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 has agreed to settle another wrongful death lawsuit from a fatal crash involving Autopilot before the case could get to trial later this year.
It’s one of many lawsuits involving several crashes involving Tesla’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (Supervised), after the floodgates were open following a watershed trial.
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Tesla Cybertruck and the new Model 3 have both fallen short of the top marks in IIHS’ latest round of crash tests.
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Tesla has launched the Cybertruck in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), marking a second international market in as many months, following the electric pickup truck’s commercial flop in the US.
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Tesla has issued a recall for its Powerwall 2 battery units sold between November 2020 and June 2022 over a potential risk of battery fire.
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NHTSA has launched an investigation into Tesla over potential malfunctions of its door handles, resulting in people being stuck in the cars.
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Tesla’s Chairwoman of the Board, Robyn Denholm, says that voting for Elon Musk’s compensation package of up to $1 trillion is essentially voting for Tesla’s future.
She insists only Elon Musk can make this future come true without ever explaining why.
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Elon Musk bought over $1 billion worth of Tesla’s stock, sending the share price soaring. The move comes amid highly suspicious option transactions on Tesla’s stock.
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Tesla has discontinued the cheapest version of the Cybertruck just a few months after launching it.
No one wanted the gutted electric truck.
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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 unveiling its new Megablock product, bunch of new EVs at IAA, the debacle at Hyundai’s plant, and more
VW is advising customers to be a little more patient with Tesla Supercharger access, as it claims to be experiencing technical issues.
The German brand is the last one to give Supercharger access to its North American EV owners.
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A long-time Tesla engineer announced his departure from the company, citing Elon Musk as the primary reason for quitting. In his public exit letter, he decided to expose the CEO’s betrayal of Tesla’s mission.
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Volvo’s long-time CEO, Håkan Samuelsson, is returning to help the brand and openly admits that the rapid electrification of the auto industry will result in a few Western automotive brands going out of business.
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A Tesla owner admitted on video that he drives drunk on Full Self-Driving (FSD) – showing that Tesla doesn’t do enough to prevent abuse of its driver assist system.
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Tesla confirmed its plan to produce its own electrical transformers, a new business for the automaker, but it started on the wrong foot.
Many top Tesla engineers left over the last year to build their own transformer startup.
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Tesla has given up on bringing wireless charging to the Cybertruck, according to the its lead engineer.
He claimed that they figured out it didn’t make sense on a efficiency basis, but there might be more to the story.
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Tesla has unveiled two new energy storage products: Megapack 3, the latest generation of its utility-scale energy storage system, and Megablock, which integrates Megapack 3 with transformers and switchgear.
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Today, Tesla is expected to unveil a next-generation Megapack in the margins of RE+, the largest clean energy event in North America.
It comes as competition intensifies and Tesla’s own battery suppliers for the Megapack are launching competing products.
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Tesla (TSLA) is seeing its US market share of the electric vehicle market drop to new lows in August, according to data from Cox Automotive, a research firm.
It’s happening amid a surge in EV sales in the US, following the expiration of the federal tax credit.
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Mercedes-Benz has now fully pulled the wraps off the all-electric GLC at IAA Mobility in Munich. A new next-gen electric powertrain now underpins the most popular model from the German luxury automotive brand.
Can it revive Mercedes’ EV momentum?
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Rimac Technology used IAA Mobility in Munich to launch new products, including a new battery pack platform based on solid-state battery cells.
The company, better known for its electric supercars, is trying to position itself as a tier 1 automotive industry supplier with a new product lineup.
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Tesla has changed the meaning of “Full Self-Driving”, also known as “FSD”, to give up on its original promise of delivering unsupervised autonomy.
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Tesla’s board, which has already compensated CEO Elon Musk more than the company earned through its entire existence, is now offering a new pay package worth up to $1 trillion.
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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 Master Plan Part 4, a new affordable EV from VW, wireless EV charging, and more.
Tesla claims to have delivered on Elon Musk’s promise to “open up” Robotaxi in September, albeit with some caveats.
Anyone with an iPhone can now download the Tesla Robotaxi app and join a waitlist.
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