Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has installed the first wind turbine at Japan’s Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm. Akita Noshiro will feature 33 V117-4.2 megawatt (MW) wind turbines.
Japan already operates several demonstration offshore wind turbines, but Akita Noshiro is its first commercial offshore wind farm.
Akita Noshiro offshore wind turbine. Photo: Vestas
Twenty wind turbines will be…
Fisker is asking its Ocean reservation holders to shell out an extra $5,000 in a nonrefundable deposit for a “pre-order” when holders have already made a reservation with a deposit for the Ocean electric SUV.
This week, Fisker has launched what it calls its…
A new study in the UK shows that 100% of new car buyers in the country are ready to go electric for the right price.
Large parts of the population used to have a lot of concerns about going electric for their next vehicle – things like range, charging, long-term battery…
Here at Electrek, we have spent endless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through the thousands of miles at this point, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bicycles on the market for just about any budget.
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Tesla is bringing its Green Light Chime feature, which previously was only for people with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to most of its cars, helping cut down on road rage at traffic lights.
When Tesla started to bring traffic light controls to its vehicles equipped with…
Tesla to shut down production at Gigafactory Berlin to upgrade the factory and add a shift
July 4, 2022
Tesla is reportedly going to shut down production at Gigafactory Berlin in order to upgrade the factory and add a shift to achieve higher production capacity.
The top priority at Tesla is to ramp up production to catch up with customer demand.
The automaker is doing that at…
Tesla has unveiled a new solar range extender trailer with a SpaceX Starlink internet satellite system at an exposition in Germany, but don’t expect to be able to buy it anything soon.
As electric vehicles become more efficient, many are starting to think about the potential of adding solar panels to EVs to extend the range. Companies like Aptera and Lightyear have had some success with projects…
Tesla confirmed in a new software update that its vehicles are now scanning for rough roads, like potholes, to help avoid them damaging the vehicles by adjusting the suspension.
In order to achieve full self-driving, a system would have to be able to handle a wide range of…
E-commerce giant Amazon has found a simple solution to replace thousands of its van deliveries: smaller electric cargo bikes and good old-fashioned walking.
The first city to see Amazon make the switch is London, where the company is beginning a trial with electric cargo…
When we think of the term “electric vehicles,” we generally conjure up mental images of Teslas or other headline-grabbing electric cars. But a new German study from Deloitte shows that it’s actually electric bicycles that are leading the shift toward electric transportation.
The study was conducted by Deloitte last month in Germany, where 1,008 respondents provided feedback about whether or…
