Electric Cars

Charged EVs | Next year, your luxury Uber robotaxi may be a Lucid; how it all came together

From the sensor-packed ‘tiara’ on the roof to the Nuro software stack providing autonomous driving, the Lucid Gravity met all the qualifications for...

Batteries become the new home solar as energy prices soar

Net metering — the ability to sell excess electricity back to the grid for fun and profit — has helped make rooftop solar...

Charged EVs | Holyvolt acquires Wildcat to pair high-throughput battery materials discovery with water-based cell manufacturing

Sweden’s Holyvolt has completed its $73 million acquisition of Wildcat Discovery Technologies, bringing together Wildcat’s high-throughput battery materials R&D platform and Holyvolt’s screen-printing,...

electric equipment options charge up CONEXPO 2026

From mini loaders built to get through tight man doors to massive excavators and haul trucks built for real dirt-moving muscle, it was...

Charged EVs | Webinar: Applying functional safety to eMobility battery systems

Functional safety requirements are applied across Industrial and Electrical System control and safety systems. In battery standards and certifications, functional safety requirements have...

US Customs delays force solar giant Qcells to furlough 1,000 workers [update]

In early November 2025, solar panel giant Qcells announced that it was temporarily furloughing 1,000 US workers – 25% of its workforce –...

Charged EVs | Horse Powertrain’s amorphous-steel hybrid motor reaches 98.2% efficiency

Horse Powertrain has unveiled a new hybrid transmission motor that uses amorphous steel in the stator and, the company says, reaches 98.2% efficiency...

Podcast: Cybertruck price increase, BYD makes everyone look bad, and Donut Lab update

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss...