Daimler has announced new plans to electrify its truck lineup, and as part of it, they unveiled the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul, a new long-range electric truck, and concept fuel cell truck.
Daimler Trucks, the commercial truck division of the German automaker, today unveiled its “technology strategy for the electrification of its vehicles.”
The company already had made some progress with…
REI launches first in-house electric bikes, showing off affordably priced mid-drives
September 16, 2020
REI has now joined a long list of brands getting in on that lucrative e-bike action as the company’s Co-op Cycles line adds two new electric bicycle models: The Co-op Cycles CTY e2.1 and CTY e2.2.
Co-op Cycles is REI’s own bicycle brand that has traditionally focused…
GM unveils its lineup of Ultium electric drive units
September 16, 2020
GM has unveiled today its lineup of Ultium electric drive units that will power its next-generation electric vehicles — starting with the Cadillac Lyriq.
Earlier this year, GM unveiled its new electric strategy based on its new Ultium modular battery platform that will…
EGEB: Kids coaxed LEGO into making a big sustainable change
September 16, 2020
LEGO switches to recyclable paper bags in its toy sets (and they’re working on their plastic bricks).
Enevate achieves more than 300 Li-ion battery patents, far surpassing its competitors.
175-year-old Scientific American magazine has never backed a US presidential candidate — until now.
Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without…
First look at Tesla’s new battery cell produced in-house with Roadrunner
September 16, 2020
Electrek has an exclusive first look at Tesla’s new battery cell produced in-house with its new Roadrunner battery manufacturing system.
Ahead of Tesla’s ‘Battery Day’, we have been reporting on the automaker’s effort to build its own battery cells.
Earlier this…
Segway Ninebot continues to expand the brand’s market with the introduction of new products, including today’s launch of the Ninebot Gokart PRO.
Ninebot Gokart PRO launched
Segway Ninebot has played around with electric go-karts before, but they’ve previously…
Electrify America updates pricing with fairer kWh-based model resulting in lower prices
September 16, 2020
Electrify America has announced a significant update to its pricing structure resulting in lower prices – mainly through the introduction of kWh-based pricing.
With the charging industry still being somewhat recent, charging networks are trying to navigate a complex market that involves working closely with electric utilities and automakers.
Now after operating and growing its network for a…
Amazon buys 10 electric trucks from Lion Electric
September 16, 2020
Amazon is making several electric vehicle orders lately to build a fleet of electric delivery vehicles and today, it is adding trucks from Lion Electric to the list.
Last year, Amazon announced a new initiative called “The Climate Pledge.”
It’s a carbon-neutral…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 15, 2020
September 16, 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 is building new massive Supercharger, could become world’s largest
September 16, 2020
Tesla is building a new massive Supercharger station that will likely become the new biggest station on Tesla’s network worldwide.
With Tesla’s fleet growing at a fast pace, the automaker is trying to keep up its infrastructure, like service centers, mobile service fleet, and charging infrastructure.
The latter mainly consists of the Supercharger network, arguably one of Tesla’s greatest…
