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Waymo Expands Into Germany & Tesla Pumping Up Production While Vo
The auto industry news of the week has to be Volkswagen’s apparent crisis and plan to cut four factories, half of its models, and about 100,000...
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U.S. EV Sales Rebound To Their Highest Level Since The Tax Credit
Home News U.S. EV Sales Rebound To Their Highest Level Since The Tax Credit Ended After months of bad news, Q2 EV sales show that the post-tax-credit...
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New XPENG Robotaxi: KITT Or My Mother The Car…Or Both!
The Chinese startup XPENG is moving forward with plans for a new electric robotaxi aimed at the global market for seamless, fully autonomous ride hail...
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These are the top 10 best
Tesla is still the king, accounting for about 50% of the US EV market, but a handful of brands are finally gaining traction with new models now on sal...
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Yamaha launches sporty Aerox
Yamaha has officially entered India’s increasingly competitive premium electric scooter market with the launch of the new Aerox-E , an electric versio...
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Toyota Delays 2027 Highlander EV As Demand For Gas Model Remains
Home Toyota Highlander News Toyota Delays 2027 Highlander EV As Demand For Gas Model Remains Robust The Highlander EV was supposed to arrive by the en...
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Global EV sales hit 2 million in June
Global EV sales topped 2 million in June, but the headline numbers hide a widening split between the world’s biggest markets....
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Trek targets the fat tire e
Trek is making a bigger push into the fast-growing fat tire e-bike segment with the launch of the new Borrego+, a Class 2 electric bike that blends ad...
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Fiat's $13,995 EV For America Is Cute, But Barely A Car
Home Fiat News Fiat's $13,995 EV For America Is Cute, But Barely A Car With a top speed of 19 mph and range of 46 miles, the Fiat Topolino isn't even...
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Ariel Rider launches outrageous new MUDD 72V bike with 65 MPH top
Ariel Rider has officially opened pre-orders for its new MUDD 72V, a high-performance two-wheeler that blurs the line between electric bikes (in the l...
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I’ve Seen More Improvement In Two Years Of Reviewing EVs Than I D
Home Features Opinion I’ve Seen More Improvement In Two Years Of Reviewing EVs Than I Did In A Decade Testing Gas Cars As EVs rapidly improve in every...
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California Introducing New EV Incentives, With Boost For Rivian &
When the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress decided to kill the $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles, California Governor Gavin Newso...
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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level
I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve...
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For The US Auto Market, What Is The Next Step, Battery Electric V
But everyone isn’t like me, so I’ll present the evidence that we should go all electric from here and the evidence that we should take a gradual appro...
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Kalmar is building
Kalmar began building its 45-ton ERG450 electric reach stackers at a Shanghai manufacturing plant back in 2023, aiming to bring heavy-duty cargo handl...
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How America’s Policy Whiplash Derailed The EV Transition
In 2024, BloombergNEF projected that, by 2030, 47.5% of cars sold in the U.S.—nearly half—would be either fully electric or plug-in hybrid . It slashe...
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AI Theft Of Independent Journalism Is Now Common
Lots of online media consumers are getting their information these days from AI. It’s easy and quick, right? But there are downsides to this tre...
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Energy Forum Signals Asia’s Clean Energy Transition Is Entering A
The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2026 in Manila arrived at a moment when the region’s energy systems are under unprecedented pressure. As geop...
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Spend enough time reading the news and you’d be forgiven for thinking e-bikes are society’s newest menace. Every week seems to bring another headline...
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AVILOO Launches UK Used EV Battery Warranty
Anyone who follows electric vehicles understands there is an active, if not robust, used electric vehicle market. Battery health is top of mind for ma...
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Wayve launches $85M employee tender offer at $8.5B valuation
Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent....
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New BMW iX5 Blows Competition Out With 460 kW Charging, 435 Miles
Home BMW iX5 News BMW iX5 Blows Away The Competition With 460-kW Charging, 435-Mile Range The iX5 gets the largest battery pack ever installed in an e...
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New CPSC rule could dramatically change e
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has proposed a sweeping new safety rule that could significantly reshape the e-bike industry, particu...
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Controversial Ferrari Luce EV is an instant sellout in China
All the controversy surrounding the launch of the first all-electric sedan to ever wear the Ferrari badge hasn’t slowed down sales any – every single...
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EV Sales Are Slowing Down. The U.S. Still Got Over 3,000 New Fast
Home News Charging EV Sales Are Slowing Down. The U.S. Still Got Over 3,000 New Fast Charging Plugs In Q1 America’s EV charging infrastructure is gett...
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UK Sales of Electric Vehicles Just Overtook Petrol Cars for the F
For the first time in the UK, more new electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold over a 12-month period than petrol cars, according to Carbon Brief analy...
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OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outsid
The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring....
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Solar & Wind Each Produced More Electricity Than Coal In USA In A
Solar and wind power plants continue to grow rapidly in the United States, and coal continues to decline — despite the current federal government so h...
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Volkswagen Group & Elli Bring Vehicle
Elli presents an integrated product package for bidirectional charging in Germany together with Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and CUPRA a...
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CATL chief: solid
CATL chairman Robin Zeng says solid-state batteries are only at 'level 4 of 9' and won't reach mass production before 2030 , cooling in...
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Slate’s electric truck: all the news about the ultra
Transportation Updated Today, Jun 25, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC Slate’s electric truck: all the news about the ultra-minimal EV by Andrew J. Hawkins Link Shar...
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Rad Power Bikes’ new owner just bought QuietKat, creating a three
Just a few months ago, few people in the e-bike industry had heard of Rad Life Mobility. Today, the company is already assembling a broad portfolio of...
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Europe EV Sales Report: BEVs Jump 39% and Reach 24% Market Share!
Makings EVs Great Again — EV Share Jumps to 35% in Europe! Thanks to a number of factors (new models, high gas prices, mass arrival of Chinese models,...
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The Bluetti Apex 300 & B300K Portable Power Station
BLUETTI has been making some big moves in the energy storage space and is shaking things up again in the large portable power station market with the...
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UFOs Probably Aren’t Demons, But You Can Help Exorcise “Demons” I
At the end of March, when I was busy getting ready to leave for my all-electric Route 66 trip, JD Vance dropped a turd in the UFO punchbowl. During an...
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BYD is unleashing its full brand power overseas, from luxury EVs
BYD already sells the PHEV pickup in several overseas markets like Mexico, Australia, and Chile ....
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Kia's electric van is becoming so popular that supply is now bein
The PV5 is turning out to be a smash hit, so much so that Kia is now being forced to ration supply to overseas markets as it juggles demand ....
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The Kia PV5 is getting a bigger sibling: Here’s our first look at
Kia’s first electric van has quickly become a fan favorite. With the larger PV7 coming soon, will it have the same impact?...
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Chinese sodium
A commercial sodium-ion battery from Chinese manufacturer Hina matches Tesla’s lithium-ion cells on manufacturing quality and internal design, accordi...
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European Union Going To Put Tariffs On Plugin Hybrids From China
China has rapidly electrified its auto market, which is by far the largest auto market in the world. The country accounts for about half of the world&...
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The wait is over: Royal Enfield’s first electric motorcycle begin
Royal Enfield’s long-awaited entry into the electric motorcycle market has officially begun. The company’s dedicated EV sub-brand, Flying Flea, has st...
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BYD Datang Comparison Reveals Accelerating EV Progress
BYD Datang. Photo by Larry Evans BYD Datang Comparison Reveals Accelerating EV Progress June 19, 2026 2 hours Larry Evans 0 Comments Support CleanTech...
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Uruguay EV Sales Report: ICEV Sales Start Melting Down as BEVs Su
Latin America’s small champion is breaking all expectations. Uruguay surpassed Costa Rica as the regional leader in 2025, reaching an impressive 20% B...
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HVDC Power Lines Reshape Europe's EV Charging Future
How high-voltage transmission tech is slashing EV charging times in Europe, with 500,000+ stations analyzed for maximum efficiency gains.
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Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
This will be the second market to have an Uber robotaxi service outfitted with Lucid EVs equipped with a self-driving system from Nuro....
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Why another US state is preparing a 10 mph e
Florida is the latest US state to wade into the increasingly crowded waters of e-bike regulation, with lawmakers advancing a bill that would impose a...
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Solar Manufacturing Capex in the USA Exploded from $150 Million i
In another example of how much US solar manufacturing has gone from small potatoes to a giant industry since Joe Biden took office in 2021, here’...
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EV winter range loss: how extreme weather disrupts charging
Winter reduces EV range by 15-30% and slows charging speeds. EVRoutes data reveals how cold weather affects Europe's 500,000+ charging stations and offers actionable solutions for drivers planning long trips.
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Rivian lays off hundreds, under 2% of staff, a week after R2 laun
Rivian laid off hundreds of workers on Tuesday, or less than 2% of its workforce, just one week after it began deliveries of its all-important R2 SUV....
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Mobileye’s US robotaxi launch will put it on both sides of the AV
Mobileye apparently wants to own some of the robotaxi market, even if that puts it in direct competition with companies it supplies its self-driving s...
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