Tesla has incorporated a new Indian business unit ahead of an upcoming launch in the important South Asian market.
There are also rumors of Tesla building a factory in India.
Tesla and India
Tesla had a long history of flirting with the idea of entering the Indian market.
In 2016, CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla had plans to enter the Indian market, but those plans have been delayed.
Jay Vijayan…
Tesla Model Y aces crash test, watch impressive NHTSA video
January 13, 2021
Tesla Model Y has aced its NHTSA crash and safety test, obtaining a 5-star safety rating in the process.
You can watch watch the impressive crash test video below.
Tesla and safety
While Tesla is known for being a technology-forward automaker and emphasizing the “fun”…
NIU launches faster, more powerful MQi GT electric scooter
January 13, 2021
Until now, NIU had only offered one high-speed GT version scooter, the NQi-GT. Now, the company’s MQi-series electric scooters are getting their own high-speed version known as the NIU MQi-GT.
The NIU MQi-series has long been the middleweight offering in NIU’s lineup.
Porsche announced that it sold more than 20,000 Taycan electric cars in its first full-year of production.
The electric car is becoming one of the brand’s best-selling models.
Porsche Taycan in 2020
Porsche released its 2020 results today and confirmed that total deliveries were down 3% in 2020 compared to its record year in 2019.
The automaker is happy with the results, considering the hit…
The addition of utility-scale solar capacity is expected to set a new record by adding 15.4 GW of capacity to the US grid in 2021, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today.
Solar leads the 2021 pack with 39% of total new US electricity generating…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 11, 2021
January 12, 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…
Sony released multiple videos showing off their Sony VISION-S electric car concept, which they first unveiled in a surprise move one year ago at CES.
The videos provide new insights on the design and engineering of the car, comments from partners Sony is working with, and reveal that Sony has started testing their vehicle on public roads near their engineering center in Graz, Austria.
We…
4 electric car brand alternatives that aren’t Tesla
January 12, 2021
If you’re reading this article, you know Tesla. You may even be reading this from inside your Model 3 as it’s docked at a Supercharger. As we desperately scramble away from the ceaseless test of will that was 2020, we look toward to the new year with newfound hope and…
Tesla expands Gigafactory Shanghai again, looks to add design director ahead of new $25,000 electric car
January 12, 2021
Tesla is again expanding Gigafactory Shanghai with new buildings coming up on the eastern side. The automaker is also looking to add a design director to its Chinese team ahead of the new planned $25,000 electric car.
Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai
Gigafactory Shanghai was a…
Eugene, Oregon-based Arcimoto has agreed to purchase a new, larger factory space to produce its three-wheeled electric vehicles.
The 185,000-square-foot (17,000-square-meter) factory represents a five-fold increase in manufacturing space compared to the company’s current factory.
The electric vehicle startup declared last year that it expected to reach a production capacity of 50,000 vehicles…
