Tesla Semi, the automaker’s upcoming electric semi truck, is ready for production, but CEO Elon Musk says that they need the new 4680 cells to produce any volume.
Tesla Semi
When unveiling Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which are class 8 trucks with 80,000-lb. capacities, would have 300-mile and 500-mile range options for $150,000 and…
Tesla Energy, the automaker’s energy division, had a massive quarter showing growth in all sectors.
The company might be on its way to become a decentralized electric utility, as Elon Musk has been predicting.
Tesla Energy Q4 2020
Tesla had a record quarter for vehicle…
Aberdeen, Scotland, launches 15 60-seat hydrogen double-decker buses today.
A Tennessee solar equipment parts manufacturer raises $1.9 billion in the largest solar IPO ever.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for…
Tesla Cybertruck: Elon Musk warns they need to be ‘lucky’ for electric pickup to not be delayed
January 29, 2021
Elon Musk warned that Tesla would need to be “lucky” in order to deliver some Cybertruck electric pickups this year.
Volume deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck are not coming until 2022.
When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, the automaker said that production would start in 2021.
This was always an ambitious goal considering all the innovations that Tesla needed to achieve to bring the…
When Winston Churchill described “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma,” he could have easily been talking about one of the many electric vehicle startups around the world. If Tesla has cracked the code, what about the numerous others that are looking to…
Rheinmetall, MBDA building high-energy lasers for Germany’s Navy
January 29, 2021
STUTTGART, Germany — Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland have officially been tasked to build, test and field a high-energy laser weapon system for the German Navy over the next year.
The consortium, dubbed ARGE, was awarded a contract “in the low double-digit million…
Fujifilm X-E4 hands-on
January 29, 2021
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The role of the Fujifilm’s X-E models has changed subtly since the X-E1 arrived as the second camera in the company’s X-mount range of mirrorless interchangable lens cameras.
The X-E1 and 2 were EVF-based alternatives to the range-topping X-Pro cameras, with their hybrid…
GM’s out with another press release saying it aspires to be fully electric in its consumer fleet by 2035. Yet the company only sells one EV, down from a few if you included the Chevy Volt/Cadillac ELR a few years ago, on its lots. Press releases are easy and often for GM.
Google Play allowing Android gambling and betting apps in more countries, including US
January 29, 2021
Today, Google Play announced an upcoming policy change that will allow gambling and betting Android apps in more countries. These applications are currently only available in four stores around the world.
At the moment, “real money gambling apps” are only available in…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will head out west to conduct an intricate, aviation-focused exercise called Edge 21 ahead of the service’s second Project Convergence event, Brig. Gen. Walter Rugen, who is in charge of Army aviation modernization, told Defense News in a recent interview.
Edge 21 — which stands for Experimental Demonstration Gateway Exercise — will be held at Dugway Proving…
