Volvo has joined Tesla in stopping its EV production in Europe due to the threat of violence from Iran-backed Houthi fighters attacking commercial ships traveling in the Red Sea. As Electrek reported yesterday, Tesla has halted its Berlin gigafactory for about two weeks, from January 29 to February 11, due to a lack of components […]
Tesla has delivered one of the very first Cybertrucks to a customer who is not a Tesla employee and it came with some ridiculous panel gaps. A rear panel even looks like it is falling off. How is Tesla not catching those issues before delivery? In the past, Tesla has often been criticized for its […]
Porsche Taycan sales picked up toward the end of 2023, with over 40,600 electric models handed over last year. The Taycan followed the Porsche 911 with double-digit sales growth in 2023. Porsche Taycan sales growth in 2023 “The Taycan is and will remain a success story,” Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at […]
The NHS is rolling out an expanded mental health support service for Armed Forces As a result, NHS England has redesigned the service, with a focus on boosting self-referrals, as well as the addition of enhanced addiction support, and today kicked off an awareness campaign highlighting the service which supports veterans, reservists, and service leavers. […]
Kia’s new modular electric vehicle concept – that goes from micro-car to minivan to small truck to full-sized van – introduced at CES has its first customer: Uber. Kia and Uber have signed a memorandum of understanding to use Kia’s new vehicles for ride-hailing. Kia just launched the new Platform Beyond Vehicles (PBV) at CES […]
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bike launches from Segway, a new e-motorcycle launch from Horwin, swappable batteries from Yamaha, snow-bike tips, and more. Sponsored by WOLFBOX, a leading brand in the automotive electronics market, […]
Polestar posted its 2023 delivery numbers and, as expected, it’s a mixed bag for the luxury performance EV brand. With the company only meaningfully selling a single vehicle model — its Polestar 2 sedan — deliveries totaled 54,600 cars for 2023. And in Q4 of the year, the pace of deliveries slowed substantially, down to […]
The London Clinic has announced the launch of a new 24/7 primary care service (private GP), as well as introducing a programme for new on-site GP services at is hospital located on Harley Street. The London Clinic we will be offering these services to patients through new partnerships with, Doctorcall, the longest-standing provider of private patient […]
If a universal vaccine vaccine were available at the start of the pandemic, it could have saved millions of lives, prevented suffering and saved billions of dollars in direct medical and other costs until the strain-specific vaccine went through the entire development, testing and emergency use authorisation process, a new study has concluded. The new […]
Nissan has announced a new performance trim level of the Ariya at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 show this week: Meet the Ariya NISMO. It’s a more powerful, sporty, and body kit-clad version of the company’s only modern BEV offering and, for now, it will be limited to sale in the Japanese market. The Ariya […]
