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Electrek is doing another e-bike group ride! Come join us as we partner up with the awesome e-bike brand Super73 and cruise through Los Angeles this Saturday evening! We’ll all be meeting up at Super73’s Showroom at 16591 Noyes Avenue in Irvine, California. Be there at 5 p.m. to join up with a community of e-bike riders and Electrek’s resident bike guy (that’s me), plus maybe a few other Electrek writers and video creators. The plan is to set out on a fun and relaxing cruise, so make sure to bring your e-bike. Or…

Come join us for a fun electric group ride in Salt Lake City this weekend, where we’ll be heading out on a morning cruise together! We’ll be meeting up on Sunday morning, September 11, at the Salt Lake eBikes bike shop located at 1035 700 E in Salt Lake City. Come on over at 9:30 a.m. to meet local riders and Electrek’s e-bike guy (that’s me) as we get ready to head out on the group ride from the shop. It’s a BYOB (bring your own bike) situation, but feel free to bring a scooter, board, or any other personal…

A Jaguar I-Pace electric car caught fire while being charged at a garage in the US -- the fourth such battery fire in the I-Pace series (that costs upwards of Rs 1 crore), which is Jaguar's first and only all-electric vehicle.According to Electrek, Jaguar uses LG battery cells like the Bolt EV and Kona EV, which were both recalled for battery fire risks recently.The latest battery fire was reported by Jaguar I-Pace owner Gonzalo Salazar in the state of Florida."On June 16, I plugged the car in before going to bed. In the…

Electric vehicle company Tesla has confirmed that its vehicles can now scan for rough roads, like potholes, to help avoid them damaging the vehicles by adjusting the suspension.In a new 2022.20 software update, the automaker wrote about a new feature of the "Tesla Adaptive Suspension" system, reports the auto-tech website Electrek."Tesla Adaptive Suspension will now adjust ride height for an upcoming rough road section. This adjustment may occur at various locations, subject to availability, as the vehicle downloads rough…

After previously following and reporting on Silent Yachts, the solar-electric boat maker invited me down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to experience a cruise on the vessel for myself. The SILENT 60 yacht is a solar electric catamaran that represents the future of zero-emissions maritime travel and a mere stepping stone to the more advanced vessels Silent Yachts is already developing next. For those of you unfamiliar, Silent Yachts was founded by Heike and Michael Köhle, who together have sailed over 75,000 nautical…

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's Boring Company has applied to dig a tunnel under Tesla Gigafactory Texas in Austin, however, it is unclear what they plan to do with it.The Boring Company has been in discussions with the state and municipal governments for several projects since moving to Texas, but as far as we know, they have not moved forward with any of them until now, reports the auto-tech website Electrek.Now, the company has applied with the city of Austin to build a tunnel on the Tesla Gigafactory Texas property for…

Elon Musk on Tuesday said that Tesla will reduce its salaried workforce by 10% over the next three months.Addressing the Qatar Economic Forum organised by Bloomberg, the world's richest man said that the electric car-maker will cut salaries by 10% over the next three months, as the company navigates the global macro-economic conditions.This would result in reducing Tesla's total headcount by roughly 3.5%.Tesla employs more than 100,000 people across its facilities, and saw over 40% increase in the company's workforce last…

Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has started another wave of layoffs, and this time it also includes hourly workers instead of just salaried employees as the CEO claimed.Informed sources confirmed that Tesla started another wave of layoffs yesterday that included many hourly employees in its sales and delivery teams across North America, reports the auto-tech website Electrek.Surprisingly, the layoffs come amid Tesla's being in the middle of a difficult end-of-quarter delivery wave, which Musk himself warned…

Rivian gave us a loaner R1T for four days last week to drive around and enjoy. We took it from the Brooklyn delivery center through New York City, into the Adirondacks, and back through the mud, suburbs, and traffic. For background, we’re already gushing over the R1T from our first drive of it, naming it Electrek’s vehicle of the year 2021, but now we’ve gotten some alone time with it and have seen some of the software updates that have moved into production vehicles – and we’ve got a whole new appreciation.…