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Vietnamese EV maker VinFast is setting its sights on a major new frontier: India’s massive two-wheeler market. After already laying groundwork for its electric car business in the country, the company is now preparing to launch a lineup of electric scooters as part of a broader push into India’s fast-growing EV sector. more…

I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve been fortunate to learn these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That long-term experience with real-world e-bike testing has helped me find the best electric bicycles on the market for just about any budget. Below are some of the top e-bikes I’ve hand-tested for every price range, current as of April 2026. Spring is finall

APM Terminals has been electrifying its operations at the Port of Los Angeles over the last few years – and they’ve been able to effectively decarbonize and cut their fuel costs substantially. Those efforts have yielded another unexpected benefit, too: they’ve slashed truck idle times at the port by almost 85%. more…

The new electric-drive Komatsu PC9000-12 is the largest hydraulic excavator in the brand’s storied history, capable of moving a massive, 80 tons of material, per pass – at a rate of more than 8,000 tons per hour of operation. more…

A new utility-scale solar farm just came online in Ohio, and it’s generating power with panels manufactured in-state. more…

XCharge North America and JOJO Superfast are rolling out a new EV fast-charging network across Illinois, starting with nine locations and more to come. more…

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss EV deliveries from Tesla, Rivian, and others, Toyota’s electric pickup truck, and more. more…

We’re ending this week’s Green Deals with many sales, starting with the newly launched Lectric April Showers e-bike sale that is offering up to $720 savings, like the XP Lite2 JW Black Long-Range Belt-Drive Folding e-bike with $405 in FREE gear at $1,099, among others. There’s also EcoFlow’s Easter weekend 72-hour flash sale that has cut up to 58% off power stations and a 220W solar panel starting from $284, as well as a shorter-term 24-hour flash sale from Anker SOLIX with up to 67% power stati

The national average gas price hit $4.09 per gallon this week — up 33% from a year ago — as yet another oil crisis hammers American drivers. But this time, the math on switching to electric is so overwhelmingly clear that millions of drivers are doing the calculation and reaching the same conclusion: they can’t afford not to drive electric. Electrified vehicle consideration jumped to 23.8% of all car shopper research activity in mid-March, the highest weekly level of 2026, according to Edmund

BYD launched the Song Ultra EV in China, starting at just under $22,000. The new EV is one of the first to be equipped with its Blade Battery and Flash Charging, enabling recharge times in as little as 5 minutes. In less than a month, the electric SUV secured over 37,000 orders. more…

You’ve finally got the full trifecta – a rooftop solar panel system feeding a home backup battery that charges your EV. Heck, you’ve even got a bidirectional EV that can send power back to the house when you need it. Now the real question: are you actually saving any money? more…

Lectric eBikes is officially rolling into Canada, setting the stage to shape the future of cycling north of the border. more…

Solar giant Qcells is making a play to get solar and battery storage built into new homes in the US from day one. more…

Stellantis is in early talks to assemble electric vehicles from its Chinese partner Leapmotor at the idled Brampton, Ontario plant, according to Bloomberg — a factory that was supposed to be retooled for Jeep production with over $500 million in Canadian government subsidies. The proposal has already drawn fierce opposition from Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the Unifor union, which represents about 3,000 laid-off workers at the plant. more…

Our Thursday Green Deals are here, and leading the lineup is EGO’s Z6 42-inch Cordless Electric Zero-Turn Riding Lawn Mower with a fresh bundle of six 6.0Ah batteries and an 880W wall charger at a new $4,800 low. Right behind that, we spotted a selection of Segway e-scooters getting better deals at Amazon than within the extended spring sale lineup, like the E3 Pro Electric Scooter at $530. There’s also Anker’s SOLIX F3800 Portable Power Station down at an exclusive $1,899 price, as well as a bu

The PV5 WAV New York EV is a new electric taxi and rideshare concept Kia introduced at the New York Auto Show. more…

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed it will introduce steer-by-wire technology in 2026, becoming the first German automaker to bring the system to production. The facelifted EQS electric sedan will be the first model to get it. Along with the new steering system, Mercedes is ditching the traditional round steering wheel for a flat-bottomed yoke design — and it’s a look that will divide opinion. more…

After scaling back EV plans, Ford (NYSE: F) is losing ground in the US. With fewer than 7,000 EVs sold in the first quarter, Toyota’s bZ electric SUV outsold Ford’s combined lineup. more…

Two new Hyundai IONIQ electric vehicles? In a cryptic teaser, Hyundai offered the first look at “the new journey of IONIQ.” more…

Tesla released its Q1 2026 production and delivery results today, confirming 358,023 vehicle deliveries — about 7,600 units below the Wall Street consensus of 365,645 vehicles. More concerning than the miss itself is the gap between production and deliveries. Tesla produced 408,386 vehicles during the quarter but only delivered 358,023, adding over 50,000 vehicles to inventory in a single quarter. more…