Mercedes-Benz announces several new electric vehicles and teases the upcoming new EQE and EQS SUV.
The German automaker has had a slow start in electrification with the launch of the EQC electric SUV last year, but things are about to ramp up over the next 12 months.
It starts with the launch of the EQA electric crossover by the end of the year — followed by the Mercedes-Benz EQS electric…
In case you thought you’d seen all the Super73-style electric bikes and mopeds out there, think again. Electric bicycle manufacturer SONDORS has just unveiled its own line of new electric mopeds known as the SONDORS MadMods.
The announcement, which follows on the heels of…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 5, 2020
October 6, 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…
Place your bets on the first electric pickup: Rivian and Tesla Cybertruck lead odds, Nikola is dead last
October 6, 2020
The race to bring the first electric pickup truck to market is heating up, and now you can even place your bets on who will win the race. The Rivian R1T and Tesla Cybertruck are leading the odds while Nikola Badger is dead last.
Pickup trucks are the most important segment in the automotive industry in the US.
Electrifying the segment will have a very important impact on emissions in the US’…
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…
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 department updating their fleet with Tesla Model 3 vehicles.
Bargersville Police Chief Todd Bertram commented at the…
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…
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 the time, the automaker said that the camera wasn’t active and it would be used in the future.
CEO Elon Musk said that it…
