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Geely’s electric outdoor brand, Radar Auto, opened blind reservations for its new AWD version of the R6. The new electric pickup is the fastest production pickup from China, but can it keep up with the Tesla Cybertruck? New Chinese electric pickup takes on Tesla’s Cybertruck Radar is promoted as “China’s first pure electric outdoor lifestyle

The all-electric IONIQ 5 SUV kicked off a new era at Hyundai as the first model in its dedicated EV brand. Hyundai IONIQ 5 sales have reached over 262,000 across 24 countries as the Korean automaker looks to expand its global presence. Hyundai IONIQ 5 sales tops 262,000 in 24 countries First launched in February

Elon Musk has mandated Tesla employees to install and demo Full Self-Driving Beta for every customer taking delivery in North America. Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta is a level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) that automates all aspects of driving on city streets and highways, but it requires the driver’s attention at all times –

Nissan launched a new business plan on Monday as the Japanese automaker looks to drive down EV costs. The new plan calls for significant EV cost reductions to reach EV and ICE cost parity by the end of the decade. Despite kicking off a new era with the launch of its LEAF in 2010, Nissan

Elon Musk says that Tesla is “no longer compute constrained” in its AI training – meaning that it is starting to run out of excuses for not achieving its promised self-driving. Self-driving is an incredibly difficult and important problem to solve. Improvements in safety over human drivers could save tens of thousands of lives per

Tesla has started to release a new version of its auto parking system, an updated automated parking for its newer vision-only vehicles. Ever since Tesla stopped using ultrasonic sensors in its new vehicles and only relied on cameras for its ADAS features, its vehicles have lacked auto-parking features. That move started in 2022. Two years

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

Who said EVs are not affordable? Hyundai is offering two of the cheapest cars to lease (EV or gas-powered), the IONIQ 6 and Kona EV, in the US, with prices as low as $169 per month. Hyundai EVs are some of the cheapest cars to lease After selling a record number of vehicles in the

Photo: Enel North America Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering. Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. The project pairs a 186-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 115

Amid its shift to more affordable electric vehicles, Ford could build its new EV platform overseas as it looks to revamp sales. Ford mulls affordable EV platform production in India According to a new report from Autocar India, Ford is looking to re-enter India. India topped Japan again to maintain the third-largest auto market globally

Tesla Cybertruck is ready for wireless inductive charging based on new connectors found on the electric pickup truck’s battery pack. The automaker never seemed interested in wireless charging for its electric vehicles. The problem wireless charging solves is not a major one. It alleviates the need to plug in your car, which is not a

Tesla’s (TSLA) stock dropped this morning due to a report that automakers are reducing their electric vehicle output at Gigafactory Shanghai because of lower demand. Bloomberg says that Tesla removed one and a half day of work at Gigafactory Shanghai: The US carmaker earlier this month instructed employees at its Shanghai facility to lower production

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 Cybertrucks were getting more than twice their value on the resale market just a few weeks ago, but the electric pickup truck has now lost all its momentum in terms of resale value. The automaker has taken actions to try to limit the Cybertruck resale market. Tesla added a “no resell” clause for early

Audi is joining the race as automakers gear up to introduce new, lower-cost EV models. The new entry-level EV will sit below the Q4 e-tron, which starts at just over $50,000. Audi plots a new lower-cost EV, an electric A3 or Q3 After unveiling the new Q6 e-tron this week, its next-gen premium mid-size electric

SEAT S.A. shared its full 2023 financial results earlier today while also outlining its plans for the future. Part of its strategy includes bringing its Cupra EVs over to the US market, beginning with the all-electric version of the Formentor crossover as well as a larger SUV. SEAT Cupra, S.A.U., better known as Cupra, is

Tesla hackers have won $200,000 and a brand-new Model 3 for finding a new vulnerability in the automaker’s system. For years now, Tesla has been investing a lot in cybersecurity and working closely with whitehat hackers. The automaker has been participating in the Pwn2Own hacking competition by offering large prizes and its electric cars for hacking challengers.

One week after teasing camouflaged images of the next chapter in its “Neue Klasse” EV design strategy, BMW has publicly unveiled the Sport Activity Vehicle to the public. The Vision Neue Klasse X is BMW’s latest entry into the SAV segment and represents the all-electric DNA of a new model that will begin production next

Hyundai Motor Group, including Kia and Genesis, is set to recall over 147,000 EVs in the US due to potentially damaged charging units. Hyundai, Genesis, and Kia recall EVs in the US After the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced a recall of around 170,000 Hyundai and Kia EVs in Korea last