Electric Cars

By Simon Alvarez Posted on December 31, 2024 Right before the new year, X CEO Linda Yaccarino teased a number of upcoming features for the social media platform this coming 2025. These include the long teased and highly anticipated “X Money” payment system, as well as X TV. Platform Expansion:  In her X post, Linda

What would you get if you created the illegitimate love child of a Mercedes G-Wagon and a Brinks armored truck (and perhaps if the Mercedes chain-smoked through the pregnancy)? I think you’d wind up with something like the wacky-looking electric cart that has earned the dubious honor of being named this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba

By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 1, 2025 A Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump Las Vegas hotel on Wednesday has led authorities to investigate the incident as a potential act of terrorism. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed they are probing the fire at the hotel’s entrance, which has been extinguished. The public

Rivian electric delivery vans (EDVs) for Amazon (Source: Rivian) 2024 was big year for Amazon – in addition to becoming the first online retailer for Hyundai cars, the company kept busy putting a fleet of autonomous forklifts, order picking AI-powered robots, and a milestone 20,000th electric delivery van on the road. Let’s start with the vans.

By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 1, 2025 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared some initial details behind the shocking Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump Las Vegas hotel on Wednesday. One person was killed and seven were injured in the incident.  Musk’s initial comments:  Amid reports of the Cybertruck explosion, Musk posted on

Last September, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB-1271, which redefines and adds to several electric bicycle regulations in the state. Chief among them is a clarification of the three-class e-bike system, which is likely to now rule that many of the throttle-enabled electric bikes currently available and on the road in California will

By Zachary Visconti Posted on December 30, 2024 Lucid Motors has officially begun deliveries of its long-awaited Gravity SUV, after the company has talked the electric vehicle (EV) up throughout much of this year and following initial production beginning a few weeks ago. After Lucid officially began producing the Gravity at its Casa Grande, Arizona

On today’s exciting episode of Quick Charge, we explore not one but two existing electric truck fleets that crossed the 5 million miles driven mark this year, along with some potentially exciting news for last-minute shoppers looking for a sweet deal on a new Toyota or GMC Sierra EV, and the Electrek EV of the

By Zachary Visconti Posted on December 28, 2024 Many in the Tesla and electric vehicle (EV) community have eagerly awaited the company’s rollout of a driverless ride-hailing service, and recent reports and statements suggest that the company may be considering multiple U.S. cities for early pilot programs. Tesla is in talks with Austin, Texas officials

The Top Gear TV show might be over, but its tamed racing driver – a masked, anonymous hot shoe known only as “the Stig” – lives on … and his latest adventure involves pitching the 1,400 hp electric Ford SuperVan demonstration vehicle around the famed Top Gear test track. Sideways. Whether we’re talking about record lap times

By Simon Alvarez Posted on December 27, 2024 Elon Musk is a known critic of using Lidar for self-driving vehicles. But as per Li Auto CEO Li Xiang, Musk would probably be a lot more open to using Lidar if he tried driving around China’s highways at night. Li’s comments: As per the Li Auto

Isuzu is giving Red Bull electrified wings – the iconic drinks company is officially the first to put the production version of its new-for-2025 Isuzu NRR-EV medium duty electric box truck to work in North America. Deployed by Red Bull North America, these first-ever customer Isuzu NRR-EV medium duty trucks are busy delivering cans of Red

By Simon Alvarez Posted on December 25, 2024 xAI has closed its Series C funding round of $6 billion. A number of companies were part of the investment round, including tech and finance giants A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, and

Construction at BYD’s new EV plant in Brazil was suddenly halted Monday after authorities found Chinese workers in “slavery-like” conditions. The workers were hired in China by another firm, and BYD has since cut ties. BYD and the firm are now saying the term “slavery” was unjustly used, and some translations may have been misunderstood.

By Simon Alvarez Posted on December 24, 2024 Tesla has rolled out a new round of Full Self-Driving (Supervised) free trials to some customers in North America. The program seems to be Tesla’s latest effort to promote its FSD (Supervised) system to as many customers as possible.  Screenshots featuring the new round of FSD (Supervised)

On today’s high-powered episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got Honda fuel cell manager David Perzynski here to talk about Honda’s forty year history developing hydrogen powertrains, and the role Honda sees for HFCEVs in a battery dominated world. In the course of the conversation we talk about several hydrogen articles posted in 2024, as well

By Zachary Visconti Posted on December 22, 2024 Tesla has started deploying a unique charging solution for heavily driven U.S. highway corridors, utilizing its grid-scale energy storage units to boost the number of stations available ahead of an expected bump in travel for the holidays. In order to accommodate the increase in travel, Tesla has

As promised, we are back with a full recap of the debuts during NIO Day 2024, which took place over the weekend. As anticipated, NIO officially launched its new Firefly sub-brand, unveiling its flagship BEV model that looks to take on super compacts like MINI and Smart. Additionally, NIO launched its ultra-luxe ET9 sedan, whose