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Ferrari replaces marketing chief after Luce EV launch backlash

4 days 3 hours ago

Ferrari has replaced its long-serving chief marketing and commercial officer, Enrico Galliera, just weeks after the rocky debut of the Luce, the automaker’s first electric car.

The company named former BMW Italy boss Massimiliano Di Silvestre as Galliera’s successor, effective July 1, after a launch that wiped roughly 8% off Ferrari’s stock in a single day.

Fred Lambert

Prime Day-1 Deals: Expanded EcoFlow + Anker SOLIX Prime Day Sales with new lows + tons of extra savings, Lectric e-bikes, more

4 days 3 hours ago

Amazon’s Prime Day Sale event is in full swing through the rest of the week, and we’ve got plenty to love packed into today’s Green Deals, while the rest of the major savings can be found in our Green Deals roundup hub here. Our three headliners for this issue are all sitting at the top of our favorite brands list, starting with EcoFlow’s expanded Prime Day Sale lineup, among which you can find offers like the 3,600Wh DELTA Pro Portable Power Station with a FREE 170W 25K power bank down at $1,519. There’s also Anker’s SOLIX Prime Day Sale that is giving us tons of new low prices, like the F3800 Plus Portable Power Station at a new $1,985.50 low. There’s also Lectric’s Better-than-Prime Sale that is giving folks the chance to score the biggest bundles yet on the new XPress2 Long-Range Cruiser + Commuter e-bikes at $1,399 – plus, so much more waiting for you below!

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

Reinette LeJeune

Monarc Tracer redefines commuter e-bikes with dual batteries, premium tech, and a 5-year warranty

4 days 4 hours ago

A new e-bike company has entered the increasingly crowded commuter e-bike market, but it’s doing so with a strategy that feels notably different from the usual playbook. The new Monarc Tracer combines a powerful Class 3 commuter platform with premium components, a surprising amount of integrated technology, and one feature that almost no other e-bike company includes as standard: a second battery.

Plus, it comes with the backing of the largest e-bike company in North America.

Micah Toll

Tesla admits FSD was on in fatal Texas crash, blames driver for ‘overriding’ it

4 days 6 hours ago

Tesla now confirms that its self-driving system was engaged when a Model 3 left a residential road in Katy, Texas, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside her home — but the company says the driver overrode it by pressing the accelerator to 100%.

Everything points to a pedal misapplication while the car was under “Full Self-Driving.” Does that mean Tesla is not at fault?

Fred Lambert

Tesla, NatPower strike $5B deal for 25 GWh of Megapack storage

4 days 7 hours ago

Tesla and independent energy firm NatPower have reached a deal to build 25 gigawatt-hours of battery storage in Italy and Britain, the first phase of a program worth up to $5 billion.

Under the multiyear agreement, NatPower will deploy Tesla’s Megapack systems and use Tesla’s trading software to decide when to buy and sell electricity — extending Tesla’s reach deeper into Europe’s fast-growing grid storage market.

Fred Lambert

NHTSA probes fatal Tesla crash into Texas home that killed woman

5 days ago

Federal safety regulators are now investigating the fatal Tesla crash in Katy, Texas, where a Model 3 left a residential road, tore through a brick home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it is examining the June 20 crash, after the driver told deputies his Tesla was on Autopilot at the moment of impact.

Fred Lambert