Karma Automotive decided to sue Lordstown Motors over what they allege is theft of technology.
It’s the latest drama in the electric vehicle industry, which has seen a spike in these kinds of lawsuits.
Most of these lawsuits have been related to Tesla.
Last year, Tesla initiated a lawsuit against Guangzhi Cao, a former Autopilot engineer who quit to join Xpeng’s autonomous driving team.
In…
Tesla (TSLA) should buy commercial electric vehicle maker Streetscooter, says German official
November 21, 2020
A German official is pushing Tesla (TSLA) to buy commercial electric vehicle maker Streetscooter.
He even personally reached out to Elon Musk about it.
At a time when electric delivery vehicles weren’t as popular, DHL, one of the largest logistics companies in the…
GM is getting serious about its new electric vehicles coming to market in the new few years, and it is going to support them with a new EV organization and tools.
As we reported yesterday, GM announced an acceleration of its EV plans with 30 new EV models by 2025 at the…
Podcast: $35,000 Tesla Model 3, TSLA stock goes crazy, GM is being a tease, and more
November 21, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the $35,000 Tesla Model 3 being endangered again, TSLA stock going crazy, GM being being a tease with new EVs, and more.
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The…
Here’s why this American-made electric vehicle company’s stock was up 69% yesterday
November 20, 2020
Oregon-based Arcimoto (FUV) has seen an incredible rally this week, with its largest gains posted yesterday.
On Thursday alone, the Nasdaq-listed company was up 69.49%. On top of its current rally, that puts FUV up just over 100% since the market opened Monday…
Tesla leaked software points to new range increase for Model Y
November 20, 2020
A new leak in Tesla’s software points to the automaker introducing a new range increase to Model Y.
The less-than-a-year-old electric SUV could get a significant bump in a range like Model 3.
Tesla only started deliveries of the Model Y earlier this year, but it already…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 19, 2020
November 20, 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.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
First peek at the 2022 Chevy Bolt EV
November 20, 2020
Today GM had a lot of new EVs on display at a Barclays investor event but far away, a realtor doing YouTube videos happened to catch the first public glimpse of the 2022 Bolt EV out in the wild. This is the same pre-COVID 2021 Bolt EV that we saw at GM’s EV Day in Detroit…
The Fremont Police department has released a report on its use of a Tesla Model S as a police patrol vehicle, and they said the electric car passed the test.
The electric car has saved them $4,000 in fuel cost in a year.
In 2018, Fremont’s police department bought a used…
Tesla is updating the Model Y with new features to match the new 2021 Model 3 refresh, which itself was mostly catching up to the new electric SUV.
The Model 3 refresh that Tesla started to roll out last month included several features that were found in Tesla’s new Model Y, like the heat pump, the chrome delete, rear trunk powered liftgate, and more.
However, it also included a few new…
