Fisker, Henrik Fisker’s latest electric vehicle startup, wants to build an electric vehicle with Foxconn, a massive Chinese company better known for being an Apple supplier.
After the original Fisker Automotive went bankrupt, the assets of the defunct EV startup were purchased by a Chinese interest who relaunched the company and its Karma (now Revero) plug-in hybrid.
A few years later, Henrik…
Maryland county transitioning to electric public school buses
February 25, 2021
Maryland’s Montgomery County plans to switch the entire public school bus fleet to fully electric from diesel engines. The transition is one of the largest in the US to date, and is expected to take 12 years. The green plan will completely replace all 1,400 current ICE…
Tesla prepares cloud-based driver profile ahead of ‘Tesla Network’ ride-hailing app launch
February 25, 2021
Tesla is preparing to move all driver data and settings into the cloud ahead of the launch of its “Tesla Network” ride-hailing app launch.
Driver profiles exist in Tesla vehicles and are linked to keys (or phones through the Tesla app) in order to automatically have…
Well, this is surely one of the weirder news stories I’ve written recently: Honda apparently wants to stuff a mini drone into the tail of an electric motorcycle.
But why?
That’s not exactly clear.
The somewhat vague use case in the patent doesn’t go into very much detail.
But while Honda is a bit light on the “why,” they at least don’t hold back on the “how.”
Based on the…
Bill Gates all but admits that he was shorting Tesla (TSLA)
February 24, 2021
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that Bill Gates has been betting against the electric automaker on the stock market, we have been trying to find out if it was true.
Now Gates all but admits that he was shorting Tesla’s stock (TSLA).
As we previously reported, Musk and…
USPS has announced today that it awarded its postal fleet replacement contract, and the government agency disappointed by not going all-electric.
One of the first things Joe Biden did as president was announce that the federal government will transition its entire vehicle…
Porsche is giving us a glimpse into the test program of the Taycan Cross Turismo, a wagon version of the electric sports sedan.
Shortly after revealing the concept of the Taycan, then known as the Mission E, Porsche unveiled a prototype wagon version of the car known as the Taycan Cross Turismo.
There was a vastly positive reaction to the concept, which Porsche itself acknowledged. In…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 23, 2021
February 24, 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…
2022 Chevy Bolts drive deep ’20-’21 model discounts toward $20K
February 24, 2021
If you’ve been shopping for a 200-plus-mile EV, odds are that last week’s 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV/EUV announcement really caught your attention. With a fresh look on the outside, majorly improved interior, included 240V 7.2KW charge cable, and perhaps most importantly, a…
You may remember Mastretta from the first ever entirely made-in-Mexico sports car, the Mastretta MXT. Now the brothers behind the automotive design company are tackling e-bikes, and they’re doing it with the same sporty focus they’ve drawn on in the past. The result is the newly launched Mastretta MX3 electric bike.
The Mastretta MX3 isn’t a typical e-bike though.
It’s not even a…
