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Getting its first EV right wasn’t easy, but it was important.

Tesla has officially cancelled the Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand. Reservation holders are getting emails today telling them their orders are void and their deposits will be refunded. Australians started putting down A$150 to reserve the electric pickup in November 2019. That’s almost seven years of waiting for a Read more

Tesla’s proposed $10 billion “Project Crystal Sun” solar factory in Texas could get up to 35 years of local tax breaks on its equipment, according to the four agreements Fort Bend County commissioners approved on Thursday. The vote was 4-0. And Tesla still hasn’t committed to building the plant in Read more

Will a sub $40,000 electric hatchback be able to compete with Chinese offerings?

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-bikes from Lectric and Priority, a review of Xtracycle’s Swoop ASM cargo e-bike and Yozma’s new IN11 mini emoto, a new friction drive Read more

…including 4.5kW motor, bigger 1.4kWh battery and 45mph top speed Yozma may not have invented the mini moto space, but they certainly helped mainstream it. Together with Tuttios and Sur Rons, Yozma’s IN10 was one of the most popular mini motos out there, and if you surveyed the average group of 14-15-year-olds Read more

CapMetro’s Austin transit fleets electrified two public bus lines and opened two new park-and-ride facilities featuring overhead pantograph-style wired charging equipment to help Austinites breathe a little bit easier. more…

Elon Musk is disputing a new NASA safety panel estimate of how many Starship launches it will take to put astronauts on the Moon, saying the real number will be less than half the panel’s figure. On Thursday, NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel held its quarterly public meeting. Panel member Read more

Chery has announced a 1.44 megawatt charging system, able to deliver 500km (311 miles) in 5 minutes. And it’s not even the fastest system available in China. more…

On today’s numerically-infused episode of Quick Charge, we take a look at all the latest product and delivery delays from Tesla’s Q3 earnings call before changing lanes and recapping some of the biggest developments in the world of EV charging innovation. more…