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BYD launched the Song Ultra EV in China, starting at just under $22,000. The new EV is one of the first to be equipped with its Blade Battery and Flash Charging, enabling recharge times in as little as 5 minutes.

The EV2 is now available to order in Europe, with the first customer deliveries starting next month. Kia opened EV2 orders last week at lower prices than expected.

Mark Lupkey, the manufacturing operations leader who oversaw Cybercab assembly and end-of-line ramp at Giga Texas, has announced his departure from Tesla. He is the third senior leader directly involved in bringing the Cybercab to production to leave the company in just over a month.

Lupkey spent nearly eight years at Tesla across two separate stints, working his way through some of the automaker’s most demanding production programs before taking on the Cybercab assembly role in Austin.

The bZ7, Toyota’s new flagship EV in China, may be its most advanced vehicle yet. After launching for under $22,000, the luxury electric sedan secured 3,100 orders within its first hour.

The Amazon Big Spring Sale is officially in full swing, and in our usual fashion, we wanted to put all the best savings during this weeklong event in one place for all your shopping needs. We’re seeing a bunch of great deals on all the popular tech, and we will continue to update this hub throughout the entire event so you don’t have to worry. Below, you’ll find all the best current deals hitting power stations, e-bikes, alternate EVs, electric tools, appliances, smart devices, and more. Head below and start scoring what you need to start spring off properly, as well as prep for the seasons to come.

A new bipartisan bill introduced in Congress could finally establish a long-missing federal framework for regulating electric bikes and similar micromobility devices in the US.

Every automotive era has its classics, designs that transcend spec sheets and sales figure and, somehow, become more culturally relevant with age. Now, nearly thirty years into the modern era, it feels like it’s time to ask the question: Which early EV will become the first classic car of the electric era?

Tesla North America’s official account on X promoted a video interview of a new Cybertruck owner who says his ophthalmologist recommended he buy a Tesla with “Full Self-Driving” because he is losing his eyesight.

The problem is that Tesla itself classifies FSD as a Level 2 driver-assist system that requires driver monitoring at all times — and the driver is responsible for the vehicle at all times. Those two things are fundamentally incompatible.

In one of the largest real-world demonstrations of construction robots being used at utility-scale solar construction so far, a Maximo robot has completed the successful installation of 100 MW of solar capacity at the sprawling AES Bellefield solar complex.

Designed with an eye towards helping cost-conscious contractors and delivery fleets, the all-new Ford Transit City electric van is the perfect tool to navigate the challenges of clean air zones, rapidly rising fuel costs, and increasingly strict neighborhood noise restrictions while still delivering for their customers.

Stellantis’ US operations are in desperate need of new, modern, affordable products that aren’t tainted by the toxic meatheads shredding tires with their Hemi V8s. A new-age Neon, tucked in at just under $20,000 with zippy performance and a simple, unpretentious interior could be just what dealers need to bring in new buyers.

Workhorse is once again pushing back on affordability concerns and high fuel prices with the introduction of a new, more affordable configuration of the company’s W56 Step Van electric delivery vehicle.

For the first time, a home battery is live on a New York City rooftop, opening the door for residential energy storage across the five boroughs.

With gas prices surging, driving an EV sounds even more attractive right about now. This month, several automakers are offering discounts of $10,000 or more on popular EVs, including the Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Chevy Equinox EV.

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 Tesla coming with minivan but cooler?, used EV sales rising, sodium batteries are coming, and more.

UK households are racing to ditch fossil fuels amid energy price spikes driven by the US and Israel’s war with Iran, with new data showing a sharp surge in demand for solar, heat pumps, and EV chargers.

Automatic braking is designed to stop the vehicle when a threat is detected that you may not be able to see. While it’s a helpful feature, auto braking “damn near gave me whiplash,” a Chevy Equinox EV driver said after trying to back into the garage as usual.

It’s day 3 of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, and we’re continuing our coverage of all the best ongoing deals there and elsewhere through the rest of March. Among today’s headliners, we have Anker’s massive lineup of eufy smart security devices seeing up to 50% discounts, like the SoloCam S220 Solar Security Camera 2-Pack at its $100 low. There’s also Bluetti’s expanded Spring Sale event with increased power station savings up to 58% off + our exclusive bonus savings codes for even lower rates – all starting from $329. We also have Segway’s extended Spring EV Sale with hundreds of savings on e-scooters starting from $150, an amazing roundup of all Greenworks’ cordless electric tools at up to 42% off, Mammotion robot lawn mowers down at lows, and much more waiting for you below. And for all the ongoing hangover deals from past days and latest Big Spring Sale deals alike, you can find them all collected into our Green Deals spring shopping hub here.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

The new LEAF EV is a cornerstone of Nissan’s comeback plan, but it’s already facing a recall in Japan due to a battery defect.

Parking in a busy city is never fun. Kia’s new entry-level electric SUV makes life easy with Remote Smart Parking Assist, enabling the EV2 to park itself.

Young American EV startup, Slate Auto, has shared its latest video update, and it’s a chilly one. The company’s development prototypes were recently put through extreme winter testing in Northern Michigan, where, in true Slate fashion, the team had some fun while making great progress. See the video below.

The US electric vehicle market has split into two diverging realities. New EV sales cratered 28% year-over-year in Q1 2026 to just 212,600 units, according to new data from Cox Automotive — but used EV sales surged 12% to 93,500 units, with prices now within $1,300 of equivalent gas cars.

The data, presented in Cox Automotive’s Q1 2026 Industry Insights call on March 25, reveals the clearest picture yet of how the federal tax credit’s expiration is reshaping the EV market — and creating what may be the best buying opportunity in the history of electric vehicles.

Hyundai is testing a new compact electric SUV that looks nearly identical to the Kia EV2. The new EV was spotted charging in public ahead of its upcoming debut.

According to the Volkswagen Group, its joint venture with Rivian has achieved a key milestone by completing winter testing of Rivian’s technology in VW vehicles. As a result, the milestone unlocks an additional $1 billion in investment from Volkswagen Group in Rivian.