Blink Charging Co. announced it will be supplying its IQ 200 Level 2 EV chargers to participating GM dealerships across the US and Canada. Together with the help of facility services provider ABM, Blink will implement its EV chargers in the backs and fronts of GM dealerships, depending on their orders.
Blink Charging Co. ($BLNK) is an international EV charging network operating over 30,000 ports…
Ahead of Nasdaq listing, Gogoro battery-swapping network raises millions more in SPAC deal
January 18, 2022
Late last year, it was announced that the battery-swapping Goliath known as Gogoro is going public on the Nasdaq stock exchange in a monumental deal that was set to value the company at around US $2.3 billion. Now we are learning that the company is raising millions more…
Tesla increases Full Self-Driving package price to $12,000, but not its monthly subscription service
January 18, 2022
Tesla has increased the price of its Full Self-Driving Capability (FSD) package to $12,000 as previously announced last week.
Interestingly, it looks like the automaker decided not to increase the price of its FSD monthly subscription service.
CEO Elon Musk has made…
Infant eVTOL racing league, Airspeeder, has publicly announced its first three pilots ahead of its remotely operated EXA Series of Grand Prix taking place in 2022, followed by a crewed racing series in 2023. The first three eVTOL pilots come from different racing backgrounds and represent a new future of “flying car” racing.
Airspeeder is a newly formed electric vertical take-off and landing…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 17, 2022
January 18, 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…
Over half a dozen new Tesla Model Y vehicles were spotted at Gigafactory Texas as production has been expected to start soon.
Does that mean that production has started?
Tesla has been aiming to start Model Y production at Gigafactory Texas in Austin by the end of 2021.
The…
Tesla releases new Full Self-Driving Beta 10.9 software update, announces expansion in Canada
January 17, 2022
Tesla is starting to push a new version (10.9) of its Full Self-Driving Beta software update with some improvements, and Elon Musk announced an expansion of the test program in Canada.
For more than a year now, Tesla has been slowly rolling out what it is calling “Full Self-Driving Beta” (FSD Beta), which is an early version of its self-driving software that is currently being tested by a…
Polarna M4 review: A folding full-suspension electric bike for fat tire adventures on the go
January 17, 2022
The Polarna M4 electric bike may not look fancy, but it hides away a lot more e-bike than you bargain for. This fast and fun off-roader even folds to make it easier than ever to take a full-suspension fat-tire e-bike anywhere.
Full-suspension fat-tire e-bikes aren’t rare…
Scotland’s offshore wind auction results in ‘historic’ 17 leases with massive 25 GW of capacity
January 17, 2022
Crown Estate Scotland, which held Scotland’s largest-ever auction of offshore wind permits, today announced that it has selected 17 projects out of 74 applications in its ScotWind Leasing round.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar…
Range Rover was the original high-roller SUV. Without it, there would never have been a BMW, Mercedes-Benz, or – heck, even a Porsche SUV. And, yes, there is a 2022 Range Rover that sort of looks the part, but if you’re the type of person who feels like the simple elegance of its in-vogue ancestors has somehow eluded the 22’s designers, then keep reading. The guys at EVolution Australia may…
