This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, it is basically going to be the ‘Tesla Cyber Rodeo Special’, but we are also going to talk about Elon Musk buying Twitter, and more.
This week we’re going live a little early at noon ET, 9am PT because of Giga Texas travel.
The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m.
Japan’s heavyweight motorcycle manufacturers known as the Big Four have unveiled a new electric motorbike battery swapping program called Gachaco. But what Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki haven’t come right out and said is that instead of the highly anticipated…
Porsche proves the benefits of V2G technology by pooling its EVs together to help stabilize electrical grids
April 8, 2022
Porsche AG is testing the possibilities of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology in its EVs, but taking it a step further. Rather than just deliver EVs like the Taycan that can supply energy back to the grid rather than just pull from it, Porsche has run a V2G pilot program that…
Tesla is going to build a solar and Megapack farm to power a new Bitcoin mining facility
April 8, 2022
Tesla is going to build a solar and Megapack farm for energy storage that is going to power a new Bitcoin mining facility in partnership with both Blockstream and Jack Dorsey’s Blocks (formerly Square).
Early in 2021, Tesla invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. Shortly after, the automaker started accepting the cryptocurrency as payment on new vehicles.
However, a few days later, Tesla took a…
Did Lectric eBikes, known for its cult-favorite low-cost electric bike, just cryptically tease a new model?
April 8, 2022
Phoenix, Arizona-based may have just dropped a teaser about a new model destined to join its lineup of low-cost electric bikes.
The brand is famous for its Lectric XP, which was replaced last year by the upgraded Lectric XP 2.0.
The low-cost 28 mph (45 km/h) folding electric…
Nissan announces prototype facility for solid-state batteries, plans for EV integration in 2028
April 8, 2022
During a livestream out of Japan this morning, Nissan Motor Company unveiled plans to bring laminated solid-state batteries to market by 2028, beginning with a prototype production facility. The decision is part of Nissan’s “Ambition 2030” strategy, which will now…
How do you make a good midrange phone better? If you’re Samsung, you swap in a house-made processor, bump up the battery capacity, ditch the in-box charger, and lower the price by $50. Follow that recipe and you get the $449 Galaxy A53 5G.
Samsung also followed the cardinal rule of not fixing what wasn’t broken. The cameras, screen, and design are all unchanged from last year’s model.
Despite SpaceX implying that the US didn’t give money to send Starlink terminals to Ukraine in March, a report from The Washington Post reveals that the government actually paid millions of dollars for equipment and transportation. The report found that the US Agency for…
Scientists from the University of Irvine have developed a camera system that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with an infrared camera to capture full-color photos even in complete darkness.
Human vision perceives light on what is known as the “visible…
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Imagine visiting a website, clicking on one link after the other, and getting nowhere – the links are either dead or they keep sending you back to a language that you don’t read or speak. The…
