On today’s heated episode of Quick Charge, a US Congressman claims Tesla’s poor design caused at least 15 deaths, Elon says he’s a few billion miles away from real Full Self Driving, and Volvo teases an incredible new EX60 with 400 miles of range.
Sometimes innovation isn’t simply about going faster or adding more tech. Sometimes it’s as simple as giving people a seat.
That appears to be the case in Seattle, where Lime says its ridership jumped by an eye-opening 61% last year. According to the company, a major contributor to that growth was the LimeGlider – a seated electric scooter that blends elements of scooters, bikes, and mopeds into a single, highly approachable form factor.
Blink Charging now takes crypto at select DC fast chargers in the US, letting EV drivers pay for a charging session with a dollar‑pegged stablecoin instead of a card or app.
XCharge North America is planning one of the largest battery-backed EV charging depots in the US, and it’s coming to Brooklyn.
China has a new flagship EV en route that will become the largest electric SUV on the market later this year.
Is Tesla preparing to pull the plug on domestic production in Germany? It might sound crazy for a factory that just opened a few years ago, but when you look at the abysmal sales numbers in Europe and combine them with the latest threats from management against the union, the writing might be on the wall.
For months, we have been reporting on the demand issues Tesla is facing in Europe. Now, the situation has deteriorated to a point where the existence of Gigafactory Berlin itself seems to be in question.
Today’s Green Deals are all about being on the move – whether that’s for commuting or living a nomadic/off-grid lifestyle. Our headliner for this edition is Bluetti’s newly launched Alternator & Solar Dual DC Charger 2 and its many bundle options with up to 48% exclusive savings for our readers – all starting from $332. Right behind it we have a soon-to-end Tenways flash sale with up to $907 savings on the CGO800S Urban Commuter e-bike and the AGO X All-Terrain Mid-Drive e-bike at lows starting from $1,699. There’s also Jackery’s HomePower 3000 Portable Power Station with 4x mountable 100W Prime solar panels at $1,614, as well as some continued Velotric winter e-bike savings, and much more waiting for you below – with further CES 2026 coverage, including our favorite reveals and an updated best-of list. And don’t forget about the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s MOD City 3 folding e-bike low prices, the latest EcoFlow New Year flash sale that ends tonight, and more.
Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.
We are barely a week into 2026, and we are already seeing a significant shift in the narrative regarding Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) timeline. After missing yet another high-profile deadline to achieve unsupervised autonomy by the “end of the year” in 2025, Elon Musk has now dropped a new metric that explains a lot — and raises even more questions.
In a new comment today, Musk has stated that Tesla needs to accumulate roughly 10 billion miles of data to achieve “safe unsupervised self-driving.”
The new statement raises the question: why did Musk claim that Tesla would be unsupervised in Austin just a few weeks ago, when he knew that Tesla was nowhere near 10 billion miles?
