In the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today, there’s good news and bad news. We’re spotlighting the good news: EVs and clean energy can help us limit climate change.
The good news in the IPCC report
The bad news is that we are on the brink of missing the opportunity to avoid catastrophic climate change. The report states that global emissions must…
Tesla Semi shows up at its future home of Gigafactory Texas with more Model Ys and possible new colors spotted
April 4, 2022
A new drone flyover of Tesla Gigafactory Texas shows a lot of activity, including a Tesla Semi, a lot more Model Y vehicles, and even some potential new colors. The new activity comes ahead of the Cyber Rodeo event.
On April 7th, Tesla is going to hold an event at…
Hurtigruten, which sails hybrid cruise ships, says it will launch fully electric ships by 2030
April 4, 2022
Hurtigruten Group, an Oslo-headquartered adventure travel company, has announced that it intends to launch zero-emission ships that will sail the Norwegian coast by 2030.
Hurtigruten is working with Trondheim, Norway-based research and technology organization SINTEF to…
Take a look at UPS’s cute little electric delivery vans powered by an electric bike motor
April 4, 2022
UPS is testing out a new tiny electric delivery van, though calling it a “van” is a bit of a stretch. Technically considered a quadricycle, it’s basically a highly efficient van-shaped four-wheeled electric bike that can make urban deliveries in crowded areas.
The vehicle is known as an eQuad and is built by the company Fernhay.
The manufacturer refers to it as a “four-wheeled e-assist…
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is up in pre-market trading on Monday after releasing new record delivery numbers this weekend, despite investors learning that Gigafactory Shanghai is unable to restart production today.
As we reported on Saturday, Tesla released its Q1 2022…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk buys near 10% stake in Twitter
April 4, 2022
A new SEC filing revealed that Elon Musk, better known as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, invested almost $3 billion in Twitter and now owns almost 10% of the social media platform.
Musk, the richest man in the world, famously doesn’t have many investments.
While most…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 2, 2022
April 4, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
KYMCO’s Ionex swappable EV batteries to share power between electric motorcycles and streetlights
April 3, 2022
KYMCO Chairman Allan Ko recently shared new plans from the company’s electric vehicle developments, including the debut of the KYMCO Ionex Smart Streetlights system. Once employed, the system would see connected streetlights and traffic lights in smart cities tied into the…
Tesla released its Q1 2022 delivery and production results today and confirmed just over 310,000 deliveries, which is a new all-time delivery record despite a difficult quarter for several reasons.
Due to supply chain issues and 2 separate shutdowns at Gigafactory…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $3,000 electric pickup truck with bed cap
April 2, 2022
It’s no secret that I love me a fun little electric pickup truck from China. Yes, I’m that guy that floated one over from half way around the world to use as a farm truck in the US. But just like my four year old nephew after a run through a candy store, time does not stand still. And neither does the pace of development in Chinese electric mini truck factories. Because less than half a year…
