This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla teasing an important design change, the $5 billion TSLA capital raise, Lucid Air performance, and more.
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Tesla (TSLA) excluded from S&P 500 reshuffle despite being worth 9x all 3 new firms combined
September 14, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has been excluded from the latest S&P 500 reshuffle despite being worth 9 times more than all 3 new companies being included in the index combined.
Over the last few months, Tesla has been rumored to be included in the S&P after it achieved the…
Climate Crisis Weekly: ‘Coal plants make no sense economically’
September 14, 2020
The UN secretary-general urges G20 nations to ditch coal completely in a climate conference.
Planting seagrass needs to play an important part in reducing emissions. Here’s why.
Writer Andrew McCormick asks, “The sitting president has no climate plan. Why isn’t that…
Considering current events, this Labor Day likely won’t be celebrated quite like last year, with big picnics and group outings. Instead of packed crowds this year, you could be using your day off to explore the great outdoors on a fast and fun electric bicycle.
What’s that? You don’t have an electric bicycle yet? Well if you want to join the millions of people experiencing the benefits of…
Tesla owners have banded together through an owners’ club in California to put trash cans at Superchargers and keep the charging stations clean.
Who the hell leaves their trash on the ground?
Well, a lot of people unfortunately.
Not having a trash can handy is not an…
Tesla Sentry Mode helps recover stolen RV caught on video
September 14, 2020
A Tesla owner managed to recover his stolen RV thanks to the help of Tesla Sentry Mode that captured the theft on video.
Tesla’s Sentry Mode is an integrated surveillance system inside Tesla’s vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car.
The system detects when…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 5, 2020
September 14, 2020
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Bill Gates says Tesla Semi and electric airplanes will ‘probably never’ work, and he is wrong
September 14, 2020
Bill Gates has thrown some cold water on the Tesla Semi project and recent comments from Elon Musk about the possibility of commercial electric airplanes.
Is he right?
In recent years, Gates has focused on using his fortune to try and fix major problems in the world.
He…
Tesla launches phase 3 of its virtual power plant, soon 4,000 homes with Powerwalls will be connected
September 14, 2020
Tesla is launching phase 3 of its massive virtual power plant in South Australia and confirmed that soon, almost 4,000 homes with Powerwalls and solar will be connected to the system.
Tesla virtual power plant
A virtual power plant consists of connecting several small…
Rihanna’s scooter accident should be a safety wake-up call to all riders
September 14, 2020
I’ve never been shy about my support for electric scooters and e-bikes as an important piece of the alternative transportation puzzle. But as the number of high-profile accidents grows, it’s time that we took a serious look at the importance of rider safety.
The latest incident to make headlines is Rihanna’s electric scooter crash.
The recording artist was seen with a black eye and…
