China’s government-owned utility State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) has launched the world’s first commercial offshore floating solar that’s paired with an offshore wind turbine.
SPIC is one of five major electrical utility companies in China, and the world’s largest photovoltaic power generation enterprise. The pilot is located off the coast of Haiyang, a city in Shandong, eastern…
Radio Flyer launches small cargo electric bike that folds in half and carries kids on back
November 2, 2022
More than just little red wagons, Radio Flyer has spent the last couple of years upping its electric bike game. The company puts an emphasis on quality production while retaining an affordable price, and the new Flyer Folding Cargo Electric Bike certainly tracks with that…
Tesla reluctantly gave a Full Self-Driving Beta demonstration to the California DMV and some FSD critics that the automaker didn’t want present.
Lately, Tesla has been under pressure from the California DMV over its Autopilot and self-driving claims, which the agency…
Are these Ford custom EV builds dope or nope?
November 2, 2022
Ford teamed up with aftermarket builders and parts makers to deliver three custom EV builds – one Mustang Mach-E and two F-150 Lightnings – at the 2022 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas.
The automaker wanted to highlight how Ford EV drivers can personalize their rides with Ford Performance Parts and Ford Licensed Accessories. Electrek writer Scooter Doll and I put…
Tesla is looking to replicate the massive success that it achieved at Gigafactory Shanghai in the United States by bringing some of its Chinese engineers to help improve production at Fremont factory.
It’s hard to overstate the success that has been Tesla Gigafactory…
In an interesting plot twist, the same Ford plant used to make vehicle engines is now using the technology that powers EVs to reduce the facility’s carbon footprint.
Ford using the power of EVs to further reduce carbon footprint
Ford is partnering with Convergent Energy…
Mercedes-Benz shares EQE pricing for US, starting below $75,000 with 305 miles of range
November 2, 2022
About 14 months after officially unveiling its all-electric EQE sedan, Mercedes-Benz has shared US pricing before deliveries begin this fall. The EQE will come in three different versions, each with varying trims to choose from, starting at an MSRP of $74,900. Learn more below.
Mercedes-Benz unveiled the EQE sedan in September of 2021 as a follow up to its larger EQS model and a continuation of…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 1, 2022
November 2, 2022
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…
Could geothermal supply up to 50% of the world’s energy by 2050?
November 2, 2022
Geothermal supplies just 0.4% of the world’s energy today, but it could potentially supply up to 50% of the world’s energy by 2050, according to Carlos Araque, cofounder and CEO of Quaise Energy, who made that prediction at the SOSV Climate Tech Summit 2022 last week…
Solar will become 10 times cheaper than gas in Europe – study
November 2, 2022
It would be 10 times more expensive to operate gas-fired power plants in the long term than to build new solar PV capacity in Europe, according to a new study from Oslo-based energy research company Rystad Energy.
Natural gas is presently very expensive in Europe, due to the plunge in Russian gas exports.
Rystad Energy reports that “spot prices on the Netherlands-based Title Transfer Facility…
