Tesla is reportedly ramping up its partnership with chip giant TSMC to produce the Dojo supercomputer chip.
Dojo is Tesla’s own custom supercomputer platform built from the ground up for AI machine learning and, more specifically, for video training using the video data coming from its fleet of vehicles.
The automaker already has several large NVIDIA GPU-based supercomputer clusters, which are…
Maxwell Vehicles, Rossmönster offer a new era of van life with bespoke solar electric camper
September 26, 2023
Ahead of its public display at the Adventure Van Expo in Oregon this weekend, EV specialist Maxwell Vehicles announced it has teamed up with premium van-builder Rossmönster to create a purpose-built electric camper that fans of this site are going to eat up. Complete with a…
Sleek-looking 'world's most sophisticated' electric scooter unveiled, heads to production
September 26, 2023
The full specs for the self-proclaimed “world’s most sophisticated” micromobility vehicle, the Bo M electric scooter, have been unveiled as the e-scooter heads to production.
Bo, the UK-based company behind the sleek-looking electric scooter, announced today that it…
EV conversion specialist Everrati 'launches' Land Rover Defender designed to be stored on a yacht
September 26, 2023
Yes, that rendering includes chilled champagne storage under the hood where an engine used to be. What else would you expect within a Land Rover Defender EV conversion coming our way from Everrati and superyacht designers Bannenberg & Rowell? While this is not the first all-electric Defender conversion we’ve seen, it’s certainly the first designed to be stored aboard a yacht. Yeah… you…
Can EVs and solar save the world? The IEA thinks so
September 26, 2023
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2023 Net Zero Roadmap today – here’s what’s happened since 2021 and what must urgently happen before 2030.
EV and solar lead the way
The International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap sets out what would need to…
Joby Aviation delivers electric air taxi to the US Air Force ahead of schedule, part of $131M contract
September 26, 2023
eVTOL developer Joby Aviation is starting to make good on a massive contract signed with the US Department of Defense this year. The company is not only celebrating its delivery of Joby aircraft to the US Air Force, but it is also claiming to be the first company to deliver…
Four months after announcing plans to bring its rental EV delivery service over from Europe to the US, Vay has hired its first teledriver – the first of many who will soon be remotely operating EVs throughout the country without a human physically present.
Vay is a German teledriving rideshare company originally based in Berlin that has taken a remote-first approach to driverless vehicles in…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 25, 2023
September 26, 2023
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…
Ford is pausing construction on its $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, with plans to limit spending for the time being.
Ford pauses construction at planned EV battery plant
Ford spokesperson T.R Reid told The Detroit News Monday, “We’re pausing work…
NIO denies fundraising report claiming it’s considering raising $3B from investors
September 25, 2023
Pioneering Chinese EV maker NIO denied a fundraising report Monday that claims that the company is considering raising $3 billion from investors.
The report from Bloomberg stated, “NIO is considering raising around $3 billion from investors,” sourcing people familiar with the matter.
According to the sources, NIO approached investors in the Middle East, suggesting fundraising could happen…
