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Tesla has hired an experienced semiconductor manufacturing executive to help ramp up its battery cell production. Over the last few years, Tesla has been ramping up its own battery cell production – a new business for the automaker. Tesla had unveiled a new tabless cell technology enabling a bigger cell format called 4680. The automaker

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Amid a flood of new competition, Ford is shifting plans to build more affordable electric vehicles. Ford is developing a new low-cost EV platform to power a small electric pickup and SUV, with starting prices around $25,000. However, due to the pivot, plans for its three-row electric SUV have been put on the back burner.

Tesla has helped a cancer patient and Cybertruck reservation holder get his electric pickup sooner – going against its own policy. According to Elon Musk, Tesla has a strict policy of not giving people preferential treatment when it comes to delivering new models sooner or at a discount. That has been questioned lately as a

Today, Audi is unveiling the Q6 e-tron, a next-gen electric vehicle based on the new PPE platform co-developed by Audi and Porsche. It is going to compete in the highly popular midsize SUV segment, and when it comes to specs and design, I think the German brand has a winner. But pricing is not available

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made new comments about the upcoming next-gen roadster and went as far as saying that it’s “not even really a car.” Last month, Musk gave a rare update about the next-gen Tesla Roadster. The prototype for the next-generation was first unveiled in 2017 and it was supposed to come to

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

Tesla is finally starting to roll out Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v12 to customers — another “mind-blowing” update, according to CEO Elon Musk. However, as usual, everyone should be really careful when using FSD Beta. FSD Beta v12 has been one of the most anticipated updates to Tesla’s controversial ADAS level 2 system, which it

Tesla has announced that it will increase Model Y prices by $1,000 on April 1st, as a new end-of-quarter incentive. Tesla has been knowing to use “end-of-quarter incentives” to try to deliver as many vehicles as possible off of its inventory before the quarter ends. The automaker is incentivized to do so due to its

BMW is teasing the new Vision Neue Klasse X electric SUV ahead of its official debut next week. Is this the electric BMW SUV we’ve been waiting for? BMW teases new Vision Neue Klass X BMW gave us a glimpse into the brands high-tech future with the Vision Neue Klasse, unveiled in September. The “new

India is finally opening its doors to Tesla, and other EV automakers, with a new program to wave the country’s high import duties for electric vehicles. But there are conditions. India is the world’s biggest automotive market where Tesla has yet to operate. The automaker has been negotiating with the country for years in order

It looks like Volkswagen may bring the electric hot hatch to the US after all. Even better, Volkswagen wants to launch the electric ID. GTI with starting prices between $20,000 and $25,000. Volkswagen wants a $25,000 electric ID. GTI in the US After Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe shocked the industry by revealing its rally-inspired R3

It’s official. Nissan and Honda are forming a new EV partnership after falling behind leaders like Tesla and China’s BYD. Will working together help turn things around? Nissan and Honda form EV partnership to keep pace Yesterday, Electrek reported that Nissan and Honda were considering partnering up to introduce more affordable EVs. Sources at Nissan

Tesla is in search of a new senior manager who will focus on eliminating the need for the automaker’s service. They will be in charge of a new program called ‘Zero Service’. At times, Tesla’s fleet growth has greatly outpaced its service growth – resulting in significant issues and wait times for owners to get

Tesla has started using the Cybertruck as a literal mobile billboard as part of its advertising effort for the Model Y. I have previously argued that ‘Tesla Cybertruck is a mistake turned marketing tool‘. A mistake not in the sense that the vehicle itself is bad but because of the fact that Tesla has been

In a fire sale, Volkswagen is offering $13,000 off the 2023 ID.4 AWD Pro S Plus with a new lease deal as it gears up to launch new EVs. 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 lease deal offers $13,000 off The Volkswagen ID.4 was the fourth best-selling EV in the US last year, with sales up 84% from

For the first time, Hyundai Motor revealed its new “ST1” EV business platform on Thursday. The ST1 is the first of several new electric models based on the platform. Hyundai goes commercial with new ST1 EV platform After selling a record 268,785 electric cars last year, Hyundai is expanding from passenger EVs into commercial. Hyundai

Elon Musk says that Tesla will bring Tesla Semi, its electric semi truck, to production at Gigafactory Berlin. However, it will be important to start volume production in the US first. The CEO attended the reopening of Gigafactory Berlin after it had to shut down for just over a week following an arson attack that

Tesla is starting to offer LFP battery pack retrofits for earlier Model 3 vehicles as it starts running out of the old battery pack. However, it is still only for people under warranty. Tesla is not big on payable battery pack upgrades – not that it is often needed anyway. Model 3 has been in

A new, larger VW electric SUV will arrive in the US. Despite several automakers pulling back, Volkswagen says it’s sticking to its EV plans. Meanwhile, the automaker may add hybrids as it looks to boost sales in the US. Volkswagen sticks to US electric vehicle plans After delivering 37,789 electric vehicles (only the ID.4 for