Google is pledging to help us get a better idea of our travel choices with estimated carbon emissions/impact of any journey planned using Google Flights.
Announced in a dedicated blog post, now, when you use Google Flights to check the prices or times of flights, underneath the price and journey timing data, a carbon emission estimate will also be given for each airline. Google hopes that this…
Google adding dedicated ‘climate change’ Search page, EV research tools, & Shopping suggestions
October 6, 2021
In addition to new features for Maps, Nest Thermostats, and Flights, Google is going to surface more information about making sustainable choices in Search, Shopping, and Finance. This includes a dedicated Google Search results page for “climate change” and research on…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 5, 2021
October 6, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
GM announced today that it is building a new battery facility in Michigan to develop lithium-metal and solid-state battery cells.
The new facility will be called Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center after Bill Wallace, who led the team that designed and released GM’s advanced automotive battery systems in the Chevrolet Volt 1, Volt 2, Malibu Hybrid, and Bolt EV before he died of cancer in…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday.
Austin approves a huge electric transit bus purchase – 197, to be precise.
Clean energy now provides 25.22% of total US available installed generating…
Tesla is building Model Y bodies with single front and rear castings, a manufacturing first
October 6, 2021
In an auto manufacturing first, Tesla has started building Model Y bodies with two giant single casting pieces for the front and back of the electric SUV.
Tesla has been preparing to start production of the Model Y at two new factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory…
GE Renewable Energy today announced that its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype is now running at 14 megawatts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This means that GE Renewable Energy is now the first to operate a wind turbine at a power output this high.
Battle to be the biggest
There’s a competition going on between manufacturers for most powerful offshore wind turbine.
In February this…
Get ready to tackle yard work next spring by refreshing your electric tool arsenal ahead of time. This 3-tool package from Greenworks includes all the essentials and is joined by discounts on other electric lawn mowers and much more below, as well. We also have a wide…
Fans rebel after Ubisoft announces Ghost Recon Frontline
October 6, 2021
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Ubisoft today revealed its latest Tom Clancy project, Ghost Recon Frontline. It’s a free-to-play first-person shooter, and its flagship “mode” is a…
Back in mid-September, two days after iOS 15 was released to the public, it was reported that users were taking longer to update to iOS 15 than they did with iOS 14. Two weeks later, iOS 15 adoption remains slower compared to last year’s numbers.
Based on data from analytics company Mixpanel, only 8.59% of users updated their devices to iOS 15 within 48 hours of the release. For comparison…
