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Last week, a number of diesel stations in California appeared on social media with the prices pinned at 9.99 – the highest number the pumps could display. Today, the pictures are showing something different: gas stations that are out of diesel entirely. Sensational posts about America running out of diesel have been popping up on YouTube pretty regularly since the US launched military strikes on Iran causing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year – but this latest round of hysteria is being backed up by more credible news sources, as well. “Photos appearing to show gas stations…

Following the debut of its Formula 1 team earlier this year, GM’s global ambitions for flagship luxury brand Cadillac continue to unfold in the 2027 model year as the ultra-hot V-series Lyriq-V EV makes its way to dealers Down Under. Cadillac announced the next step in its ambitious expansion this week, confirming plans to deliver the 615 hp, 650 lb-ft of torque V-series Lyriq-V to Australia and New Zealand for 2027. “Lyriq-V is a landmark vehicle for Cadillac in Australia and New Zealand. It brings the V-Series badge into the electric era for the first time, and delivers the immediacy,…

BYD has recalled all 36,000+ Shark 6 pickups that were sold in Australia. The defect relates to a faulty spare wheel support. If it fails, the spare wheel could become detached. BYD made a shock entry into the pickup space with their plug-in hybrid Shark 6. But despite going head-to-head with established competitors, the model has proved popular, not least in the land of the UTE, with Australian consumers buying over 32,000 examples in the two years since it was launched. var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== “DESKTOP”){ adpushup.triggerAd(“0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8”); } else { adpushup.triggerAd(“82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f”);…

If you’ve ever wanted to own a genuine piece of electric vehicle vaporware history, now might be your chance. One of the most interesting artifacts from SONDORS’ more ambitious days has just surfaced for sale on eBay: the company’s three-wheeled electric car prototype. And amusingly, the asking price is $10,000 – exactly what SONDORS originally hoped to charge for the finished car. The strange vehicle is a three-seat, three-wheeled electric autocycle that was unveiled at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. At the time, Electrek’s own Jameson Dow saw the car in person at the show, though he noted that…

Chinese battery brand Sunwoda has just revealed a new EV battery charging system that can add 100 km (~62 miles) of range to an EV every minute, and can take a battery from from 10-97% SOC in less than 10 minutes. At room temperature. As armed conflicts continue to send global fuel prices skyward, EVs are getting to the point where they’re capable “filling up” on electric fuel in about the same (or less) than it takes to top up on gas or diesel – if you can even find any! Data Sunwoda presented its new 15C battery tech at a…

Africa’s electric motorcycle market is about to get an interesting new combination of Chinese manufacturing scale and homegrown battery-swapping infrastructure. Yadea, the Chinese electric two-wheeler giant that has sold more than 100 million vehicles globally, has announced a new strategic partnership with African electric mobility company Spiro. The two companies plan to work together on electric motorcycles and scooters specifically tailored to African markets while integrating those vehicles into Spiro’s rapidly growing battery-swapping network. And this isn’t exactly a small pilot project. Spiro says it already has more than 130,000 electric motorcycles operating across seven African countries, supported by over…

Fernando Alonso appears to have taken an Aston Martin Valkyrie LM for a quick run at Circuit Paul Ricard in France. The footage does not show the driver clearly, but the social-media post identifies Alonso behind the wheel. The car leaves the pitlane quietly in electric mode before the V12 fires into life. Its naturally aspirated engine fills the circuit with a race-car soundtrack, and the Aston Martin Valkyrie LM can still be heard even after disappearing from view. It then blasts past the camera on the main straight before returning to the pits. The Valkyrie LM is essentially a…

Volkswagen revealed the new ID.3 GTI, a new electric hot hatch that’s more powerful than the Golf GTI. It’s VW’s most powerful GTI ever. Meet the new Volkswagen ID.3 GTI EV hot hatch To celebrate the GTI’s 50th anniversary, Volkswagen introduced the most powerful series-production model ever to wear the iconic badge. Following the ID. Polo, the ID.3 is Volkswagen’s second EV to get the GTI treatment. It’s also Volkswagen’s first rear-wheel-drive (RWD) GTI. With 322 horsepower (240 kW) and 402 lb-ft (545 Nm) of torque delivered to the rear axle, the electric hot hatch can sprint from 0 to…

Lucid and Bolt announced a partnership today to build and deploy autonomous vehicles across Europe, with the ride-hailing platform aiming to put at least 25,000 self-driving Lucid EVs on its network. It’s the second big autonomous-fleet deal Lucid has signed in just over a year. And it rides on a vehicle platform the company delayed six weeks ago. What the deal covers Bolt is Europe’s largest shared-mobility platform, with more than 200 million customers, 4.5 million drivers and couriers, and operations in over 50 countries and 850 cities. The company says the 25,000 vehicles are “a major step” toward a…

Australia just switched on its longest-duration grid battery, and it runs on 144 Tesla Megapacks. RWE’s Limondale battery in New South Wales can discharge for a full eight hours — four times longer than the two-hour batteries that dominate the Australian grid. It’s the first project of its kind in the country. The battery sits at 50 MW / 400 MWh, near Balranald in the state’s south-west, right next to RWE’s existing Limondale solar farm. It’s now registered and operating on the National Electricity Market after getting its final operational sign-off from grid operator AEMO earlier this year. Charging twice…