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 now says that the Cybertruck’s range extender is coming next year, asks for a $500 deposit to reserve it, and confirms that it will cost around $16,000.
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Despite Tesla having over 1 million reservations for the Cybertruck and claiming that demand was secured for years, anyone with $100,000 can now get a Cybertruck in the US even though Tesla delivered only about 25,000 to US reservation holders.
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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 a bunch of Tesla Cybertruck news, Rivian and Lucid earnings, and more.
Tesla is trying something new. The automaker is offering a bundle of 3 years of subscription to Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised, Supercharging, and premium connectivity.
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Tesla has launched the Cybertruck in Canada, and the prices are going to make people think twice about buying the truck they have been waiting for for years.
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Elon Musk’s xAI has now hired over a dozen Tesla employees to its language model, Grok, amid a Tesla shareholders lawsuit over the issue.
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Tesla is working through its giant backlog of over 1 million Cybertruck reservations pretty fast based on who it is inviting to configure.
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A young visual artist put together some Tesla Model Y refresh renders that look like they could be pretty close to what the actual upcoming new version of the popular electric SUV will look like.
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Tesla has released a new safety report claiming a slight improvement in miles between Autopilot crashes.
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Tesla Electric, Tesla’s electric utility division, is partnering with solar installer Sunrun to grow its user base in Texas.
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Elon Musk said that he killed a Tesla marketing program in partnership with Costco in Taiwan. He didn’t explain why other than the CEO “didn’t approve it.”
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Tesla loses corporate sales in Germany over what a firm sees as CEO Elon Musk going against Tesla’s mission to accelerate the advent of sustainable energy.
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Tesla is currently testing the potential for its current Supercharging V4 (with V3 cabinets) to charge at over 300 kW
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The Tesla Cybertruck’s tow hitch snapped off the frame of the truck in what was to be fair a pretty ridiculous torture test.
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A Tesla Cybertruck driver died in what is believed to be the first reported fatal crash in the electric pickup truck that has yet to be third-party crash tested.
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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 the Model Y refresh leak, Tesla FSD data, Audi A6 e-tron, and more.
Tesla is suing a company producing an EV charging accessory aimed at preventing carjacking because it believes it is making Tesla’s charging experience dangerous.
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Tesla is trying to start its own car insurance firm in China. This is the second time the automaker has launched this effort in China.
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Tesla is facing another wrongful death lawsuit by the family of a motorcyclist killed in a crash involving Autopilot.
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Hertz is accelerating its sales of Tesla vehicles and plans to sell tens of thousand more this year as their value crumbles.
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Tesla still resists releasing its Full Self-Driving data, but early crowdsourced data shows that improvements are much more limited than CEO Elon Musk told us.
He is now lowering expectations.
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Tesla’s ‘Full Self-driving’ features were reportedly on during a previously reported fatal crash with a motorcyclist, according to the police.
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Today, Audi unveiled its new A6 e-tron electric sedan with Sportsback and Avant versions, expanding its already extensive EV lineup.
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A new Tesla prototype, rumored to be the upcoming Model Y Juniper refresh, has leaked from the factory.
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