Evoke’s new $5,000 electric motorcycle can hit highway speeds, coming to US & EU
Evoke’s new $5,000 electric motorcycle can hit highway speeds, coming to US & EU

Electric motorcycles have long had a pricing problem. While battery-powered scooters and e-bikes have increasingly pushed into affordable territory, highway-capable electric motorcycles still tend to carry fairly hefty price tags.

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Continuing post-Labor Day Green Deals hub – EVs, power stations, tools, smart devices, more [Updated]
Continuing post-Labor Day Green Deals hub – EVs, power stations, tools, smart devices, more [Updated]

Update 9/11: Many of the included sales down below are lasting past Labor Day, with some ending tonight and others lasting through the week and further. We have updated the lists so you can continue shopping until the savings are officially over.

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1927-2027: Volvo celebrates 100 years with special-edition electric semi
1927-2027: Volvo celebrates 100 years with special-edition electric semi

Volvo is celebrating its 100th anniversary with launch of a new, special edition Volvo FH16 Electric semi truck featuring special paint, interior upgrades, and a promise from the company to keep on keepin’ on for at least 100 more.

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Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold
Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold

Huawei has released its third trifold phone in China, and the company has clearly had half an eye on Samsung during development. Not only does the Mate XT 2 adopt the inward-folding form factor used on Samsung’s Galaxy Z TriFold, it’s also the first foldable to include a privacy-enhancing display, much like the one Samsung […]

Another Chinese EV myth busted as GAC, Geely, and Leapmotor ace Euro NCAP
Another Chinese EV myth busted as GAC, Geely, and Leapmotor ace Euro NCAP

Somewhere, a guy in Pit Vipers is recording a Facebook video from the front seat of his pickup claiming that Chinese EVs aren’t just inferior to American V8 iron – they’re unsafe, too. Unfortunately for him, the latest EVs from GAC, Geely, and Leapmoto…

Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement
Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft for infringement

The Seattle Times and Newsday are just the latest plaintiffs to take OpenAI to court, alleging copyright infringement. The two outlets say the company used their journalism as training data for its AI models without permission and often reproduces passages from their reporting in response to user queries. This is similar to lawsuits filed by […]

SANY delivered 200 electric haul trucks, 600 EV wheel loaders – LAST MONTH
SANY delivered 200 electric haul trucks, 600 EV wheel loaders – LAST MONTH

While North American fleets continue to drag their fleet on electric, the rest of the world is charging ahead. As if to prove that fact, Chinese equipment brand SANY delivered 200 heavy-duty electric haul trucks and more than 600 electric wheel loaders…

An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport
An Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport

A plane bearing an Amazon logo overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday during landing, crashing into vehicles and resulting in multiple injuries. The extent of the damage or the seriousness of the injuries was not clear at the time of publication. In the aftermath of the incident, the FAA released a statement […]

Survey Sunday: will Cybercab transform mobility, or be just another car?
Survey Sunday: will Cybercab transform mobility, or be just another car?

For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey about whether our Electrek readers believed the new Cybercab would be a transformative new technology, or – not. After nearly 2,700 responses, here’s what you told us.

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Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket
Europe has its first commercial orbital rocket

German company Isar Aerospace has successfully launched Europe’s first entirely commercial orbital rocket. It attempted to achieve the feat last March, but that lasted all of 30 seconds before the vehicle crashed into the sea and exploded. This time the company managed to get the two-stage Spectrum into low Earth orbit from a Norwegian spaceport. […]