The whole job was done on the driveway in just three hours. No fancy lifts, just some elbow grease and determination. Read more…
This Incredible Tesla Cybertruck Deal Comes With A Big Catch
Tesla is giving the Cybertruck 0% APR financing amid weak sales. But you need to read the fine print first. Read more…
This Porsche 911 Uses No Gas. And It’s Fantastic
Everrati’s Porsche 964 911 RSR conversion swaps its flat-six engine for batteries. Here’s why it works better than you may think. Read more…
2026 Toyota C-HR First Look: Toyota’s Coolest EV Yet
Toyota has resurrected the C-HR as a sporty EV crossover. It looks stylish, produces a bucketload of power and has personality, too. Read more…
Citroën offers the ë-Jumper as a lightweight box body van
Citroën is now also offering its large electric van ë-Jumper with a box body. This further increases the range of possible applications for the model, which is already available as a panel van, platform truck, tipper and chassis. Read more…
Battery swapping for commercial vehicles expands in Japan
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), Mitsubishi Motors, Ample and Yamato Transport announce a multi-year pilot program to start in September 2025 that will see the deployment of more than 150 electric commercial vehicles with swappable batteries and 14 modular battery swap stations in Tokyo. Read more…
BYD launches Seal 06 EV sedan, starting at $15,270
The Seal 06 EV is BYD’s latest affordable electric sedan, with a range of up to 545 km.
The sedan measures 4,720 mm in length and is equipped with BYD’s God’s Eye C smart driving system.
Tesla’s head of Optimus humanoid robot leaves the ‘$25 trillion’ product behind
Tesla’s head of Optimus humanoid robot, Milan Kovac, announced that he is leaving the automaker after 9 years. Read more…
BYD Fang Cheng Bao teases new SUV
Fang Cheng Bao has teased a new model, potentially the Tai 7, the second model in the Tai series.
Fang Cheng Bao sold a record 12,592 vehicles in May.
The first ‘true’ electric flying car could be here by the end of 2025
The flying car is no longer a Sci-Fi fantasy. It’s becoming a reality, and it could be here by the end of the year. Alef Aeronautics is now building pre-production models of what it’s calling “the first true flying car,” and it’s 100% electric. The company even claims that its flying car uses less energy than a Tesla or any other EV. Read more…
‘Everything’s computer’ no more: Trump wants to sell his Tesla from that dumb ad
Not even three months ago, convicted felon Donald Trump and his largest funder, ketamine-fueled Tesla CEO Elon Musk, appeared together on the White House lawn, improperly using government resources to do a low-budget ad to help Tesla get out of the sales ditch that Musk has dug for it. Read more…
Kia wants you to love hatchbacks again with the stylish new EV4
Kia believes hatchbacks will make a comeback, starting with the EV4 later this year. The EV4 is Kia’s first electric hatch, and it’s expected to see big demand. Read more…
The reality TV contestant running the DOT just raised your fuel costs by $23B
America voted for inflation, and it got it today, as republicans running the Department of Transportation bowed to their oil donors and finalized a rule to make your cars less efficient, thus costing America an extra $23 billion in fuel costs. Read more…
Podcast: Tesla in Musk/Trump divorce, EV sales in EU, Hyundai’s new electric minivan, and more
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla being in the crosshairs of the Musk/Trump divorce, EV sales in Europe, a new Hyundai electric minivan, and more. Read more…
Fixing The Old Tesla Model 3’s Biggest Flaw: ‘It Feels Amazing’
Retrofitting parts from the updated Model 3 makes a world of difference. Read more…
TDK’s new embedded gate driver powers efficiency in EV thermal systems
Japanese manufacturer TDK Electronics has extended the power capability of its Micronas high-voltage microcontrollers (HVC) 5x embedded motor controller family with its new HVC 5481G for automotive applications. The chips are designed for local interconnect network (LIN)-controlled automotive blowers, pumps and fans in thermal systems. They can also power smart brushless DC motor (BLDC) actuators… Read more…
Clearing the electrical service bottleneck for EV charger installation
Power Innovations International’s new line of DC fast chargers can accept a wide range of input voltages. There are three things everyone in the EV industry seems to agree on: (1) we need more charging infrastructure; (2) it needs to be more reliable; and (3) installation often takes much too long. Project delays very often… Read more…
A closer look at inductors and chokes In EVs
Traction motors and transformers are the magnetic components that seem to get all the attention, but the humble inductor/choke is just as critical a component in modern power converters, and it has surprisingly profound effects on performance, reliability and cost. Another temptation for the bewildered design engineer (or one that is just short on time—but… Read more…
Two Years Later, Tesla’s Superchargers Are No Magic Bullet
Public EV charging is still a confusing mess in the U.S. But it won’t be like that forever. Read more…
How Rivian Developed Its Zonal Architecture In Just Two Years
Rivian cut 1.6 miles of wiring from its EVs and reduced the number of computers significantly. This is what it looks like in real life. Read more…
