Herbert Diess, the head of the Volkswagen group, has released a blog post discussing his effort to reform the giant automaker, including revealing ‘Mission T’, his plan to “catch up with Tesla”.
It comes as the executive forced a vote of confidence over his leadership at Volkswagen.
Diess came to Volkswagen from BMW in 2015 amidst the Dieselgate scandal and started a wide-ranging effort…
As if mountain bikes weren’t already versatile enough, a new DIY conversion kit known as the Envo can turn a mountain bike into an electric snowmobile.
It’s not like electric snow bikes aren’t already a thing – there are plenty of powerful and well-equipped…
Tesla Gigafactory Texas in Austin is starting to take shape with construction ramping up on both sides of the first section of the construction site.
In May 2020, Electrek exclusively reported that Tesla’s next factory is going to be in Austin.
At the time, a source…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 30, 2020
December 1, 2020
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 releases new software update with navigation, text messaging improvements, and more
December 1, 2020
Tesla has started to release a new software update with a bunch of small improvements to its navigation system and text messaging user interface, as well as a few new features.
It’s not the big holiday update yet, but there are still a few interesting improvements.
The…
GM cancels deal to build Nikola (NKLA) electric-hydrogen pickup truck after many controversies
December 1, 2020
GM has dropped its plan to build the Nikola (NKLA) Badger electric/fuel cell pickup truck and take a stake in the controversial company.
However, GM will still supply Nikola with fuel cell hydrogen technology for its semi trucks.
As we have been reporting over the last few…
Audi is returning to rally racing and doing it with an electric vehicle.
The German automaker teased the new electric off-road prototype, which will first compete in the Dakar Rally in 2022.
A while ago, Audi had a lot of success on the rally circuit with the infamous Group B rally cars, the Audi Sport Quattro S1.
More recently, the automaker has stayed away from the sports and started…
Did Aston Martin publish fake emission numbers about EVs?
December 1, 2020
A number of UK press outlets covered a report that claims that electric vehicles need to travel 50,000 miles before its carbon footprint is better than an ICE vehicle. We’ve seen this type of report debunked many times in the past so we didn’t think it was worth our…
Tesla may be leading the world in four-wheeled electric vehicles, but CEO Elon Musk might still have a thing or two to learn about electric three-wheelers. His first experience test riding an Arcimoto FUV electric car ended with him crashing it into a brick wall, claims…
Maserati is ‘electrifying’ its entire lineup, but expect hybrids
December 1, 2020
Maserati says that it plans to “electrify” its entire lineup within the next five years, but it is using the safe “electrify” word, and we should expect many hybrids.
The Italian luxury automaker is part of the Fiat-Chrysler organization, which has notoriously been slow to move to electrification, and it also suffered from FCA’s slow start with electric vehicles.
That’s despite the…
