Electric Cars

Rivian is hinting at offering factory wraps on its upcoming electric R1t pickup truck and R1S SUV. Rivian R1S and R1T Late last year, Rivian released the details of the first production versions of the R1T and R1S: Deliveries are going to start in the summer. We posted all the different colors that Rivian made

Deliveries of the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt EV in the U.S. increased in the fourth quarter of 2020 by 103% year-over-year to 6,701, one of the highest levels ever. That’s despite the lack of eligibility for the $7,500 federal tax credit, a very important disadvantage in the mainstream segment. In the full year 2020, Bolt EV

By Eric Ralph Posted on January 6, 2021 SpaceX’s fourth Falcon Heavy launch continues to inch closer, most recently celebrating what appears to be the arrival of one of three new Falcon Heavy boosters for static fire testing in Texas. There’s a chance that the booster in question is just a regular Falcon 9 first

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With a new year comes another exciting update from United Chargers, which has just announced it’s giving customers the choice between a 3-year and 5-year warranty on its Grizzl-E line of home electric vehicle charging stations.  From now on, buyers can choose the Grizzl-E Classic, Grizzl-E Extreme Edition, and Grizzl-E Avalanche Edition with a 3-year

By Joey Klender Posted on January 4, 2021 Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is still a stock to buy despite its over $700 price tag per share, Jim Cramer says. Cramer, a TSLA bull, says that CEO Elon Musk is constantly increasing the company’s valuation because “every time he talks, it’s going to be good.” Cramer appeared

Tesla has updated the Model 3 again with a new design accent recently introduced in the new Model Y in China and the long-awaited heated steering wheel. 2021 Tesla Model 3 Tesla officially launched the Model 3 2021 refresh with more range and new features in October of 2020, but as we previously reported, the

When Tesla started production of the Model 3 in China, only the Standard Range Plus (SR+) version was produced at  Giga Shanghai. As it turns out, it’s the most popular version, far ahead of the Long Range version. According to data presented by Moneyball, MIC Model 3 “sales” (or maybe wholesale shipments) during the first 11 months

By Maria Merano Posted on January 2, 2021 A Tesla Model 3 with limited Full Self-Driving beta successfully traveled from San Francisco past the Los Angeles border without requiring any interventions–almost. The trip was not perfect, but the drive itself was impressive as it highlighted the potential of Elon Musk and Tesla’s camera-centric approach to

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including our thoughts on what 2021 holds for electric cars, the Tesla Model S/X refresh, a Model Y interior update, and more. The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder and

November 2020 was an amazing month for passenger plug-in electric cars with a new all-time monthly record of over 414,300 units! It was possible thanks to a huge new record in China (over 198,000), and also a new record in Europe (over 166,000). It also means that the rest of the world has been responsible

By Joey Klender Posted on December 31, 2020 A Tesla Model 3 electric sedan pulled a Nissan Patrol SUV from being stuck in the desert sands of Dubai, proving the all-electric powertrain had more than enough strength to dislodge the four-wheel-drive tank from trouble. A video shared by @TeslaOwnersSiliconValley shows the Model 3’s impressive towing

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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

Everybody loves a good drag race, especially when there is a surprise winner. However, a surprise winner usually means the car in the race that was the underdog wins. How about when a car that wasn’t even supposed to be in the race, wins? That’s what happened when YiChe, one of China’s top car publications, lined

By Joey Klender Posted on December 29, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted that a new Emergency Call feature with 911 support will be added to the company’s vehicles. A Tesla Model 3 owner named Richard was in need of emergency services, but because his cell phone didn’t have any service, he could not

A Tesla driver’s case over sleeping while using Autopilot on the highway is going to trial for dangerous driving in what legal experts are calling a legal first. Earlier this year, we reported on the Alberta RCMP (Canada federal police) issuing a report on a strange incident involving a Tesla vehicle on Autopilot: “Alberta RCMP

The new Mini Electric is built about 100 miles away from where I’m sitting, in Oxfordshire UK. This is where the Mini was born and built since 1959. Thrust into a world of political chaos amidst the Suez Crisis, Mini was the answer to an energy crisis. History is repeating. Of course these days Mini is owned by BMW. Since they rebooted

By Maria Merano Posted on December 27, 2020 Elon Musk recently remarked that Tesla might bring the recently-released Boombox feature to the company’s older vehicles. The Boombox feature was born from the electric car maker’s pedestrian warning system, which was rolled out to comply with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) mandate.  Tesla’s holiday

Elon Musk told Tesla employees in a new email obtained by Electrek that the automaker can still achieve its milestone of 500,000 electric cars delivered in 2020, but it will need to ‘go all out’ in order to achieve it. Tesla is nearing the end of its end-of-year delivery push as it aims to deliver

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