Slate’s price-friendly electric pickup spotted testing in the snow
An Electrek reader spotted one of Slate Auto’s all-electric pickup trucks testing out in the snowy banks of Michigan and shared a couple of images you can see below.
A free $3,000 for an e-bike? One of the US’s largest incentive programs returns
Tampa is bringing back one of the most generous e-bike incentive programs in the country, and for some residents, it could mean up to $3,000 off the cost of a new electric bike.
These Chinese robots ride ceiling rails to charge your EV
China is living in the future when it comes to EV charging. Instead of drivers hunting for an open charging spot in a parking garage, overhead rail-mounted charging robots now travel along ceiling tracks and come to the car. The concept, already deployed in garages across multiple Chinese cities, turns every parking space into a potential charging spot without the cost of installing individual chargers at each one.
Donut Lab’s ‘miracle’ solid-state battery confirms 0-80% charge in 4.5 min — but there’s a catch
Donut Lab has released the first independent test results for its controversial solid-state battery, and the data confirms at least one headline claim: the cell charged from 0 to 80% in just 4.5 minutes at an extreme 11C rate.
It doesn’t blow up, but it gets pretty damn hot.
The results come from Finland’s state-owned VTT Technical Research Centre, one of Europe’s leading research organizations. But the report only covers charging performance — leaving Donut Lab’s most extraordinary claims completely unverified.
Tesla is having a hard time turning over its FSD traffic violation data
Tesla has secured a second deadline extension from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the agency’s investigation into traffic safety violations committed by vehicles operating with “Full Self-Driving” (FSD). The new filing, dated February 20, pushes the deadline for Tesla to deliver critical crash data, including video, event data recorder (EDR), and CAN bus files, to March 9, 2026. The original deadline was January 19.
Today was supposed to be the day Tesla finally delivered all its data to NHTSA after a first five-week extension. Instead, Tesla asked for more time on February 19, the day before the deadline, and NHTSA granted it the next day.
This luxury electric supercar is dead before it even had a chance
The high-riding Lamborghini Lanzador, the high-riding electric supercar, won’t be built after all. Lamborghini is scrapping plans for its first EV.
California isn’t the only state trying to put license places on e-bikes
Last week, news of California lawmakers attempting to require license plates for electric bicycles took the internet by storm. But the Golden State isn’t the only one trying to slap tags on e-bikes this year.
Taiwan began paying people to switch to electric scooters and cars. Here’s what happened
If you’ve ever stood at a red light in Taipei, you know that when it turns green, it’s not just cars that surge forward – it’s a tidal wave of scooters. In Taiwan, scooters are a way of life, outnumbering cars by roughly two to one. That also means they represent one of the country’s biggest transportation-related pollution sources.
So Taiwan decided to do something about it: pay people to switch.