Electric Cars

After several weeks of shutdown, the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center resumed production of the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup on March 13, 2023. The news was officially announced by the company’s CEO Jim Farley, who wrote: “#F150Lightning production restarted this morning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. Proud of the team’s commitment to put quality

By Maria Merano Posted on March 12, 2023 Tesla Giga Berlin shipped out Model Y vehicles in Midnight Cherry Red over the weekend.  When Gigafactory Berlin was still being built, Elon Musk heavily teased its advanced paint shop.  “Giga Berlin will have world’s most advanced paint shop, with more layers of stunning colors that subtly

Electric bicycles have been finding favor in a growing number of communities. From hunters to surfers and even soldiers, e-bikes and their low-cost, far-reaching transportation options have permeated a surprising number of different groups and use cases. The latest community adopting e-bikes en masse may be even more of a surprise: the Amish. Amish communities,

Tesla’s two new colors, Quicksilver and Ultra Red, have received lots of praise for their richer depth. And with Ultra Red now being available on the Model S and X, we can compare its quality with its predecessor – Red Multicoat.  Twitter use The Kilowatts recently captured a new Ultra Red Model X alongside a Multicoat Model Y.

By Joey Klender Posted on March 11, 2023 Elon Musk challenged the validity of a recent report that claimed he was building an employee neighborhood in Texas that would be ideal for workers. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Musk was planning to begin constructing a neighborhood in Bastrop County near SpaceX

Uh oh, I’ve done it again. I’ve fallen in love with another one of the victims subjects of my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week series. It’s an odd mashup of a quad and a pickup truck, complete with dumping bed. It’s the opposite of a mullet: party in front, business in back!

The popular RV peer-to-peer rental platform, RVshare, has announced a partnership with Lightyear RV that gives its users priority access to reserve its recently announced L1. The L1 is an all-electric, self-propelled travel trailer that goes on sale in 2024. Lightship itself is accepting pre-orders directly for $500 apiece, but RVshare users who begin the

By Joey Klender Posted on March 9, 2023 Tesla teased further improvements to the Model S and Model X past its the Ultra Red paint color, including a new, lighter glass room, performance brakes, and the option to choose a traditional round steering wheel instead of the Yoke. Last night, Tesla announced its new Model

The very first deployment of Siemens Gamesa’s 108-meter-long (354-feet-long) B108 recycled blades is headed to RWE’s 1.4 gigawatt (GW) Sofia offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank, off the UK’s east coast. In 2022, global renewable energy giant RWE became the first commercial, large-scale offshore developer to install Siemens Gamesa’s recycled blade technology RecyclableBlade, at its

Tesla recently took to its archives and shared a video of how the Model X got its wings, and it wasn’t by way of Red Bull, though the engineers likely had some very late nights during the design process. The Model X wouldn’t be what it is without its signature Falcon Wing doors, but they

By Joey Klender Posted on March 8, 2023 Tesla has updated its Service Manuals for the Model S and Model X, indicating that the automaker installed a “dummy camera” in its forward-facing bi-camera. Early looks at Hardware 4 showed Tesla was going to update the vehicles with an additional camera and perhaps the reintroduction of

Long-running commercial EV developer Workhorse has reemerged after a couple years’ hiatus from the public eye with a new electric step van called the W56. The new 1,000+ cubic foot cargo box made its official debut during NTEA’s Work Truck Week in Indianapolis, Indiana, this morning. Check it out. Workhorse Group Inc. ($WKHS) may not

According to more and more media reports, General Motors is expected to announce a new EV battery-related partnership with Samsung SDI. The articles, based on unofficial sources, say that the two companies might sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) this week (on Wednesday, March 8). The reports build on the previous news that GM-LG Energy

By Joey Klender Posted on March 6, 2023 Tesla is aiming to start construction on its new factory in Mexico later this month as it is already awaiting final permits and could start building its first vehicles at the plant as soon as early 2024, officials said. Tesla is already awaiting approval of the project

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NIO positively surprised us in February, achieving a relatively solid electric vehicle sales result and a high rate of growth year-over-year. The Chinese premium EV start-up reports that its total vehicle deliveries amounted to 12,157 last month, which is 98 percent more than a year ago. The overwhelming majority of NIO sales are in China.

By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 5, 2023 For better or worse, Tesla Investor Day was a technical tour de force that involved in-depth discussions on the electric vehicle maker’s plans for the future. Similar to other Tesla live events, however, Investor Day ended up polarizing Wall Street analysts and EV community members alike. So polarizing

Here at Electrek we have spent countless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through those thousands of miles of riding, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bicycles