FLASH, a software-based parking company, is launching a new cloud-based EV charging solution aimed at reducing charging downtime. The new EV charging solution is based entirely on the cloud, allowing owners to maintain chargers in real-time from anywhere.
Founded in 2011, FLASH says its the “largest cloud-native parking technology platform,” which also provides the necessary infrastructure…
Solar panels launched into space may soon send power back to Earth
September 19, 2022
LONGi Green Energy, the world’s largest solar company, is going to launch solar panels into space to test whether they can successfully work in orbit and transmit power back to Earth.
The Xi’an, China-based solar giant’s newly announced project is called the LONGi…
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has unveiled its longest-range electric truck yet at IAA this weekend: the eActros LongHaul.
Daimler Trucks, the commercial truck division of the German automaker that includes many brands like Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Freightliner, has been a leader…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 17, 2022
September 18, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Weird Alibaba: Check out this $1,100 ‘street legal’ 3-wheeled electric flatbed truck
September 17, 2022
The biggest downside to all of the cool and wild electric vehicles I regularly find as part of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column is that most would never be street legal. But this fun-looking little flatbed trike truck seems to have solved that…
Urban electric bikes designed for quickly navigating the city are the perfect solution for drivers that want to switch to a more efficient and more fun transportation alternative. And the has just what commuters need all in one package.
Anytime we get a chance to throw a…
Tesla Gigafactory Texas has produced 10,000th Model Y electric SUV
September 17, 2022
Tesla announced that Gigafactory Texas has produced its 10,000th Model Y electric SUV as it ramps up production.
One of the biggest stories at Tesla right now is the production ramps that the automaker is trying to simultaneously achieve at Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas.
Those two factories are expected to roughly double Tesla’s production capacity within the next year.
However…
GM launches aggressive EV ad campaign during NFL football to drive more mainstream adoption
September 17, 2022
Football is finally back. This year you can expect to see plenty of electric vehicles race across your screen during breaks. To promote its new EV lineup, GM is launching a new, in its own words, “aggressive and significant” ad campaign, which will air during NFL Sunday…
Equally important as adopting renewables is ensuring the buildings they power are also sustainable. Electrek spoke with Breana Wheeler, US director of operations at BREEAM, the world’s first green building certification program, about what the ideal decarbonized building…
My Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69 first drive was a fail
September 16, 2022
I went on my first test drive of Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta 10.69.2, the latest big FSD software update, and unfortunately, it was a fail.
This week, Tesla has started to push its FSD Beta 10.69.2, a refined version of its big Full Self-Driving Beta update 10.69 that the automaker feels good enough about to push to all 100,000 FSD Beta testers in North America.
FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles…
