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Electrek

U.S. pro-electric-vehicle, clean-energy advocacy (center-left on energy policy)

Owned byOwned by Seth Weintraub, founder of the privately held 9to5 network (9to5Mac, 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, DroneDJ, Electrek), operated as 9to5 Media. Fred Lambert is editor-in-chief.
FundingMainly advertising and affiliate links (for example, commissions on EV and gadget purchases and lead-generation links). It also earns money from sponsored content and from its podcast and video channels. It has no known state, party or nonprofit funding.
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

Seth Weintraub founded Electrek in 2013–2014 after buying an early Tesla Model S. He had earlier built 9to5Mac (2007) and the wider 9to5 network of tech blogs. Fred Lambert joined in 2015 as a writer and later became editor-in-chief, and he has shaped the site's voice. Electrek covers EVs, Tesla, e-bikes, solar, batteries and charging, and it runs a podcast and YouTube content. It was long seen as friendly to Tesla, and a 2010s-era report in The Drive questioned its closeness to the company. Since then its coverage of Tesla and Elon Musk has become openly more critical. This includes pieces on Autopilot and Full Self-Driving safety, Musk's politics, and missed company promises. The site mixes straight news with advocacy-style opinion and states that it supports the transition to electric transportation. Since January 2025 it has covered the Trump administration's end of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit (after September 30, 2025), rollbacks of emissions standards, and changes to clean-energy policy mostly as harmful to EV adoption and the climate, while still reporting on any measures that help EV makers.

Sources

  1. Electrek (Wikipedia)
  2. About Electrek
  3. The Truth Behind Electrek's Shady Alliance with Tesla (The Drive)
  4. Seth Weintraub (Wikipedia)
  5. EV Federal Tax Credit (Electrek)
  6. EV tax credits will end September 30, after nearly 20 years (Marketplace)

Profile compiled 2026-10-21; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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