A new car affordability crisis and punishing gas prices are driving an unprecedented number of used car buyers to consider going electric, and that increased demand without a corresponding increase in supply means these used EVs are flying off dealer lots.
What do you actually need to keep running when the power goes out? For most households, the fridge, wifi, phones, and a few other essentials come first. Buying enough battery storage for every appliance in the house can come later – and that’s the appeal of BLUETTI’s latest launch, the Apex 200 portable power station.
For the first time, electric equipment assets are being put to work in the National Wildlife Refuge System, where a battery-powered, zero-emission ECR25 Electric compact excavator and L25 Electric compact wheel loader made by Volvo CE are making the wild more accessible to everyone.
General Motors (GM) issued a recall affecting more than 67,000 Cadillac and Chevy EVs because a software glitch can cause a temporary loss of braking.
Ford’s upcoming Fathom electric pickup will be among the most affordable EVs in the US, starting at $28,350. Even pricier trims will start at under $40,000.
We’re a few days into November and the deals are flying. Today’s 9to5Toys Green Deals is packed with notable finds, which are headlined by Home Depot’s early Black Friday sale. In that post we cover how you can score BOGO FREE tools, $1,250 off appliances, and more. Others markdowns include Fanttik’s USB-C rechargeable pruning shears at $80, this 9-in-1 WORX leaf blower for only $91, and even EcoFlow’s latest 320W RAPID Pro desktop charger at $140. Head below for a closer look at the details.
Oh, and don’t forget to scope out Electrek‘s best EV buying and leasing deals as well as the Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.
Range Rover is pulling the plug on its two most affordable models, the Evoque and Velar, as a new entry-level EV steps in.
Battery-electric cars took a record 37% of Germany’s new car market in October, according to data released today by the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), the country’s federal motor vehicle authority. That’s 94,086 BEVs, up 79.5% from 52,425 a year earlier.
For the second month in a row, German buyers registered more fully electric cars than gasoline and diesel cars combined. And with two months left in the year, Germany has already blown past the auto industry’s EV forecast for all of 2026.
Xiaomi has released footage of its humanoid robots working a full 8-hour shift at its EV factory, sorting center console side covers for its cars. The company says the robots did it on their own, catching and fixing their own mistakes along the way.
If that’s fully autonomous, it’s truly impressive. But we’ve been disappointed by humanoid robot demos before, and Xiaomi left out the numbers that would let anyone check.
