Electric Cars

Zeekr, which is Geely’s premium electric vehicle brand, has started production of the 009 MPV at its facility in Ningbo, Zhejiang, with deliveries expected to begin soon after in China. The Rolls-Royce-like Zeekr 009 is an all-electric people carrier that comes with a 400 kW (536 horsepower) dual-motor powertrain as standard, which can propel the

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 16, 2023 CEO Elon Musk says that SpaceX’s South Texas Starship aims to build up to five of the two-stage megarockets in 2023. SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas hardware endeavors began in an empty field in late 2018, kicking off Starhopper testing in 2019. In late 2019 and early 2020,

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If you’ve ever ridden a bicycle before, chances are you’re familiar with this scenario: you’re coasting down a hill, when all of a sudden, a dog crosses the road. You grab your brakes in panic, and before you know it, you’re on your belly with a mouthful of dirt, or maybe even missing a few

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 15, 2023 SpaceX’s fifth Falcon Heavy lifted off shortly after sunset on the US Space Force’s USSF-67 mission, producing one of the massive commercial rocket’s most spectacular launches yet. Powered by three Falcon 9-derived boosters, each with nine Merlin 1D engines, Falcon Heavy fired up and soared off of

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

Jeep’s first fully electric model, the Avenger, has been crowned European Car of the Year. Although customer deliveries won’t start until late March, the Avenger comfortably beat the rest of the competition. It received 328 votes in total, with second place going to the VW ID.Buzz (241 votes). Only senior journalists from accredited automotive publications were

By Johnna Crider Posted on January 13, 2023 Tesla Owners Club of East Bay cofounder Wilmer Awayan teamed up with the local media to simulate an accident with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta engaged. The club shared behind-the-scenes videos and photos on Twitter. On Thanksgiving Day, the owner of a 2021 Tesla Model S claimed that

China’s JA Solar, the world’s fourth-largest solar panel maker by capacity, is going to open its first factory in the US – a major win for the Biden administration, which has created a domestic clean energy manufacturing growth boom with laws passed late last year. Beijing-headquartered JA Solar has leased space in Phoenix to manufacture photovoltaic products

It seems Tesla is forever expanding, and now, not long after we learned that it’s working on a new lithium refinery near Corpus Christi, Texas, it has acquired access to a 1 million-square-foot building outside of Austin, Texas. Being that the new facility is some two hours from Tesla‘s headquarters in Austin and three hours

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 12, 2023 SpaceX has revealed a new and mysterious reason to delay its own rocket launch: something called “constellation optimization.” Known as Starlink 2-4, the mission is now scheduled to launch a batch of 51 Starlink V1.5 satellites to a semi-polar Earth orbit no earlier than (NET) 8:15 am

Solid-State battery developer Solid Power continues to rally financial support to help scale its nickel- and cobalt-free cells for EVs. This week, the United States Department of Energy announced it is awarding over $5 million to help Solid Power continue developing its technology which could significantly help lower the price of EV batteries. Solid Power ($SLDP) is

The 2023 North American Car, Truck, and Utility of the Year (NACTOY) awards have run their course and the winners have been revealed. Two EVs – the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Kia EV – were named Best Truck and Best SUV, respectively, while the internal combustion-engined (ICE) Acura Integra won the award for Best

By Maria Merano Posted on January 10, 2023 Neuralink launched a patient registry to learn more about specific medical conditions to improve its brain implant. Neuralink is specifically looking for patients with the following conditions: tetraplegia or tetraparesis, paraplegia, vision loss, deafness, and aphasia. Tetraplegia (also known as quadriplegia) or tetraparesis is a condition where

Aluminum and energy giant Hydro and floating wind specialist World Wide Wind will build an offshore floating wind turbine out of aluminum. Oslo-headquartered Hydro is one of the largest aluminium companies in the world. It has operations in some 50 countries. World Wide Wind is a Norwegian startup that has designed a wind turbine with

As part of the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, we get a revamped federal EV tax credit. Now, there’s a credit of up to $4,000 for used EVs purchased at a dealership, but there are many rules in the bill that make it difficult to determine which cars qualify. Thankfully, Recurrent has many resources to

By Johnna Crider Posted on January 9, 2023 Tesla owners in China credit the company’s Supercharging network for a successful trip to the western Sichuan region for aid education. In a video shared by Tesla Asia, a group of owners traveled to the Yama Snow Mountain region to visit a welfare school that assisted over

Tesla is starting to hire for its new lithium refinery, which Elon Musk referred to as a “license to print money” in Corpus Christi, Texas. In September 2022, we learned that Tesla has a plan to build a lithium refining facility on the Gulf Coast of Texas. At the time, we knew very little about the