Tesla delivers first Model S Plaid models without a steering wheel

2021 Tesla Model S PlaidThe yoke is most definitely no joke. Some or all of Tesla’s first 25 deliveries of 2021 Model S Plaid sedans on Thursday evening featured one of the automaker’s most controversial details: the yoke-style steering wheel. The feature set off plenty of debate when it was revealed in first photos of the Model X Plaid and Model S Plaid in…
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: A $4,000, 9-passenger electric mini-van

This week’s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week series isn’t a minivan, it’s a mini-van. And amazingly, the company claims it can carry up to nine passengers – though you might need to start measuring each other if you plan to actually cram that many people into this little electric van.

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BMW patent reveals upcoming electric motorcycle could make history as an industry first

BMW Motorrad may not have arrived very early to the electric motorcycle party, but the company is making up for it now with what could become an industry first electric motorcycle with a driveshaft.

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Podcast: Tesla Model S Plaid launch, Anonymous goes after Elon, Jerome Guillen leaves, and more

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the launch of the new Tesla Model S Plaid, Anonymous going after Elon Musk, and Tesla’s Jerome Guillen leaving.

Thank you to Volkswagen’s new ID.4 for sponsoring today’s show!

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