Norway is again breaking electric vehicle adoption records with 82% of new vehicles sold last quarter being battery-electric.
Tesla Model Y is leading the charge with a lot of deliveries last month.
Norway has been the leading market for electric vehicles in terms of adoption per capita.
As many markets are introducing plans to “ban” gas-powered cars by 2030, 2035, and even later, Norway is…
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is investigating whether Southeast Asian solar cell manufacturers are using parts made in China that would normally be subject to a tariff. In a survey released today, most of the US solar industry asserted that the DOC investigation will…
American EV automaker Rivian has shared production totals for Q1 of 2022 less than a month after sharing revised production goals for the year. Despite a slow ramp-up of EV production, Rivian stated that it remains on track to achieve its 2022 output numbers.
Rivian…
Nissan announces it is designing a Lunar Terrain Vehicle for NASA alongside Teledyne and Sierra Space
April 6, 2022
During the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Teledyne Brown Engineering, along with partners Sierra Space and Nissan North America, announced it is designing a crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to support future NASA missions on the Moon. All three companies have varying levels of experience in space technology and hope to transport astronauts on future missions.
Teledyne Brown…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 5, 2022
April 6, 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…
GM and Honda, which are already working together on two EVs coming to the US in 2024, announced a plan to “codevelop a series of affordable electric vehicles” to come to market by 2027.
Honda has been a laggard in all-electric vehicles with little to show for this…
Taiwan-based electric scooter company and battery swapping network Gogoro has officially gone public, listing this morning on the Nasdaq exchange.
Gogoro goes public
The move follows an announcement of Gogoro’s Nasdaq ambitions made in Q3 of 2021.
Gogoro officially merged with Poema Global yesterday in a SPAC deal, with the combined company now operating as Gogoro Inc.
Starting at market open…
Elon Musk joins Twitter’s board, but it caps his ownership of the social media to 15% to avoid hostile takeover
April 5, 2022
Twitter announced today that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be joining its board of directors after he bought over 9% of the company and became its largest shareholder.
However, Musk’s board participation comes with a stipulation that he can’t own more than 14.9% of the…
VanMoof unveils next-gen electric bikes, including novel-sized A5 with new angled frame
April 5, 2022
VanMoof’s new 5-Series electric bikes just launched today, following a teaser released last month that provided a few clues to the coming updates. The new VanMoof S5 and VanMoof A5 electric bikes are described by the company as the “most easy and accessible to ride…
Portugal’s new Socialist Party-majority government has moved its target of reaching 80% clean energy in electricity production forward to 2026, four years earlier than previously planned.
Portugal’s new clean energy target
Members of Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party captured 120 seats in the 230-seat parliament in a landslide election in January. The new government was sworn into…
