Tesla is literally the only automaker growing so far this year in the previously hostile market of Germany.
The German auto industry is extremely strong and influential in the country, and car buyers like to buy domestically.
It has been a tough market for Tesla to crack, and it faced some challenges from regulators, like getting sued for allegedly false advertising on Autopilot and fighting…
Watch this 1.2 Megawatt electric motorcycle break the world record in 6-second drag race
October 5, 2020
When Danish racing team True Cousins got started with electric motorcycle racing, their first attempt was rather modest. But twelve years after fielding their first custom 12 kW electric motorcycle, the team returned to set a new world record with a new bike featuring 100x…
Tesla Model 3 crushes Dodge Charger in 1-year review of cost of operation as police car
October 5, 2020
Tesla Model 3 is crushing Dodge Charger as a police car when it comes to the cost of ownership as the Bargersville Police Chief who pushed to electrify his fleet shares a 1-year review of the cost of operation.
Last year, we reported on the Bargersville, Indiana, police…
California announced a ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles from 2035 on September 23. Two days later, New York state senator Pete Harckham from the Hudson Valley introduced a bill that would also require all of New York State’s sales of new cars and trucks to be zero emissions by 2035.
What else the New York bill says
Harckham’s bill also requires that all New York sales of off-road…
Tesla (TSLA) is reportedly in talks with Indonesia’s government to build new venture to secure some of the country’s nickel supply.
While many companies are looking to secure lithium, cobalt, and graphite to produce batteries for electric vehicles, Tesla has been more…
A Tesla hacker has revealed what Tesla’s driver-facing camera in Model 3 and Model Y is looking for – hinting at driver monitoring feature.
When Tesla launched the Model 3, it equipped the vehicle with a standard cabin-facing camera located in the rearview mirror.
At…
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the Arc Vector electric motorcycle’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
The Arc Vector has ridden some proverbial twisty roads over the last few years, even before ever reaching it to production.
The high-tech and high-dollar electric motorcycle debuted with fanfare at the 2018 EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show, but then ran into funding trouble from flaky…
Ford has electric pickup range-extender design that drops into bed, could be option for F150
October 4, 2020
Ford has a design for removable range-extender that can drop into an electric pickup’s bed, which could possibly become an option for the upcoming F150 electric.
Range-extenders, which are basically generators, haven’t become popular with electric vehicles buyers.
It’s…
The United States National Parks Service (NPS) has just updated their regulations to codify electric bicycles up to 750W as legal in all national parks where bicycles are already permitted.
The new regulations, posted yesterday on the National Parks Service website, move to…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 3, 2020
October 4, 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…
