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Tesla has received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to launch two virtual power plants for Powerwall owners in Texas. Virtual power plants (VPP) are becoming one of Tesla’s most underappreciated products. Tesla is using its existing and growing fleet of Powerwalls to aggregate their power capacity and offer electric grid services

Tesla has added Cybertruck Delivery Event invites to its owner’s referral award program – without sharing a date yet. After Tesla took an extended break from its referral program for a few years, it was relaunched last year for solar products and last quarter for cars. Buyers using referral codes get incentives, like discounts and free features, and Tesla

Elon Musk highlighted the need for high-quality standards and “single-digit micron” tolerance with the Cybertruck due to its straight edges in a leaked email to Tesla employees. Today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he test drove a production candidate Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas. Presumably, he also surveyed the Cybertruck production at the plant and

On Wednesday, Kia unveiled “The New Kia Ray,” an entry-level EV designed to meet the growing demand for affordable all-electric options. Pre-orders for Kia’s new EV will open on Thursday, August 24, starting at 27.35 million won (about $20,500). Kia reboots the Ray EV as a new image emerges South Korea’s first production EV is

A new report claims that Tesla Gigafactory Berlin production has been dipping under the 5,000 units per week that the automaker reported earlier this year. When Tesla launched Model Y production at Giga Berlin, the goal was to ramp things up to 5,000 units per week. The goal was achieved in March 2023, based on

The low-cost Rio compact car will not be making a return in the US for a 2024 model year. Instead, Kia is expected to transition its production facility in Mexico, where the Rio is built, to produce two new EVs in Mexico. Kia retires the Rio in favor of new EVs According to a new

Elon Musk has released a picture of a Tesla Cybertruck “production candidate,” which he says he tested today. The CEO called it Tesla’s “best product ever.” Last month, Tesla announced that it had “built the first Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas.” We were surprised by the announcement because, as Electrek previously reported, Tesla told suppliers to be ready for

Jeep and Ram owner Stellantis is considering partnering with a Chinese EV maker, following in Volkswagen’s footsteps. Stellantis EVs may ride on an EV platform from China to strengthen its brand in the region. Stellantis follows VW with Chinese EV partnership talks People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Stellantis is exploring alliances in

Tesla keeps creating new paying accounts on Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) to the point that it is now likely paying around $20,000 per year to be on the social media platform. It’s not clear what it is getting in return. Public companies, like Tesla, have to disclose any “related transaction” that may have conflict

Tesla is evidently changing its solar strategy by starting to move away from having its own installers and relying more on certified installers. It is laying off staff working on deploying its own solar installations. Ever since Tesla acquired SolarCity in 2016 and turned it into its own solar division, there have been many ups

Korea’s first all-electric production car is due for a resurrection. Kia is set to revive the Ray EV next month, an entry-level minicar, to meet the growing demand for affordable electric cars. Kia first introduced the Ray EV in December 2011, a close relative to the gas-powered Ray CUV, as Korea’s first 100% electric production

Tesla is losing one of its most senior engineering executives, Colin Campbell, and he is going to a company founded by Tesla cofounder and board member JB Straubel. Colin Campbell joined Tesla in 2006 when the company was nothing more than a small startup with a plan to bring an electric sports car, the Roadster,

Android Auto has been preparing better support for electric vehicles (EVs) for a while now, and a new change is now coming to Google Maps that will replace the default shortcut to search for gas stations to instead search for charging locations. In a recent beta update to Android Auto, it was noticed by the

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it had opened an investigation Monday into Ford’s solution for a June 2022 Mustang Mach-E recall. Ford Mustang Mach-E recall query The investigation, called a recall query, comes after Ford issued a safety recall impacting nearly 49,000 2021-2022 Mustang Mach-E models on June 10, 2022. The automaker

Volkswagen has begun production on its new flagship ID.7 electric car at its German plant in Emden. The ID.7 is the largest VW electric model yet and the second global MEB-based car behind the ID.4. Volkswagen kicks off ID.7 electric car production The electric sedans are finally coming. VW’s ID.7 will join the automaker’s ID

Tesla confirmed that it is suing two former employees over the large data leak to a German media that was dubbed the “Tesla Files.” In May, Handelsblatt, a German media company, published a series of reports that it called “Tesla Files“, which they claim was based on 100 Gb of data from “company insiders.” The

A Tesla Cybertruck was spotted on a glacier in Iceland for what appears to be the filming of a promo reel ahead of the vehicle’s launch. The start of Cybertruck deliveries is so close I feel like I can smell it. If Tesla sticks to its latest production timeline for the Cybertruck, we are just

Games don’t get much bigger than this. On 6 September, Bethesda Game Studios, one of the most celebrated development teams in the world, will offer players something completely new for the first time in two decades. Far removed from the elves, orcs, and magic of its premiere Elder Scrolls franchise; as well as the post-apocalyptic

Tesla has started to roll out Apple Shortcuts integration in a new mobile app update to help automate and use Siri for vehicle controls. Yesterday, Tesla pushed a new update of its iOS mobile app. In the release notes, the automaker noted that it is now giving access to vehicle controls through the Apple Shortcuts

2024 Honda Prologue (Source: Honda) Honda has confirmed that its and Acura’s vehicles in North America will adopt NACS, a charging connector designed by Tesla’s NACS. That move is driven by GM’s own adoption of th charging standard and Honda’s dependence on GM’s EV platform in North America. Honda has been expected to announce its