When I visit China, or really anywhere in Eastern Asia, I’m always amazed at just how prevalent electric bicycles are. E-bike adoption may be on the rise in the US, but it’s simply the standard way to get around in much of Asia. And so I wanted to test how a typical Asian e-bike could perform when taken out of its element and dropped in the West. To do so, I hopped on the newly released…
Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico is turning into a major storm, and it’s going to affect offshore oil.
PM Boris Johnson pledges £160 million to ensure that wind farms will generate power for every home.
Denmark will contribute $1.6 billion to new climate…
VW ID.3 — Is this the mass-market EV the world needs?
October 6, 2020
After a full 21 months since Fully Charged took the test-version vehicle out in sunny South Africa, Robert Llewellyn finally got to grips with the “First Edition” VW ID.3 in the not-so-sunny south of England.
It’s no secret that, having had a few of them, we are fans…
Electrek can confirm that Tesla has dissolved its PR department — technically becoming the first automaker who doesn’t talk to the press.
It’s something that we have discussed on our podcast several times over the last few months, but now that reporters are publicly complaining about it, we thought we’d clear things up in an article.
Tesla hasn’t responded to a press inquiry in…
Spanish electric motorcycle company PURSANG has spent the last few years reviving the historic brand and preparing for production. Now the company has begun racking up sales and is sharing a new closer look at the PURSANG E-Track electric motorcycle.
PURSANG electric…
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…
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 a slew of other new SONDORS e-bikes, was made quietly this morning in a message to SONDORS’ email list.
The company…
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…
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…
