Gazelle is one of the major players in the Dutch e-bike market, building comfortable city bikes with electric assist. Now the company is adding two new models to its Ultimate line for the North American market, the Gazelle Ultimate C8 and Ultimate C380.
Gazelle’s bikes aren’t just Dutch-style, they’re actually Dutch bikes, as in they’re built in the company’s factory in Dieren, the…
The first Tesla vehicles are starting to go into the tunnels of the new Boring Company Loop in Las Vegas for testing.
It looks like they are getting closer to launching the new transportation system.
A Boring Company Loop system consists of tunnels in which autonomous…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 21, 2020
October 28, 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…
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q3 2020 results: destroys both revenue and profit expectations
October 28, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has released its financial results and shareholders letter for the third quarter of 2020 after market close today.
We are updating this post with all the details from the financial results, shareholders’ letter, and the conference call later tonight. Refresh for the latest information.
As we reported in our Q3 earnings preview post yesterday, the market had high expectations for…
Tesla has released new pictures of the Model Y factory at Shanghai Gigafactory ahead of the start of production.
The start of Model Y production in Shanghai is considered critical to Tesla’s growth.
There’s no doubt that the Chinese market has become extremely…
Tesla claims solar roof install in less than 2 days, finally accelerates solar power deployment
October 28, 2020
Tesla has apparently finally turned a corner when it comes to its solar business, and it is even claiming to have completed a solar roof install in less than two days. But there’s a big caveat to that claim.
Ever since Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity, new solar power…
Elon Musk made some rare new comments on Tesla Cybertruck and gave a better idea of the production ramp for the electric pickup truck.
During the conference call following Tesla’s release of its Q3 2020 financial results, Musk was asked to give more color on the production ramp of the Cybertruck, and when we can expect deliveries.
The CEO started by mentioning that he recently did a design…
The Bulgaria-based boutique electric vehicle builder Kinetik Automotive has just unveiled its impressive-looking (and performing!) electric go-kart.
The Kinetik electric go-kart uses an entirely 3D-printed body.
Those wings don’t just add to the striking appearance…
We’ve got our first look at Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta software update, as some owners who are testing it are sharing videos, and it looks just insane.
After months of working on a complete core rewrite of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving Package, Tesla has now…
VW ID.4 Sneak Peek — Will VW’s electric SUV outsell the ID.3?
October 28, 2020
Obviously the short answer to the question above is yes, as Volkswagen at present has no plans to bring the ID.3 to North America, but what if they did? Would the Europe-friendly ID.3 succeed where the eGolf failed, or will the ID.4 simply be the better fit for the highways of the US and Canada? We recently reviewed the ID.3 and were impressed. Can the ID.4 create the same excitement that its…
