As UK prime minister Boris Johnson is due to unveil his energy plan this week, a British cabinet minister made a suggestion yesterday on a news program that he thinks would win the support of communities who live near onshore wind farms. Could it work?
NIMBYs and renewables
Onshore wind farms are expected to play a key role in Johnson’s energy plan. The wind farms would result in cheaper…
Porsche is reportedly working with Quantumscape to develop an electric 911 powered by solid-state batteries
March 28, 2022
After sharing long-term electrification goals during a recent financial report, new details of future Porsche EVs have emerged including plans for an electric 911. What might be even more mouth-watering (if true) is that the German automaker has been working with…
Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas to avoid unreliable electric grid
March 28, 2022
According to new local flings, Tesla is planning a big Megapack project at Gigafactory Texas in order to complement its planned giant solar system and to try and mitigate problems that come with the state’s unreliable electric grid.
Tesla is preparing to launch Gigafactory…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ruled that heightened fines on automakers that fail to meet Corporate Average Fuel Economy requirements on 2019 and later vehicles would be reinstated. The decision is a big hit to high-polluting automakers and the lobby group that supports them, and a win for EV makers.
The decision comes after years of fighting over a policy adopted in 2016…
Tesla halts production at Gigafactory Shanghai as the city shuts down due to surge in COVID-19 cases
March 28, 2022
Tesla is reportedly halting production for four days at Gigafactory Shanghai as the city is going into a lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
It’s the second time that Tesla’s production at its biggest factory is shutting down this quarter.
China is currently…
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it is planning a new stock split, and it is going to put it to a shareholder vote later this year.
Back in 2020, Tesla announced a five for one stock split.
At the time, Tesla’s stock was trading at around $1,300 a share, but the stock…
When the Rivian rolled up to our house for delivery last week, it was the first Rivian I had seen in the wild. WOW, I was pleasantly surprised by its striking and imposing look. Like the Lucid Air I saw in Santa Clara, the Rivian R1T just looks like it’s from the future.
If you are a sci-fi fan that enjoyed Star Trek, then you are familiar with the teleportation device that, with the press of…
Xiaomi’s new 40-mile range NAVEE N65 electric scooter heads west to Europe and North America
March 28, 2022
Xiaomi rocketed the NAVEE N65 electric scooter to a successful launch late last year on its Xiaomi Youpin crowdfunding platform. Now the scooter is making its way westward toward European and North American customers.
Xiaomi has made a habit of launching many new electric…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 26, 2022
March 27, 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…
Tesla has started to send out invites to an event called ‘Cyber Rodeo’, which is going to be the grand opening of Gigafactory Texas in Austin – a big moment for the company and its manufacturing expansion in the US.
Just a few days after launching GIgafactory Berlin with the first deliveries of the first European-made Tesla vehicles, the automaker is now inviting people to the opening of…
