has recently delivered tremendous range, all packed into a ~60 kWh battery pack. This full cycle driving test, conducted on a test track in Germany, has given the Lightyear team great insights and validation as it looks to deliver its Lightyear One SEV next year.
Lightyear is a Netherlands-based EV startup specializing in…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The final floating turbine is connected at the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland.
2021’s most and least energy-expensive states, according to a new WalletHub study.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
A hacker managed to pull Tesla’s vision depth perception neural net from his car with “Full Self-Driving” package.
You can see how the vehicle detects depth with a point-cloud view powered by computer vision.
Tesla has recently started to move away from its radar…
As Polestar makes continued efforts to bring its previously announced Precept concept EV to full production, the Swedish automaker has decided to document the whole process. The first installment of Precept: from Concept to Car has debuted on YouTube, with several more installations to follow throughout the entire development phase.
Polestar is a premium electric car brand launched in 2017 as an…
