Tesla is on track this year to complete its new R&D center in Shanghai that will engineer and design its new $25,000 electric car.
Tesla R&D center in China
Just over a year ago, Tesla announced plans to establish a new R&D and design center in China to build “a Chinese-style” electric car.
Tesla started taking design submissions for its Chinese-made small electric car last…
In a recent reply to a follower’s question on Twitter, Lucid Motors just revealed that it plans to begin deliveries of its first vehicles to European countries at the end of this year. That timeline has since changed. Nevertheless, the American automaker’s Air sedan is…
Audi has unveiled today the 2022 e-tron GT and RS e-tron GT: a performance electric sedan powered by the same platform as the Porsche Taycan.
Audi e-tron GT Design
The concept for the e-tron GT was unveiled back in 2018, and we have since seen it several times leading to…
Federal legislation was introduced today to create a federal tax incentive for the purchase of electric bicycles in the US.
Electric cars and motorcycles already have their own federal tax incentives in the US, and now electric bicycles may be next.
That’s thanks to the Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment (E-BIKE) Act, which has been spearheaded by Representatives Earl…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 9, 2021
February 10, 2021
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As electric motorcycles grow in popularity, American riders can find substantial savings this year in the form of extended tax credits for e-motorcycles.
10% tax credit on electric motorcycles
It was initially feared that a US federal tax credit for 10% of the purchase…
Jeep teases the upcoming unveiling of a new Wrangler all-electric BEV concept vehicle, which could soon lead to a production version.
At Electrek, we rarely report on FCA, which is now part of the new Stellantis entity created by FCA’s merger with PSA, because their electrification plan has rarely delivered beyond compliance cars and plug-in hybrids, but that might finally be about to…
Tesla is finally about to launch in Singapore, where the automaker had a false start before, and the Model 3 could cost less than a Toyota Camry in the country.
Tesla in Singapore
In 2016, Tesla tried to launch in Singapore, but the automaker ran into some issues.
The…
Renewables will be the leading source of US electricity by 2030
February 9, 2021
By 2030, renewables will collectively surpass natural gas to be the predominant source of electricity generation in the US, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2021. But that’s not enough.
The EIA also projects that the…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 8, 2021
February 9, 2021
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