When a company’s CEO personally hands over the keys to the 20,000th unit of an executive flagship SUV only 73 days after launching it, you know something unusual is happening. That is what William Li did in Fujian, delivering a fresh ES9 to tea tycoon Xiao Wenhua – with basketball icon Yao Ming having to wait over two months just… Read more…
Potsdam cancels Ebusco order for 23 electric buses
Potsdam public transport operator ViP has terminated its contract with Ebusco for 23 electric buses due to continued delivery delays. ViP is already preparing a new tender, while the Dutch manufacturer is contesting the termination. Read more…
AMG GT 4-Door Coupé entry-level model priced from €115,430
Mercedes-AMG is expanding its GT family with the new GT 53 4-Door Coupé, which joins the recently unveiled all-electric four-door GT Coupé as a more affordable option. The most notable difference, aside from the lower price: Instead of three axial flux motors, the sports car is powered by two synchronous motors. Read more…
Imagry and UNVI launch autonomous electric bus in Germany
Software specialist Imagry and Spanish bus manufacturer UNVI are developing autonomous electric buses together. The first jointly developed vehicle is scheduled to enter operation in Germany in the third quarter of 2026. Read more…
Smart’s Smallest EV Is Back, And It Promises A Lot More Range
The original Smart EQ Fortwo was sold in the U.S. with just 58 miles of EPA-estimated range. The new #2 promises triple the range. Read More…
BYD’s electric kei car draws 1,002 orders in Japan in 2 weeks
Orders reached 1,002 as of August 9, beating BYD’s initial target of 1,000 in the first two weeks. Read more…
California activates $3,500 rebates for first-time ZEV buyers
Californians buying their first zero-emission vehicle can now receive up to $3,500 off at the point of sale. Hyundai, Lucid and Tesla are the first participating manufacturers, with several more due to join in the coming months. Read more…
New Avatr 07L takes the fight to Xiaomi with silicon carbide and cybernetics
The pace of the Chinese electric vehicle arms race is relentless. The moment a brand has settled into its rhythm, it pulls out the drafting paper and drops a fresh design directly onto the showroom floor. Case in point: Avatr. The joint effort between Changan Automobile, tech powerhouse Huawei, and battery titan CATL isn’t letting rival tech-darlings steal all the… Read more…
Xpeng G9L to make debut, start pre-sales on August 11
The event is set for 7:00 pm Beijing Time (7:00 am ET) on August 11 in Guangzhou, with pre-sales of the large five-seat SUV starting the same day. Read more…
Leapmotor A05 launch pushed to August 11 after typhoon disruption
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall twice in Zhejiang on August 9, packing maximum winds of 42 meters per second near its center. Read more…
Survey Sunday: this is how Chinese EVs will make it to America
For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey how (or if) Electrek readers think the first Chinese electric cars will make it onto US roads. After receiving more than 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us. Read more…
EVgo to add 500 new EV fast charging stalls at Brixmor shopping centers
EVgo expands fast charging network with 500 new stalls at Brixmor shopping centers across multiple U.S. states, enhancing public EV charging access. Read more…
Pony.ai to put 100,000 autonomous electric trucks on the road by 2030 [video]
Chinese autonomy experts Pony.ai are planning to put 1,000 autonomous electric commercial trucks to work by 2027, but it’s the company’s plans to put 100,000 self-driving trucks on the road by 2030 that’s making headlines. Read more…
Kite Magnetics secures A$2-million grant to scale Aeroperm motor core material
Kite Magnetics secures A$2 million grant to scale Aeroperm, a nanocrystalline motor core material cutting stator losses by up to 97%. Read more…
Volkswagen ID. ERA 5X revealed by MIIT – a new direction for Wolfsburg
How times change in Wolfsburg and Shanghai. A decade ago, the idea that Volkswagen – pretty much the king of global automotive engineering – would turn to a young Chinese tech startup to co-develop its core electric vehicle architectures was unthinkable. Yet here we are staring at filings from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, admiring the newly revealed… Read more…
CATL aviation battery clears key safety test, paving way for use in eVTOLs
CATL said its 350 Wh/kg cells showed no thermal propagation when two adjacent cells were triggered at once, a world first. Read more…
Zero will pay new riders to get on electric motorcycles… just not in the US
Zero Motorcycles has launched a new incentive program that offers cash back to newly licensed riders who purchase one of the company’s electric motorcycles or scooters. It’s an interesting way to encourage new motorcyclists to skip internal combustion and go electric from day one.. Read more…
Paris now requires electric scooter riders to wear high-vis vests or face fines
Paris is getting tougher on electric scooter safety, with new rules now requiring riders to wear both a helmet and a high-visibility vest while using their scooters on public roads. Read more…
After Driving Over 25 Chinese Cars, These Are The 6 I Would Buy
These six cars represent what I think are the best of what China has to offer. I wouldn’t mind seeing them in my driveway every day. Read More…
Smart #2 certification shows us what it looks like without camouflage
The Smart #2 was recently spotted undergoing testing ahead of its launch at the Paris Motor Show in October. In case you’re not aware, this is an EV that’s very much inspired by the original Smart ForTwo city car. It has a very similar shape and size, but of course it’s electric. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology… Read more…
