Stockholm-headquartered renewable energy developer OX2 has signed letters of intent with Swedish edible seaweed companies Nordic SeaFarm and KOBB to explore the possibility of seaweed farming at one of OX2’s offshore wind farms.
Seaweed and offshore wind
OX2’s Galatea-Galene huge 1.7 gigawatt offshore wind farm will be sited off Halland, a county on the western coast of Sweden. It’s named…
BIDIRECTIONAL Act introduced in US Senate to promote electric school buses feeding grid
October 1, 2022
A new bill introduced Friday by US Senator Angus King of Maine could unlock the true potential of electric school buses and provide stability to communities in need. The BIDIRECTIONAL Act would “create a program dedicated to deploying electric school buses with…
Tesla unveils its humanoid robot for ‘less than $20,000’
October 1, 2022
Tesla has unveiled its Optimus humanoid robot at its AI Day 2022 today and Elon Musk believes Tesla can bring it to market for “less than $20,000”.
As expected, the event started with Tesla unveiling a working prototype of its humanoid robot – a project first…
It looks like Toyota is still not getting the message: people want electric vehicles, not hybrids. Despite all the evidence pointing to the inevitable growth of EVs in the auto industry, Toyota insists on sticking with hybrids, claiming, “That’s our strategy, and we’re sticking to it.” Well, Toyota, you may end up being left behind as nearly every other automaker, nation, and organization…
Tesla unveils the hands of its humanoid robot ahead of full unveil today
September 30, 2022
Tesla is teasing the hands of its humanoid Optimus robot that is going to be fully unveiled at its AI Day event later today.
Tesla is expected to hold its AI Day 2 in Palo Alto starting at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET) today.
The automaker is going to give an update on all its…
EPA doubles electric school bus funding to almost $1B after overwhelming initial demand
September 30, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that the agency will almost double its funding for electric school buses to close to $1 billion after school districts from all 50 states applied for rebates.
Electric school buses are quickly taking over streets…
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed Tesla AI Day, TSLA’s Q3 deliveries, Tesla Cybertruck update, and more.
The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel.
As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to…
Tesla AI Day 2022: Watch and get all the news
September 30, 2022
Tesla is holding its AI Day 2022 tonight in Palo Alto, California, and Electrek has you covered with the livestream and all the news coming out of the event.
What is Tesla AI Day?
It depends on who you ask. If you ask Tesla fans, it’s the event where the automaker is…
Watch how Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwalls survived in a hurricane
September 30, 2022
Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall owners are showing how their energy products fared in Hurricane Ian after it hit Florida.
Yesterday, Hurricane Ian hit Florida, and the state is still accessing the loss of lives and damages that the storm left behind.
At least 10 people lost…
LA’s most iconic electric bike brand wowed us earlier this year with a new concept electric motorcycle known as the SUPER73 C1X. At the time, we only had the chance to look at a full-scale mock-up of the eye-catching design. But now the company appears to have a functional prototype at their disposal.
We got our first look at the functional prototype via a brief teaser video sent out to…
