Electric Cars

In March, the European market noted a high decrease in new passenger car registrations, as the already struggling car market was additionally impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to JATO Dynamics, some 1,116,419 new passenger cars were registered in March in 27 European markets monitored by the company. That’s 19% less than a year

By Maria Merano Posted on May 1, 2022 Tesla Giga Shanghai has resumed over 80% production along with several other companies, according to Chinese official Zhang Hongtao — the chief engineer of the Shanghai Economics and Information Technology Commission. China created a “whitelist” to support companies resuming production and minimize the impact of Covid along

Here at Electrek, we have spent countless hours performing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bicycles. This dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bikes on the market for just about any budget. Below you’ll see some of the top e-bikes we’ve tested for every price range, current

The Rivian R1T is a pretty compelling all-round package. It’s great off-road, has impressive straight-line performance and offers a ton of practical features. However, little has been said about its driver assistance tech. In his latest video Kyle Conner takes the R1T through his Hogback Driver Assistance Trial to test its self-driving capabilities. The test is around

By Joey Klender Posted on April 30, 2022 For a long time, Teslas have been the standard of electric vehicles, especially in range measurements. It was only until last year that Lucid Group was finally able to derail Tesla as the company with the longest-range EV on the market, and while cars vs. cars is

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Ukraine has set up new medical clinics to serve two of the small towns to the north of Kyiv, Borodyanka and Irpin, both of which have been heavily affected by the war. Now the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, has confirmed that both will be equipped with Tesla Powerwalls

By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 29, 2022 China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has announced that Tesla will recall over 14,000 Tesla Model 3 Performance units over a fault in the vehicles’ speed units when Track Mode is engaged. The issue would be addressed through a free over-the-air (OTA) update.  According to the

Electric car sales in the United States jumped to a record high of over 200,000 vehicles during the last quarter (Q1 2022). It’s a good sign, but the US EV market is still extremely reliant on Tesla and California. The United States is trailing far behind Europe and China when it comes to electrifying its

Polestar announced updates to the Polestar 2 model, related to three main areas – sustainability, tech and design. The sustainability component includes aluminum parts (battery tray and wheels) produced with the use of renewable energy (reduction of CO2 emission by 1,350 kg per car), as well as more environmentally friendly materials. In terms of tech,

By Joey Klender Posted on April 27, 2022 Ford (NYSE: F) reported $34.5 billion in revenue through Q1 2022, with a net loss of $3.1 billion “primarily attributable to valuation of investment in Rivian.” The Detroit-based automaker said demand for its vehicles was strong in the first quarter, but deliveries were tempered by supply chain

The Miku Max electric motorbike has been a controversial design ever since we first began covering it in 2018. Now the Miku Super has improved the bike’s performance as it expands into the European market. Produced by Chinese electric scooter giant Sunra, the Miku Super is a unique design that falls somewhere between electric mopeds

NIO announced that on April 26, the 200,000th electric car rolled off the production line at the JAC-NIO Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Hefei, China. The jubilee vehicle happens to be the recently introduced NIO ET7 flagship, which noted its first deliveries in March (163 units). It’s a significant milestone for NIO, especially since it took

By Maria Merano Posted on April 26, 2022 According to Kelley Blue Book’s (KKB) data, Tesla dominated the United States electric vehicle market in the first quarter. Tesla vehicle sales accounted for 75% of all EVs sold between January and March 2022.  Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y vehicles made up 68% of US EV market sales

Twitter announced that it accepted an acquisition offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk for roughly $44 billion, and it will become a private company once the transaction is closed. This is a surprising turn of events as Twitter’s board had appeared to resist Musk’s effort to buy the social media and even adopted a “poison

The lithium-ion battery market is on a fast track to growth thanks to the ongoing expansion of the electric vehicle market. Both markets are expected to accelerate this decade. According to a recent Benchmark Mineral Intelligence report, by 2030, the global lithium-ion production capacity might exceed 6 TWh (or 6,000 GWh). This forecast is based

By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 24, 2022 During an interview with TED’s Chris Anderson, Elon Musk remarked that his brain-machine interface startup, Neuralink, would be solving brain and spinal injuries “for probably a decade.” Musk noted that the startup’s technology could even address health conditions like morbid obesity.  Experts have now stated that while

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