Rivian has released a video of the towing testing for its upcoming R1T electric pickup in some insane 118º F heat.
We are seeing a trend lately of companies planning pickup trucks showing the capacity of their trucks as the race to bring the first electric pickup to market heats up.
Yesterday, Ford released testing footage of its F-150 electric pickup prototype and a day before that, GM…
Tesla Megapacks help alleviate UK’s hundreds of millions in grid balancing costs from the pandemic
September 19, 2020
A new project powered by Tesla Megapacks is helping alleviate the United Kingdom’s hundreds of millions of dollars in grid balancing costs that occurred from the pandemic.
The pandemic has greatly changed electricity use as more people have stayed home and changed their…
Podcast: Tesla battery leak, Model 3 updates, Nikola is over, and more
September 19, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla Roadrunner battery leak, potential Model 3 updates, Nikola Motors coming to an end, and more.
Discover all the new and innovative ways…
EGEB: Will the UK ban ICE cars by 2030?
September 18, 2020
The UK’s Labour Party wants the government to phase out ICE cars five years earlier than planned.
Microsoft submerged a data center in the sea to keep energy and operation costs low.
Green hydrogen will run ferries, trains, and buses in Scotland.
Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and your bank account — all without changing your utility company. Sign up to…
There are two things that FREY doesn’t mess around with: quality and power. The Jinhua, China-based electric bicycle manufacturer lays into both, heavily. And nowhere is that more evident than in the FREY EX Pro electric mountain bike.
FREY EX Pro eMTB tech…
VW is considering selling Bugatti to Rimac in deal to own bigger stake in electric hypercar maker
September 18, 2020
Volkswagen is reportedly considering selling Bugatti to Rimac in a deal to own a bigger stake in the Croatian electric hypercar maker.
Rimac, once only a small startup building a million-dollar electric hypercar, is equally emerging as an important player in…
Tesla gets partial win in Gigafactory ‘saboteur’ case, but it’s not really a good look for the company
September 18, 2020
Tesla has taken a partial win in its lawsuit against the Gigafactory ‘saboteur’, Martin Tripp, a former employee who Tesla is accusing of “hacking” information and giving it to the media and others.
However, the whole situation is not really a good look for the company.
Back in 2018, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Tripp had “sabotaged” software in the automaker’s manufacturing…
Lucid beats Tesla Model S Plaid prototype on racetrack with its own tri-motor Air test vehicle
September 18, 2020
Lucid has reportedly beat the Tesla Model S Plaid prototype’s Laguna Seca racetrack record with its own tri-motor Air test vehicle.
Last year, Tesla broke the fastest lap record for 4-door vehicles with a Model S at Laguna Seca racetrack,
The Model S in question was…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 17, 2020
September 18, 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…
VW plans to sell 500,000 ID.4 electric cars per year
September 18, 2020
VW is hyping the launch of the ID.4 electric SUV coming next week with new releases, and in a new interview with executives today, the automaker said that it plans to sell 500,000 ID.4 vehicles per year.
Over the last month, VW has been hyping the launch of the ID.4 electric SUV by gradually releasing more information about the vehicle.
Most recently, we got our first look at the ID.4’s…
