Tesla announced that it has achieved production of 1,000 Model Y vehicles in a week at Gigafactory Berlin. This is an important milestone – though the automaker originally planned to achieve it in April.
Tesla is currently in the middle of ramping up production at two major new factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas, and all of that amid a major global supply chain crisis.
It has to…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $2,000 Electric Party Boat with BBQ Pit!
June 18, 2022
Buckle up, boys and girls! Today I’m going to treat you to something with an extra dose of both awesome and weird for this week’s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week! I hope you came hungry. (And also ready to hurl that lunch you’re hungry…
Swedish manufacturing giant Volvo Construction Equipment has begun to test the world’s first hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered articulated hauler.
Volvo’s first hydrogen-fueled articulated hauler
Articulated haulers are very large, heavy-duty dump trucks used to carry bulky…
Harley-Davidson’s Serial 1 unveils new electric mountain bike, this time with suspension
June 17, 2022
Serial 1, the electric bicycle brand spun off from Harley-Davidson’s own internal e-bike development, has just unveiled its new SWITCH/MTN electric mountain bike. The announcement comes just a few short weeks after the brand unveiled its BASH/MTN e-bike.
The BASH/MTN used a similar-looking frame design to the rest of Serial 1’s e-bikes.
While the shared frame design created with hydroformed…
GMC has announced the start of new customization options for current reservation holders of the Hummer EV ahead of placing their official orders. Additionally, the news comes with the caveat that any Hummer EV orders placed after today will see a significant price increase…
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed the Tesla layoffs, a big price hike on Tesla’s entire lineup, and more weirdness with Elon Musk and the company.
The show is…
Tesla launches its own insurance based on real-time driver data in Nevada with more states to come
June 17, 2022
Tesla Insurance, the automaker’s growing insurance division, has launched its real-time driver data insurance product in Nevada. It is now available in eight states, plus California but without real-time driver data, and there’s evidence that several more states are coming.
Tesla Insurance expansion
Tesla updated its website to note that its real-time data insurance product is now available…
Tesla (TSLA) lays off more employees, and hourly ones this time despite Elon Musk’s comments
June 17, 2022
Tesla has started another wave of layoffs, and this time it also includes hourly workers instead of just salaried employees like CEO Elon Musk claimed.
Earlier this month, we reported on Musk telling Tesla executives in an email that they need to cut 10% of the workforce…
A team of scientists developed the first global map of chronic oil slicks in the world’s oceans, and found that more than 90% come from humans – significantly more than previously reported.
Oil slicks caused by humans
The study, published today in Science, provides a…
Jackson, Michigan-based Sesame Solar is today unveiling what it claims is the world’s first fully renewable mobile nanogrid – that’s a small microgrid – that runs on solar and green hydrogen.
Solar + green hydrogen nanogrid
The nanogrid’s solar array is electronically unfolded, and it’s ready to start generating power within 15 minutes. The company claims it can be set up by a single…
