Tesla (TSLA) has released its third-quarter delivery and production results, confirming that it delivered a record number of electric cars.
Expectations were kind of all over the place this quarter.
Just a few weeks ago, the Wall Street consensus from Tesla analysts was just over 120,000 deliveries, but the expectations rose to roughly 140,000 deliveries over the last week of the quarter.
Today…
If you’ve been wanting to roll up in style with your own Benz, it might have just gotten quite a bit more affordable. Mercedes-Benz announced today the unveiling of their latest vehicle, which just happens to be a folding electric scooter creatively named the…
Tesla pushes new software update to enable cars to automatically drive through green traffic lights
October 2, 2020
Tesla has released a new software update to further enable cars to automatically drive through green traffic lights now without a lead car.
Earlier this year, Tesla has started to push an Autopilot update with the ability to detect and stop at traffic lights and stop…
Priority Bicycles has just launched their latest electric bicycle, the . The Current packs in a number of high quality and low-maintenance parts for a killer price.
Priority Current e-bike launched
The Priority Current is powered by a nominally 500W mid-drive motor.
However, the company lists the motor at an insane 148 Nm (108 lb-ft) of torque, which makes me think that 500W number could be…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 1, 2020
October 2, 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…
A dealer cheat sheet for the upcoming VW ID.4 electric SUV has been leaked, and it shows that the company considers gas SUVs, rather than electric SUVs like the Mustang Mach-E, Tesla Model Y, and upcoming Nissan Ariya, as its direct competitors.
The cheat sheet, posted to…
Tesla (TSLA) has increased the price of the Powerwall, its home battery pack, as demand is still through the roof.
There are a lot of factors currently greatly increasing demand for home energy storage.
Heatwaves are creating some instabilities on electric grids in the US, even forcing some rolling blackouts in California.
Many people are turning to home battery packs to have backup…
Today, Volvo started production of its highly-anticipated XC40 Recharge electric SUV, the first fully electric vehicle from the Swedish brand.
While Polestar, a Volvo-Geely subsidiary, has already launched its first all-electric car, the Polestar 2, Volvo has yet to launch…
Tesla Autopilot gets top marks for performance but trashed for driver engagement in new industry-wide tests
October 1, 2020
In a new Euro NCAP report, Tesla Autopilot gets top marks for its performance, but it gets also trashed for its driver engagement.
The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), a European voluntary car safety performance assessment program, has produced a new…
Twenty percent of Americans have HVAC systems that cost the homeowner an extra $882 annually on average to keep their homes cool — almost four times as much as the most efficient similar homes. This is according to a new study conducted by smart home energy company Sense who make smart home energy monitors.
But here’s the surprising finding: The 20% of homes with the highest cooling account…
