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• Peter Johnson
Chevy and Cadillac essentially have no new EVs planned as GM shifts back to gas

Chevrolet is the second most popular EV brand in the US behind Tesla, while Cadillac carved out a market in the luxury space. With essentially zero new or updated EVs now planned over the next few years, GM is leaving the door wide open for rivals to take the lead.
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• Jameson Dow
The reality TV guy at the DOT has a new plan to kill cyclists and worsen traffic

The Department of Transportation has removed five proven safety mechanisms from its guidance to transportation agencies, which seem focused on making roads less safe for bicycles, when cyclist deaths are already at an all time high. The changes would also increase vehicle traffic.
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• Michelle Lewis
This huge US e-waste deal could unlock rare earths for EVs

Electronics recycler ERI and rare earth recycling company Cyclic Materials have signed a global partnership agreement to recover rare earths and other critical minerals from high volumes of e-waste. The companies say the deal will create one of the largest commercial portfolios of rare earth recycling feedstock in the US.
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• Fred Lambert
Tesla’s 2026 Summer Update: auto navigation, Grok phone calls, Caraoke scoring, and more

Tesla started rolling out its 2026 Summer Update, and the automaker published the full release notes on X.
The headline additions: Grok can finally control more of the car, Caraoke now keeps score, navigation learns your routine, and several features move to the mobile app. Here’s every item in the release notes, with some context on each.
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• Fred Lambert
Tesla adds Robotaxi in Tampa and Orlando as Austin stalls at 17 cars

Tesla switched on its “Robotaxi” service in Tampa and Orlando on Monday, adding two Florida cities to a driverless network that still runs on a couple dozen cars. The company’s @robotaxi account announced it in a four-word post: “Robotaxi now in Tampa & Orlando!”
The timing isn’t subtle. Tesla reports second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, and Robotaxi is the story Elon Musk keeps selling to investors. Two new city names the day before make for a nice slide. The fleet behind them tells a different story.
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• Peter Johnson
Audi’s most affordable EV revealed with over 400 miles of range [Video]

Audi is bringing back the A2 as an affordable electric car, and it could have one big advantage over the competition. Ahead of its official debut, the EV was spotted with minimal disguise as new details reveal it will deliver more than 400 miles of driving range.
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• Micah Toll
Volkswagen enters the smart e-bike game with radar, cameras, HUD glasses, and more

Volkswagen is expanding its presence in the e-bike world with a new lineup of premium electric bicycles developed under license by n+. But instead of chasing ever-bigger motors or batteries, the new models are leaning heavily into automotive-inspired safety technology, packing in an impressive suite of connected features aimed at making urban riding safer.
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• Fred Lambert
Tesla puts Starlink antenna in Cybercab

Tesla and Starlink say SpaceX’s satellite internet is now “directly integrated” into the Cybercab, Tesla’s dedicated robotaxi.
The reveal came through a pair of posts on X on Monday, with a cutaway diagram showing a Starlink antenna sitting in the vehicle’s roof. Neither company explained why a car that drives itself on its own computer needs internet from space.
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• Peter Johnson
The Hyundai IONIQ 5 is flying off dealer lots, and it’s getting harder to find

The IONIQ 5 is a hot seller right now, and Hyundai dealers are reportedly running out of inventory.
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• Michelle Lewis
The US’s first UL 3700 balcony solar microinverter is here

Hoymiles has launched the HiFlow Pro, the first US microinverter certified to meet UL 3700, North America’s new safety standard for plug-in balcony solar.
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• Fred Lambert
Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ got me a speeding ticket, and Tesla killed the fix

I got a speeding ticket this weekend while using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving. The car was driving itself in Standard mode on FSD when it took me up to 78 km/h in a 50 km/h zone.
A police officer coming the other way clocked me on radar and pulled me over on the spot. I’d turned FSD on less than two minutes earlier.
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• Reinette LeJeune
EGO 21-inch electric Select Cut and Touch Drive mower + 2x batteries new $527 low, Jackery power stations up to 50% off, more
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• Peter Johnson
Ford’s new EV pickup caught at a Tesla Supercharger

Ford’s upcoming midsize electric pickup will start at around $30,000 with a native NACS port to recharge at Tesla Superchargers.
Electrek
• Arin Waichulis
Principia is here to win, and it won’t hesitate to help others do the same
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• Micah Toll
Will we soon see sodium-ion batteries on electric bikes?

For the last couple of years, sodium-ion batteries have been one of the most talked-about “next big things” in the battery world. They promise lower costs, improved safety, and reduced dependence on critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and nickel. Naturally, that has led many riders to wonder whether the next generation of electric bicycles could ditch lithium altogether.
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• Peter Johnson
Genesis may bring a more affordable luxury EV to the mass market

Genesis is going on the offensive as the Korean luxury brand expands into new segments.
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• Peter Johnson
Toyota’s next-gen Corolla EV takes center stage as a ‘sense of crisis’ reshapes the company

The world’s best-selling car of all time is going electric. Toyota’s next-generation Corolla EV will debut on a new platform as “a considerable sense of crisis” forces the company to reinvent itself.
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• Fred Lambert
Florida AG asks court to erase Tesla’s $243M Autopilot crash verdict

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking a federal appeals court to wipe out the $243 million verdict a Miami jury handed Tesla over a fatal Autopilot crash.
The attorneys general of Alabama and Georgia joined the July 9 brief, which asks the 11th Circuit to throw out the judgment entirely — or, failing that, cut the $200 million punitive award down to three times compensatory damages.
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• Jo Borrás
Order up: Janus Electric set to convert 67 diesel trucks to battery-swap EVs

Australian conversion experts Janus Electric are celebrating a series of orders that will see the company convert 67 Class 8 heavy-duty freight and drayage trucks from diesels to advanced, battery-swap electric vehicles.
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• Fred Lambert
Tesla remote operator crashed a ‘Robotaxi’ in Houston, NHTSA data shows

Tesla has filed four new “Robotaxi” crash reports with NHTSA, and the most revealing one involves a Tesla remote operator driving the vehicle into a tree stump in Houston.
It’s the third crash Tesla has now reported involving a human operating the car remotely caused the collision — and the first one Tesla has formally coded as remote operation in its filing.
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• Jo Borrás
Chinese Wuling Bingo could come to North America as an entry-level Chevy EV

The Geo Metro has reached legendary status among hyper-milers and fuel efficiency fans, and if the rumors are to be believed, it could be getting a spiritual successor in the form of a Chevy-badged Wuling Bingo EV for global markets.
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• Jo Borrás
Survey Sunday: is Slate Auto’s affordable electric truck going to make it?

For the last few weeks, we’ve been running a sidebar survey asking Electrek readers if they thought the new, affordable Slate electric truck was going to succeed in the ultra-competitive US market. After receiving nearly 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us.
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• Jo Borrás
Pilot hits new EV milestone with 300th DC fast charging location

Pilot travel centers are welcoming America’s summer road trippers with a number of new locations, an expanded, “coast-to-coast” EV charging network that offers 24/7 convenience and healthier c-store snacks and menu items.
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• Jo Borrás
New 6 passenger, 780-mile PHEV from GM has North America written all over it

GM thinks its newest Starlight L PHEV SUV could be China’s best value hybrid, offering 260 km (~160 miles) of all-electric range, spacious six-passenger seating, and a modern technology package at an affordable price. And it’s exactly the kind of vehicle that the company could try to rebadge for North America
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• Jo Borrás
LiuGong brings electric heavy equipment options to North America [video]

This week, Chinese equipment brand LiuGong officially launched its battery-electric equipment and material handling asset portfolio in the United States and Canada, making it easier than ever for construction and forestry crews to decarbonize their fleets.
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• Jo Borrás
Honda goes all-in on EVs in a multibillion dollar market: commercial lawnmowers

Honda Automobile dealers will have to wait a little longer for a self-driving EV that seriously worry Tesla or GM – but Honda Power Equipment dealers are playing in a multibillion market, too, and they have an advanced, autonomous, and all-electric vehicle arriving right now.
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• Micah Toll
New HMP Flash brings affordable 75 MPH electric scooters to the US

Electric scooters are everywhere in much of Europe and Asia, but they’ve always remained something of an oddity in the US market. While American riders have recently embraced electric bicycles and, to a measurably smaller extent, electric motorcycles, traditional seated scooters have struggled to gain traction in North America. Now San Francisco-based HMP Bikes is hoping to change that with its new HMP Flash, a high-performance electric scooter designed from the ground up for riders who rack up serious mileage.
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• Jameson Dow
Trump’s dumb idea to tariff Canada over smoke could set a useful precedent

The latest dumb, hypocritical “idea” to come out of the idiot running the US into the ground could actually set the precedent we need to solve climate change. Hear me out for a minute.
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• Peter Johnson
BMW i3 Touring caught for the first time, and that wagon rear is hard to miss

After the sedan version launched last month, the new BMW i3 Touring was captured for the first time with its wagon tail on display.