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The Automobili Pininfarina Battista Cinquantacinque. It may not roll right off the tongue, but with four all-electric motors, it can definitely roll right off the starting line and then some. Today, the classic Italian automaker reborn for the electric age has introduced a new iteration of the Battista called the Cinquantacinque. It’s a nod to…
Photo: GAF Energy GAF Energy’s new nailable solar shingle factory in Texas is about to make the company the world’s largest solar roofing producer. The San Jose, California-based company is the sister company of GAF, the largest roofing and waterproofing company in North America. Its 450,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Georgetown, north of Austin, was officially…
Photo: Sonnenkraft Austrian solar manufacturer Sonnenkraft has debuted its new “Terracotta” solar panel that matches red-tiled roofs and is historic-building compliant. Red solar panels “With our new solar module ‘Terracotta,’ which is produced in Austria, we would like to make a contribution to ensuring that monument protection and sustainable energy production go hand in hand,”…
If you’re looking to charge your electric vehicle at home without getting stung by soaring electricity bills, Enphase Energy has you covered. Its powerful new IQ line of Level 2 EV chargers is rugged, easy to install, and comes with a host of smart features that can optimize an off-peak charging schedule to save you…
Rivian production at its Normal, Ill facility (Source: Rivian) Rivian has released its Q1 2024 results, slightly beating analyst estimates on revenue, which grew sharply year-over-year, but with wider losses than expected and only slight gross margin improvement as it still hopes to turn some quarterly profit by the end of the year. Electric truck…
Photo: Shenzhen Government Online Shenzhen, the home of Chinese EV giant BYD, says it’s become the first in China to have more supercharging plugs than gas pumps. As Electrek reported in April, BYD received direct government subsidies of “at least” $3.7 billion to grow its EV business and undercut the competition with aggressively low pricing….
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is causing chaos in the EV industry by firing Tesla’s entire charging team, which may lead some automakers to reconsider their plans to adopt the NACS plug. But NACS is just a better standard, and the industry should move forward on it, even if Tesla waffles with its commitment. Last week,…
Tesla Semi is getting into the hands of two more big customers as the program finally appears to be ramping up. There’s no sugarcoating it. The Tesla Semi program has seen some fairly serious delays. It was first unveiled in 2017 and it was supposed to come to production in 2019. Instead, it came to…
Ryvid, the Southern California-based manufacturer of the popular Ryvid Anthem electric motorcycle, has just launched its second model based on the same platform. The new Ryvid Outset, priced at just $5,995, is set to become the most affordable highway-capable electric motorcycle in the US. At the same time, the company announced a major price drop,…
Tesla is finally going to release everything we always wanted to know about Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD), but it’s because NHTSA is forcing the automaker to do it. Last month, NHTSA announced that it was opening a new investigation into Autopilot/FSD after not being satisfied with the recall that came out of its previous…