Apple veteran DJ Novotney is departing the company for a new role at Rivian, according to a report from Bloomberg. Novotney, a vice president of hardware engineering, has spent almost 25 years at Apple and worked across multiple generations of the iPod, the iPhone, the Apple Watch, and more.
Novotney is the second Apple executive to leave for Rivian this month. Earlier this month, it was revealed…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 27, 2024
January 29, 2024
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.
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Tesla’s next-gen electric cars, including the long-awaited “$25,000 model”, are coming in 2025, according to a new report based on sources from the automaker’s supply chain.
With a plan to build 20 million vehicles per year by the end of the decade, Tesla is going to…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 23, 2024
January 25, 2024
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And it’s still not coming to America. Sorry, readers — thought I’d get the disappoint out of the way. VW has announced a midlife refresh of the current Golf Mk VIII lineup, and the hybrid GTE is getting some seriously attractive updates to the electric portion of the…
J+ BOOSTER 2 portable EV charger review: More bang for your buck
January 25, 2024
When Juice Americas launched its portable two-in-one EV charger, the J+ BOOSTER 2, in North America, Electrek was invited to review it. Here’s how it went.
January 23, 2024, update: J+ Americas has launched a revamped e-commerce website, jplusbooster.com, on the Shopify…
BMW’s 5 series is set to expand very soon. The automaker is teasing the new BMW i5 M60 Touring, giving us a sneak peek at what we can expect from the high-performance EV.
BMW teases new i5 M60 Touring EV
After teasing an electric 5 series sedan for over six years, BMW finally unveiled the i5 last May. It’s a slightly larger, all-electric take on its predecessor. BMW included its latest…
Tesla’s own former head of AI infrastructure, Tim Zaman, is impressed with the latest FSD v12 Full Self-Driving software, but he trolls the company’s AI effort.
Up until last year, Tim Zaman was the head of AI infrastructure and platform at Tesla, where he worked on AI…
Ryvid, a California-based electric motorcycle manufacturer, has just shared new details about its soon-to-be-completed San Bernadino factory and an upcoming new model.
The company first burst onto the scene barely a year and a half ago, rolling out an impressive prototype…
Germany's auto industry to axe thousands more jobs
January 24, 2024
Major car suppliers in Germany say they are struggling with the high upfront costs of shifting to EVs and “slow demand,” with companies looking to lay off thousands of workers, as much as 20% of total staff in some cases, in the coming years.
ZF Friedrichshafen, which makes transmissions, shock absorption systems, and chassis components for more than 55 auto brands and is Germany’s…
