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…
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Has A Range Problem. Smaller Wheels Helped A Lot
One owner found that downsizing the Ioniq 5 N’s wheels and tires improved highway efficiency by 12%. Read More…
Tesla does Cybertruck warranty backflip – some models get up to 8 years
There is something wonderfully absurd about a 3,009 kg wedge of cold-rolled stainless steel tearing up the black stuff with up to 845 ponies going wild. Yes, it does look like it was drawn on a napkin during a late-night sci-fi marathon and engineered by folks who take subtlety as a personal insult. But for all its angular bravado and… Read more…
Sneaky safari: Thula Solutions’ electric 4×4 gets you closer to nature [video]
Thula Solutions’ new electric safari vehicles aren’t repurposed diesels – they were engineered from the ground up as purpose-built electric safari vehicles designed to get curious tourists, scientists, and park workers closer to the action than ever before. Read more…
GWM to launch Wey V8X 5-seat flagship SUV on August 14
The Wey V8X is the second model on GWM’s Global One S platform after the Wey V9X, and can be seen as a smaller version of the six-seat V9X. Read more…
VW Jetta M6 comes with a bed layout because that’s what Chinese drivers want
Back in my day, car camping was all about pitching a soggy tent next to a rusty hatchback, eating cold beans, and praying a raccoon wouldn’t steal my boots or leave a nasty surprise in the said tent. And for a very long time, things haven’t changed much. But in China It turns out China has a completely different idea… Read more…
Avatr launches 07L SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 with Huawei ADS 5 and 725 km range
Avatr 07L starts at 219,900 yuan ($32,380) with limited-time benefits, and charges from 0 to 80% in 20 minutes. Read more…
NYC declares war on fast e-bikes, sends cease-and-desist letters to Amazon and Walmart
Micromobility regulation continues to tighten in New York City, and now Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking aim at the online retailers that have become a major source of high-speed electric bikes and scooters. Read more…
