Norwegian wind giant Equinor is not only pulling out of what would be the Atlantic’s first floating offshore wind farm, it’s also pulling out of doing business in Ireland altogether.
Equinor leaves Ireland
In 2019, Equinor partnered with the Irish utility Electricity Supply Board (ESB). In April, they jointly announced they would build a €2 billion ($2.3 billion) 1.4-GW floating offshore…
VW CEO explains why it needs to be more like Tesla: Giga Berlin will produce 90 cars/hour on 1 line
November 6, 2021
In a new note to his management team, as he is being challenged by his own workforce, VW CEO Herbert Diess explained why the German automaker needs to be more like Tesla.
Surprisingly, a lot of it has to do with manufacturing – something that Elon Musk said would become…
Tesla confirmed that it is going to open a new factory to build battery manufacturing equipment in Canada.
As we reported earlier this week, Tesla released a look into its growing presence in Canada, where it builds “machines that build the machine.”
It appears that…
Podcast: Tesla opens Supercharger network to other EVs, Model 3/Y price & range update, VW CEO troubles, and more
November 6, 2021
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla openning the Supercharger network to other EVs, a new Model 3 and Model Y price and range update, VW CEO being in trouble with his workforce, and more.
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COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 5
November 6, 2021
The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021, is under way in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever.
Friday, November 5
Youth took to the streets
Thousands of children…
Hyundai Motor Group recently shared plans to begin manufacturing its Genesis GV70 EV in the US beginning in 2022. The electrified GV70 will be produced at Hyundai’s Alabama plant, and will mark the first EV manufactured in the US by the Korean automotive umbrella. With…
Forza Horizon 5 is great, Activision Blizzard is a mess, and more | GamesBeat Decides 221
November 6, 2021
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So many games are getting delayed that it’s even happening to games that don’t have release dates. Also, people seem to really like that Forza Horizon 5. The GamesBeat Decides crew gives their thoughts on that game, the news, and more. Join them, won’t you?
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It’s not uncommon for Apple’s devices to vary from the prototype to final production version but a rare and interesting prototype has just surfaced that is very different from the iPhone 4 Apple ended up selling. Check out the video below for a close look at the “Death…
In case you missed it last week, 9to5Rewards has teamed up with Survivor to giveaway the new iPhone 13 Pro. Head below for a closer look at some of our favourite cases from Survivor, and enter for your chance to win Apple’s latest device:
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One of the seemingly major upgrades that was supposed to come with Google’s Pixel 6 series was an improvement to charging speeds, bringing the max rate from 18 watts all the way up to 30 watts, beating out Samsung and Apple at the same time. As it turns out, though, the 30W rate that Google strongly implies may be a case of misleading marketing.
Google claims in its marketing and on a support…
