Danish wind turbine manufacturing giant Vestas will suspend work on four Russian wind projects in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Vestas will also suspend all new commercial activities in Russia.
Vestas suspends work in Russia
Danish newspaper Ekstra-Bladet said on Monday that Vestas confirmed that four wind farms – Novoalekseevskaya, Grazhdanskaya, Ivanovskaya, and Pokrovskaya…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 9, 2022
March 10, 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 increases prices of long-range versions of Model 3 and Model Y as nickel prices surge
March 10, 2022
Tesla has updated its pricing for the Model 3 and Model Y to raise the prices of the long-range versions by $1,000.
It comes as nickel prices are surging.
In 2021, Tesla made so many price increases that we have lost count.
The automaker blamed the increases on being under…
GM launches pilot program to use EVs for home backup power, teases Chevy Silverado EV electric pickup for it
March 9, 2022
GM announced today the launch of a pilot program with PG&E in California to test the use of electric vehicles for home backup power.
The automaker has also teased using the upcoming Chevy Silverado EV electric pickup for the feature, which appears to be essential for upcoming new electric pickup trucks.
Bidirectional charging is a feature that we have seen more and more in electric vehicles…
Honda releases first-production electric motorcycle, but its CRF-E2 comes with a small catch
March 9, 2022
We’ve watched Honda play around with prototype electric motorcycles as well as electric scooters for years. Now we’re finally getting an initial look at the first-production Honda electric motorcycle. But there’s a distinct chance that your kids may be more interested…
Rad Power Bikes didn’t become the largest electric bicycle company in North America by resting on its laurels. The Seattle-based company has been hard at work on a new model to be added to the lineup. The RadExpand 5 electric bike has just been unveiled, and it comes with…
Chevy Blazer ‘SS’ EV high-performance variant announced and teased, available spring 2023
March 9, 2022
GM’s Chevrolet division announced a high-performance variant of its upcoming Blazer EV SUV this morning but left us with precious few details.
The Chevy Blazer SS or “Super Sport” will be a high-performance version of the Blazer EV, which was announced at GM’s CES 2022 event by CEO Mary Barra. The Silverado EV was the star of that show, but at the end, Barra noted that GM would not only…
Tesla has confirmed that deliveries of Model Y vehicles built at Gigafactory Berlin in Germany are starting on March 22.
Last week, after months of delays, Tesla finally received its official building permit following the environmental approval of its Gigafactory Berlin…
VW launches iconic ‘ID.Buzz’ EV, but does this incarnation of the Microbus inspire the same love?
March 9, 2022
Volkswagen has finally unveiled the production version of the ID.Buzz: a new electric version of the iconic VW microbus that now lives a segment of its own in the growing EV market.
But will it be loved as much as the original version?
We have been teased about VW…
Tern launches new Quick Haul e-bike, its most affordable Bosch mid-drive cargo electric bike yet
March 9, 2022
When I think of Tern and its popular electric cargo e-bikes, I think of two things: Incredible quality and incredibly expensive. But with the launch of its latest model today, the Tern Quick Haul, one of those things is fading away, and it’s not the quality.
The new Tern Quick Haul electric bike is the brand’s latest entry into the growing electric cargo and electric utility bike market.
The…
