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Tesla is suing a supercapacitor company in Australia for patent infringement, despite the automaker’s pledge that “all our patents are belong to you.” But Tesla’s pledge to open its patents came with a very important requirement that this company didn’t respect. In a now-famous blog post called “All Our Patent Are Belong To You,” Elon Musk

Tesla has now officially launched its new ‘Charge on Solar’ feature to let its electric car owners charge their vehicles with sunshine. Renewable energies, like solar, wind, and hydro, are rapidly being deployed, and they are starting to produce excess energy. Batteries are expected to fix that and enable better use of these energy sources

Discounts on green energy gear are about more than just switching to a more environmentally-conscious option, as they can also help you save some time too. That’s exactly what the $75 discount on this Sun Joe electric pressure washer can do at $164, though switching to the more eco-friendly model can also save you some

Ford Motor Company says it is in the home stretch of massive upgrade to its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan – soon enabling the facility to triple F-150 Lightning production. This level of scaling paired with reduced raw materials costs is now enabling Ford to cut the price of all trims of the F-150

Nissan’s sales continue to climb in the US on the wings of its Ariya SUV – its second BEV model after the long-running LEAF – but the Japanese automaker is facing a major recall of over 1 million vehicles across three global markets. For over a decade the Nissan LEAF has the automaker’s lone BEV

Tesla announced that it has built the “first Cybertruck” at Gigafactory Texas. Is the electric pickup truck ahead of schedule? Tesla’s latest official comment on the timeline for the Cybertruck was that production would start “this summer” and it is planning a delivery event “around the end of Q3,” which would mean around the end

Almost a year to the day after rolling its first Eletre hyper-SUV off its assembly lines in China, Lotus Cars is letting customers in the UK finally get behind the wheel and test drive it firsthand. Most eyes are on the hill climbs at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week, but Lotus is using

Tesla has launched its Cyberquad for Kids, an electric ATV for kids, in China after being banned for the dumbest reason in the US. In lieu of the actual Cyberquad, which is expected to be a full-scale electric ATV that is going to be an option with the Cybertruck, Tesla launched the Cyberquad for Kids in partnership

Warning of tough times ahead, CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Thomas Schäfer, addressed top VW employees this week, telling them, “This is the final wake-up call.” Schäfer is calling for a short-term spending freeze to get costs under control. “We are letting the costs run too high in many years,” VW’s leader proclaimed during an

Tesla has unveiled its V4 Supercharger station, and it now includes a credit card reader for the first time. When Tesla first launched the Supercharger network in 2012, it was a free service to Tesla owners. Later, the automaker started charging some Tesla owners for charging at the Supercharger stations, but it was only for

Mere days after teasing the debut of an all new “electric pony,” Ford has delivered – and it’s not what we expected. At the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed, Ford just unveiled the Mach-E Rally – an off-road version of its all-electric Mustang. Have a look. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual event

Ford wants to give you extra battery power while out and about. The automaker filed a patent for a portable “charging trailer” that can power up your EV or even a construction site. Ford patents a charging trailer that can power your EV Published on July 13, 2023 (filed on Jan 13, 2022), the patent

Texas solar and wind are going to double by 2035, but if the state’s grid isn’t upgraded, then all that power is going to go to waste, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The EIA’s analysis released this month, A Case Study of Transmission Limits on Renewables Growth in Texas, found that if Texas

Tesla is the most wanted car brand in the US, and the world, according to a new study of Google search data. Auto Trader released a new study analyzing Google search data of people searching to buy vehicles from specific brands. In the US, Tesla was the most searched car brand in half of the

Apple CarPlay is probably never coming to Tesla EVs, but it looks like next best thing is on the way. It’s been over a year since Elon Musk said Tesla would consider adding AirPlay support to enhance wireless audio quality for music from iPhones. At the time, the Musk tweeted that he would “discuss this

Almost a year to the day after announcing its new N performance line of EVs, beginning with the IONIQ 5, Hyundai has publicly unveiled the long-teased N version at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The IONIQ 5 N combines past and present as a nod to Hyundai’s performance arm’s design characteristics, reimagined for the new

The rumor mill is gaining momentum in China as two more sources have shared new details of Audi’s alleged plans to source its next EV platform from an OEM overseas. Chinese-state owned SAIC Motor appears to be the current frontrunner as discussions with Audi are reportedly advancing and pertain to the former’s luxury sub-brand IM

Tesla aims to build a new factory in India that would produce about 500,000 units of a ~$24,000 electric car, according to a local report. In 2021, it looked like Tesla was ready to enter the Indian market, the biggest auto market in which the automaker has yet to operate, but the plan fell through

Elon Musk announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence startup, xAI, with the goal of “understanding the universe.” Why is it relevant to Electrek? He says that the new startup will “work closely” with Tesla. For months, it has been well-known that Musk has been working on launching his own AI startup. Today, the

Although Porsche posted gains in every sales region during the first half of the year, the company’s report had a glaring hole in it. Sales of its sole electric vehicle, the Porsche Taycan, fell 5% year-over-year despite the stronger performance. Should Porsche be worried? After unveiling the Taycan as its first all-electric vehicle in 2019,