When cycling legend and three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond announced he was releasing a pair of new electric bicycle models last year, we knew these weren’t going to be any ordinary e-bikes.
With deliveries set to begin next month, LeMond Cycles is releasing the first official photos of one of the new e-bikes.
The new model, known as the LeMond Prolog, is produced entirely from…
Audi sells almost 50,000 e-tron electric SUVs in 2020
January 13, 2021
Audi sold almost 50,000 e-tron electric SUVs in 2020 – a significant increase over last year and launching Audi’s electrification effort ahead of new models hitting the market.
Audi e-tron
The Audi e-tron is starting to come into its own as an electric vehicle…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Hawaii’s Kauai island has agreed on a large-scale solar PV system with pumped hydro energy storage.
The UK’s electricity system sees the best year on record for green energy in 2020.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
Tesla has incorporated a new Indian business unit ahead of an upcoming launch in the important South Asian market.
There are also rumors of Tesla building a factory in India.
Tesla and India
Tesla had a long history of flirting with the idea of entering the Indian market.
In 2016, CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla had plans to enter the Indian market, but those plans have been delayed.
Jay Vijayan…
Tesla Model Y aces crash test, watch impressive NHTSA video
January 13, 2021
Tesla Model Y has aced its NHTSA crash and safety test, obtaining a 5-star safety rating in the process.
You can watch watch the impressive crash test video below.
Tesla and safety
While Tesla is known for being a technology-forward automaker and emphasizing the “fun”…
NIU launches faster, more powerful MQi GT electric scooter
January 13, 2021
Until now, NIU had only offered one high-speed GT version scooter, the NQi-GT. Now, the company’s MQi-series electric scooters are getting their own high-speed version known as the NIU MQi-GT.
The NIU MQi-series has long been the middleweight offering in NIU’s lineup.
Porsche announced that it sold more than 20,000 Taycan electric cars in its first full-year of production.
The electric car is becoming one of the brand’s best-selling models.
Porsche Taycan in 2020
Porsche released its 2020 results today and confirmed that total deliveries were down 3% in 2020 compared to its record year in 2019.
The automaker is happy with the results, considering the hit…
The addition of utility-scale solar capacity is expected to set a new record by adding 15.4 GW of capacity to the US grid in 2021, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today.
Solar leads the 2021 pack with 39% of total new US electricity generating…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 11, 2021
January 12, 2021
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…
Sony released multiple videos showing off their Sony VISION-S electric car concept, which they first unveiled in a surprise move one year ago at CES.
The videos provide new insights on the design and engineering of the car, comments from partners Sony is working with, and reveal that Sony has started testing their vehicle on public roads near their engineering center in Graz, Austria.
We…
