Waymo has been inching its way toward fully autonomous rides for the population of San Francisco, and this week it’s taking a big step. Starting today, Waymo is conducting fully driverless taxi rides in San Francisco.
In a blog post, Waymo announced that this morning saw the first fully driverless ride in its all-electric Jaguar I-PACE on the streets of San Francisco. There was no human driver…
Propella 9S Pro launched as lightweight urban electric bike with better parts, more power & speed
March 30, 2022
Redmond, Washington-based electric bicycle company Propella has just launched the brand’s most up-market e-bike yet, the. It builds upon the company’s lightweight, messenger-style e-bike design legacy, yet adds in the highest-quality parts we’ve seen yet on the…
Wind and solar, the fastest-growing sources of electricity, reached a record 10% of global electricity in 50 countries in 2021, according to a report released today by independent energy think tank Ember. Overall, clean sources generated 38% of the world’s electricity in…
Tesla secures big 200 MWh Megapack order for a new energy storage project in Australia
March 30, 2022
The state of Queensland and publicly owned generator CS Energy announced a giant new 100 MW/200 MWh energy storage project, and it selected Tesla’s Megapack to power it.
Australia has proven to be a very important market for Tesla’s energy storage business.
Its flagship Tesla Big Battery project in South Australia became the first of its kind and provided important services to help stabilize…
Vietnamese EV brand Vinfast announces North American manufacturing site will be built in North Carolina
March 30, 2022
Following entry into the North American market and plans for an HQ on American soil, Vietnamese EV automaker Vinfast, announced that North Carolina will be its new home for US manufacturing. The site in Chatham County, North Carolina, will soon house both an automotive…
GM has been spotted benchmarking a Tesla Model S Plaid and Model 3. The latter appeared to be in order to test Tesla’s Summon feature.
Tesla has had a lead in electric vehicles for a long time, which made its vehicles popular for other automakers to benchmark as they…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 29, 2022
March 30, 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…
Shaq’s favorite bicycle company DirtySixer unveils the largest electric bike in the world with 36″ wheels
March 30, 2022
Many electric bicycles come in multiple frame sizes to fit both short and tall riders. But like any good bell curve, the extreme ends of the spectrum often get left out. DirtySixer may not be able to do anything for the vertically challenged riders among us, but the favorite…
Volvo Trucks announced that it received a record order of 110 electric trucks from Maersk, and all those trucks should be delivered by early next year.
Commercial electric truck deployment is rapidly growing, and Volvo Trucks is emerging as a leader.
The company is aiming…
Court orders Tesla to buy back car from customer who felt Autopilot was like ‘a drunk first-time driver’
March 29, 2022
A court in Germany has ordered Tesla to buy back a Model 3 vehicle from a customer who filed a complaint over how disappointed he was with the Full Self-Driving package – which includes Autopilot features – that he felt it was driving like “a drunk first-time driver”.
Tesla is starting to see increasing pushback against its Full Self-Driving package.
Since 2016, the automaker has been…
