Fred Lambert is the Editor-in-Chief and one of the founding members of Electrek. He mainly covers electric vehicles and renewable energy.
He is also the co-founder of Combat Edge, a MMA stats website.
Lambert made a name in the EV space through a steady stream of exclusive scoops about Tesla, including being the first journalist to try Tesla’s Autopilot feature back in 2015. Lambert also repeatedly broke stories about new Tesla products like Enhanced Summon, Model S design refresh, Tesla Autopilot 2.5, and more.
In 2020, he was also the first to report that Tesla’s new planned Gigafactory in the US would be located in Austin, Texas months before the official announcement.
His reporting has been used by many mainstream news organizations, like the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many more.
Lambert has appeared on television (CNBC) and has been featured in national papers for his expertise in electric vehicles.
You can contact him by email at fred@9to5mac.com or on Twitter @fredericLambert
Tesla’s new inventory vehicles are going down following a high earlier this year as recent discounts, new tax credits, and referrals appear to be working.
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Tesla has reclaimed the production EV lap record on the famous Nürburgring race track with a new Model S Plaid equipped with the Track package.
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Tesla is boosting its referral program to help sales at the end of the quarter with $1,000 off and three months of free Full Self-Driving for Model S and Model X, and more credits for Model 3 and Model Y.
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Tesla surprises the market by confirming that buyers of its cheapest Model 3 now have access to the full $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicles instead of the previous $3,750.
It’s unclear how they achieved that, but it does bring the price of the Model 3 down to ~$30,000 for those who can take advantage of the tax credit.
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On 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 seemingly liquidating the Model 3, the ID Buzz 3rd row, Jaguar recalling the I-Pace, and more.
Jaguar announced that it is recalling all I-Pace electric vehicles in the US over a battery fire risk. The recall comes a year after we warned Jaguar about the issue.
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Tesla has updated its Model Y Long Range in Canada to a Chinese import. It, unfortunately, comes with less range and the same price.
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Tesla has increased discounts on Model 3 inventory vehicles in what appears to be an attempt to liquidate the Model 3 ahead of the refresh launch.
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Tesla is rumored to debut its new Model 3 design refresh on Thursday, according to Bloomberg. However, I’d take the report with a grain of salt.
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Tesla is going to supply its Megapack for a massive new $500 million energy storage project in Arizona in partnership with Strata Clean Energy.
It should become one of the largest battery projects in the world.
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Tesla is starting to ship its electric cars with a 50% state-of-charge for safety reasons. It is giving buyers 150 free Supercharging kilometers to compensate them.
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A homebuilder working on a Tesla Solar Roof project on a huge new home called the product “revolutionary.”
It looks like Tesla’s Solar Roof still has legs despite a rough start.
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Elon Musk is in China meeting with government officials, and Tesla CEO’s visit is sparking rumors of a FSD Beta release in China and of the new Model 3.
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A Tesla driver in Michigan claimed that her car was in “self-driving mode” when she crashed into a tree.
As usual, it is important to take these claims with a grain of salt until the data is collected.
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Tesla and now Elon Musk, in particular, have changed their opinion on BYD lately with the CEO now calling the Chinese company “highly competitive.”
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Tesla has released a new software update to its fleet, and while the release notes remain unchanged, there are a few exciting features that were stealth updated.
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On 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’s NACS plug coming to Ford EVs, the Cybertruck interior, the unveiling of the BMW i5, and more.
Tesla’s new and reintroduced Model 3 Long Range AWD has received an EPA-estimated range of 333 miles.
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Tesla has launched an interesting new offer through its new “Tesla Electric'” division – one year of free home charging to new Model 3 buyers until the end of the quarter.
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Tesla has started producing Model Y vehicles with Hardware 4.0, a new suite of sensors and a new self-driving computer. The automaker has almost completely integrated the new hardware despite not announcing it.
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Tesla and Ford announced a partnership to onboard the latter’s electric vehicles on the former’s Supercharger network. Ford will add the Tesla plug, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), to its electric vehicles.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is going to discuss the future of electric vehicles with Ford CEO Jim Farley on a Twitter Spaces.
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A Tesla insider has transferred about 100 Gb of data from the automaker and has given it to a German media company, which is now releasing some details.
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A trio of Tesla Roadsters that don’t even work by all evidence are about to sell for almost $1 million.
Is this a sign that this rare electric car is becoming a collector’s item?
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