Electric Cars

Jeep’s first electric SUV in the US just got more affordable. On Thursday, Jeep launched a new Limited trim at the Chicago Auto Show. The new 2025 Jeep Wagoneer S Limited trim is $5,000 cheaper than the Launch Edition. And it also qualifies for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. Here’s what the new model

By Joey Klender Posted on February 4, 2025 Tesla has landed a huge break for the Cybertruck as the company announced that the all-electric pickup truck now qualifies for the IRA EV Tax Credit, enabling more affordability and accessibility for consumers. However, it is uncertain whether the tax credit will be sticking around as the

On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we look at a group of $TSLA shareholders on Reddit who want Elon Musk fired as CEO of Tesla – and they’re using his own public words against him. Plus the new Model Y arrives in US showrooms and FSD users can get a break on insurance. Plus the Volvo

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 2, 2025 Tesla has launched a first-of-its-kind discount on its in-house insurance service for users of Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) in two U.S. states, ahead of plans to debut its unsupervised robotaxi services later this year. Consistent with Tesla’s larger aims to make FSD safer than a human driver,

Lease deals get all the hype, but most people still want to own the car after they’re done making all those payments on it. If that sounds like you, and you’ve been waiting for the interest rates on auto loans to drop, you’re in luck: there are a bunch of great plug-in cars you can

By Zachary Visconti Posted on February 1, 2025 Tesla Energy broke multiple records for energy storage deployments and margins in 2024, and as the company recently revealed in its latest earnings call, it’s also looking to establish yet another factory for its grid-scale Megapack batteries. On Wednesday, Tesla held its Q4 2024 earnings call, during

Dannar keeps adapting its Mobile Power Station to meet the needs of the electrified off road market, bringing power to forests, construction sites, and rural farms when it’s needed. But now, the MPS doing more than just provide the power to do the work – its moving dirt! Since I first saw it at the 2020

By Joey Klender Posted on January 30, 2025 Tesla had a $600 million boost in its net earnings because of Bitcoin and a new accounting rule for how companies can account for crypto. Tesla reported $1.08 billion in digital assets on Wednesday during its Earnings, up from the $184 million it reported for the previous

There’s no denying how popular high-power electric bikes have become. And a quick way to get more power without having to go with a ridiculously large motor is to simply double up, putting one motor in each of a bike’s wheels. That’s what Wallke did with the Wallke H7 AWD, and the result is a

By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 29, 2025 Tesla has released its Q4 2024 vehicle safety report. Similar to data from previous quarters, vehicles that were operating with Autopilot technology proved notably safer.  The Q4 2024 report: As per Tesla, it recorded one crash for every 5.94 million miles driven in which drivers were using

Despite its small size, Hyundai expects big things from its new low-cost electric SUV. Starting at around $25,000, the Inster EV will be Hyundai’s main growth driver, as it plans to double electric car sales in Europe this year. Hyundai will also launch its first three-row electric SUV, the IONIQ 9. After selling over 68,000

By Zachary Visconti Posted on January 27, 2025 Rivian’s CEO has explained why he and the company aren’t concerned about U.S. President Donald Trump’s electric vehicle (EV) policies, including the repeal of the $7,500 federal tax credit. During a conversation with Automotive News at Rivian’s opening of a new Space showroom in San Francisco on

HD Hyundai is set to unveil a production version of its hydrogen fuel cell powered HW155H 14-ton wheeled excavator – one of ten updated or all-new machines rumored to making their debut at this year’s Bauma construction trade show. Wheeled excavators are having something of a resurgence in the equipment space these days – and with good

By Zachary Visconti Posted on January 26, 2025 Tesla’s Semi factory expansion continues to make construction progress, with recent drone footage from the site showing that the walls are now complete. The exterior walls at the Gigafactory Nevada Semi expansion are officially up, as shared in a video update from Semi factory drone observer Zanegler

Executives from TravelCenters America (TA) and BP were joined by local elected officials at a ribbon cutting for the two companies’ first DC fast charging hub on I-95 in Jacksonville, Florida – the first of several such EV charging stations to come online. Frequent road-trippers are no doubt familiar with TA’s red, white, and blue logo and

By Joey Klender Posted on January 24, 2025 Tesla is joining a group of automakers that includes BYD, SAIC, and Geely in suing the European Union as the EU implied duties on China-built electric vehicles. Tesla operates a factory in China known as Gigafactory Shanghai that produces both domestic and exported vehicles. Tesla has focused

Photo: GE Vernova GE Vernova’s onshore wind business announced that it received orders in 2024 to repower over 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind turbines in the US. Wind energy repowering is all about breathing new life into older turbines. By swapping out aging parts like turbines, blades, and nacelles for the latest tech, wind farms

By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 23, 2025 Tesla has formally launched the new Model Y in the United States. The vehicle is designed to be more comfortable and more efficient than its best-selling predecessor. A look at the Model Y’s configurator shows that deliveries of the new Model Y Launch Series in the United

Photo: Masdar The United Arab Emirates is building the world’s largest solar and battery storage project that will dispatch clean energy 24/7. Emirati Renewable energy company Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company) and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) are developing the trailblazing solar and battery storage project. Once it’s online, will become the largest

By Joey Klender Posted on January 21, 2025 Tesla can reverse a three-decade-old prophecy from Carl Sagan, who said in 1995 that U.S. manufacturing would decline, according to a note for Morgan Stanley. Sagan, an astronomer, said the U.S. would abandon manufacturing for service and information thirty years ago, but Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley

On today’s episode of Quick Charge, President Trump has a wild first day in office, but it’s not ALL bad, either. Plus: Tesla gets diner integration, Hyundai keeps the deal train rolling, and it’s dad’s 80th birthday. We also look ahead to some possible discounts for Tesla insurance customers, some news on the upcoming “cheap”

By Zachary Visconti Posted on January 20, 2025 President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, and an incoming White House official has said that he plans to sign an executive order ending the so-called “electric vehicle (EV) mandate” on day one, though he’ll hold off on proposed tariff plans on related imports. During

BYD claims its sleek new Denza Z9 GT became the “fastest new energy luxury car” to reach 10,000 deliveries. The luxury model sold for about $52,000 on average and is headed to Europe next to challenge Porsche and BMW. BYD Denza Z9 GT sets luxury NEV record for deliveries After it went on sale on

By Zachary Visconti Posted on January 18, 2025 Tesla is set to provide its Megapack grid-scale batteries for a new energy storage project in Belgium, coming as the latest of many storage facilities popping up around the world. Clean electricity provider Energy Solutions Group (ESG) will deploy Tesla Megapacks to establish a battery energy storage

With the winter in full swing, it’s easy to spend most of the time indoors, but if you’re still looking to scratch that itch to get out and spend more time outside exploring, the XQi3 by NIU is the perfect solution to explore both trails and urban spots. On top of NIU designing the XQi3

By Joey Klender Posted on January 17, 2025 Former Tesla executive Mike Tully is suing the company for an issue with a telework policy he says the company agreed to, then changed their minds. He says it caused an agonizing medical condition to reappear and nearly caused his marriage to fall apart. Tully filed the

Closing out this week’s Green Deals, we’re stopping back in on Lectric’s Plunge flash sale that ends January 20 to give a spotlight on the brand’s XP Lite 2.0 Long-Range e-bikes that start at $999 and come with the largest bundle packages yet at $404 in free gear. We’ve secured an exclusive new low price

By Joey Klender Posted on January 15, 2025 Elon Musk’s potential $56 billion pay package was the reason Europe’s largest pension fund sold its entire Tesla $TSLA stake recently, as the firm sold all of its $585 million worth of shares. A spokesperson for Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP said to Bloomberg that “We had a problem” with

On today’s episode of Quick Charge we explore the uncertainty around the future of EV incentives, the roles different stakeholders will play in shaping that future, and our friend Stacy Noblet from energy consulting firm ICF stops by to share her take on what lies ahead. We’ve got a couple of different articles and studies

By Joey Klender Posted on January 13, 2025 Tesla has been snubbed for the second time by the Biden Administration for funding that would help build out an electric vehicle charging corridor on the West Coast for EV semi-trucks. It is the second time the Biden White House has denied Tesla funding for the corridor,