E-Cars

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. Sponsored by Holley Performance: Check out the Holley High Voltage Experience, an all EV event taking place at Sonoma Raceway this November 13th and 14th. New episodes of Quick Charge […]

Tesla has a trio of new car paint colors coming, something the automaker hasn’t done in years. The new colors were revealed in Tesla’s latest mobile app update. Tesla buyers have been teased about new factory colors for years now, but it might finally happen soon. Back in the early days of the Model S,

A recent report out of China cites documentation that major battery supplier BYD intends to raise the prices of its lithium battery cells by at least 20% beginning November 1. BYD notes market changes surrounding the limits of raw materials for lithium batteries as the reason for the price hike. With global supply chains stifled,

Audi’s next electric vehicle will be a small crossover twinned with an electric Porsche Macan. The Audi will go by the name Q6 E-Tron, and fresh prototypes have been spotted in the wild. Italy’s Mazzanti has returned with a new version of its Evantra supercar. The newest version is designed for purists, with its focus

To many, 1964’s “Goldfinger” is arguably the greatest of all the James Bond films, but for car enthusiasts, it isn’t the performance of Sean Connery as 007 that excites the most but rather the set of wheels he drives: an Aston Martin DB5. Last year, Aston Martin started building a run of new DB5s built

Chevrolet Bolt EV/Chevrolet Bolt EUV production at the Orion Assembly plant in Michigan will finally resume on November 1, after several months of pause (since August). According to Automotive News, General Motors intends to resume “limited” Bolt production “for two weeks,” which indicates that not everything is sorted out yetand the company requires more time to

We recently shared that the Tesla Cybertruck was out testing, and it was clear the electric pickup truck was wearing traditional side mirrors. There has been talk of small revisions to the truck, and we’ve either heard about or seen a few recently. The same Cybertruck was reported to have four-wheel steering, but there’s no

This crazy road-rage incident on a highway in France has gone viral. We’re starting to see many more road-rage videos on YouTube and social media. Is it because people are angry, and incidents are growing, or just because Tesla‘s vehicles all have built-in dashcams, so the footage is now out there? Regardless, it’s dangerous driving

The CCS Combo 1 adapter for Tesla’s proprietary charging standard was first launched in South Korea (but it is coming to North America as well) and was recently tested with a few Teslas and several chargers. According to the specs, the adapter works at up to 500 V and up to 300 A (theoretically up

The electric vehicle startup Canoo has chosen Panasonic cylindrical lithium-ion cells for its upcoming Lifestyle Vehicle, the company revealed on Monday. The Lifestyle Vehicle is expected to arrive in late 2022 and start at $34,750. The decision keeps with the trend to favor cylindrical cells that we’ve noted among virtually all startups and companies that