This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes a discussion with Lectric Ebikes’ CEO and co-founder Levi Conlow, a new ultra-affordable kit from Swytch Bike, McLaren’s new ‘high power’ electric mountain bikes, MOD Bikes unveils the updated Black…
Let’s just face it, America. We’ve got a weight problem. No, not that weight problem. It’s the size of the cars. The best-selling vehicles in the US are all of the biggest, heaviest, and most oversized models available. But it doesn’t have to be that way. A new crop…
Wyoming just approved its largest solar farm – 771 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar plus battery storage.
Developer Enbridge has been issued a siting permit by the Industrial Siting Council to construct and operate Cowboy Solar I & II on private land leases in…
Toyota, Japanese rivals promise more efficient next-gen ICE engines amid the shift to EVs
May 29, 2024
Despite the market moving toward EVs, Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda are committed to developing next-generation ICE engines. The new engines are “tailored to electrification” with integrated EV components.
Toyota, Subaru, Mazda, double down on ICE engines
Japanese automakers have been some of the biggest laggards in the transition to fully electric. As a result, Toyota was once again the…
I just swapped a Tesla Model 3 for a Model Y and Elon Musk's brutal layoffs ruined the experience
May 29, 2024
I turned in a 2021 Tesla Model 3 and leased a 2024 Model Y, and I learned firsthand how badly Tesla’s layoffs have affected morale and customer service.
My firsthand experience of Tesla layoffs
My husband and I wanted to work with Tesla’s new South Burlington, Vermont…
The battle over Elon Musk’s compensation package is heating up as a big advisory firm is recommending shareholders vote against it, and Musk fans are resorting to scare tactics.
Over the last few weeks, Tesla shareholders have been voting on several new proposals put…
How renewables could beat natural gas in US generating capacity within 3 years – in numbers
May 24, 2024
US renewables’ electrical generating capacity could be close to – and may even surpass – natural gas within three years, according to FERC data.
In March alone, solar accounted for 99.7% of capacity added, marking the seventh consecutive month that it provided more new generating capacity than any other energy source, according to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)…
Genesis GV80 luxury electric SUV is coming to take on Tesla Model Y and Porsche Macan EV
May 24, 2024
Genesis is set to launch a new luxury mid-size electric SUV, the GV80, that will compete against Tesla’s best-selling Model Y and the Porsche Macan EV. The new EV will roll out shortly after its larger GV90 electric SUV hits the market.
Genesis to launch new GV80…
Tesla is planning to ramp up Tesla Semi deliveries to PepsiCo, its main customer, ahead of the electric semi truck’s volume production.
The Tesla Semi program has seen some fairly serious delays.
It was first unveiled in 2017 and it was supposed to come to production in…
A new electric crossover SUV, similar to Nissan’s Rogue Sport, will roll out in the US. The Nissan Rogue-like electric SUV will be the company’s fifth EV to be built at its Canton, Miss plant. Meanwhile, Nissan is delaying EV production (again) after putting a $500 million investment on hold.
EV production in Canton is delayed again
Nissan is pushing back EV production in Canton for the…
