Porsche announced that it made another investment in Rimac, a Croatia-based electric hypercar maker, and it now increases its stake in the company to almost 25%.
Rimac is best known for its all-electric hypercars, especially the Concept_One, arguably the first all-electric hypercar, and more recently, the new Concept_Two (C_Two).
In recent years, the company has also been emerging as a…
Ariel Rider launches a $999 ‘no-BS commuter e-bike’ as its most affordable electric bike yet
March 9, 2021
Ariel Rider is showing off its latest electric bicycle known as the Rideal. The e-bike was designed to be the perfect low-cost commuter e-bike that doesn’t compromise on performance.
Ariel Rider described it a bit differently:
At Ariel Rider we’re known to make fast…
Proposed US offshore wind farm Vineyard Wind expects a favorable BOEM review today, leading to April approval.
Clean energy accounted for 47% of Germany’s power mix in 2020, up from 42.3% in 2019.
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Tesla is apparently behind a somewhat secretive big battery project in Texas, a state in which people have been calling for improvements to the electric grid.
The project is located in Angleton, near Houston.
Tesla has attempted to distance itself from the project with an LLC, but Bloomberg managed to link Tesla to the LLC and the project:
A Tesla subsidiary registered as Gambit Energy Storage…
GM releases new Hummer EV electric pickup testing footage, announces SUV version unveil
March 9, 2021
GM has released new footage of the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup’s winter testing, and it announced the unveiling of the SUV version of the electric vehicle.
In October 2020, GM officially launched its GMC Hummer EV, an all-electric “supertruck” with up to 350 miles…
A group of fresh Tesla Model S vehicles with the new design refresh has been spotted at Fremont factory, and it looks like one of them might have third-row seats.
Earlier this year, Tesla officially unveiled the new Model S and Model X refresh.
The vehicles are equipped…
Ola Electric is currently constructing a megafactory in India to produce its premier electric scooter model. Now we’re getting a first look at the scooter itself in newly released images.
The first design images of the scooter, provided to us today by Ola, show a very similar design to the original Appscooter electric scooter.
That scooter was originally developed by Dutch startup Etergo.
It…
Tesla’s communications with DMV over Full Self-Driving are released and they bring some confusion
March 8, 2021
Tesla’s communications with DMV over the release of its Full Self-Driving Beta have been released through a freedom of information request.
Some of the comments made by Tesla to the DMV are bringing some confusion to people as they could be interpreted as contradicting…
Electric bicycle prices are rising, and it’s not only because the tariff exceptions expired
March 7, 2021
Electric bicycle prices have followed a bit of a rollercoaster trajectory over the last few years. While there are still several great options for low cost e-bikes on the market, prices are currently trending back up.
Here’s why.
The on-going trade war between the US…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 6, 2021
March 7, 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.
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