Eco Wave Power, which produces clean electricity from ocean and sea waves, today announced that it has entered an official agreement with Port Adriano, Spain, to build Spain’s first wave-energy power plant.
Eco Wave Power’s new project in Spain
Port Adriano, which is on the south coast of the island of Mallorca, will assign a potentially suitable location for Eco Wave Power’s wave-energy…
According to recent comments from Toyota North America, the automaker expects to surpass the 200,000 vehicle threshold for EV sales sometime this summer, disqualifying itself from any additional tax credits in the United States under current legislation. Toyota’s federal…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 11, 2022
April 12, 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 delivers impressive output from Gigafactory Shanghai in March despite factory shutdown
April 11, 2022
Tesla has managed to deliver over 65,000 vehicles produced at Gigafactory Shanghai in March, an impressive output representing 100% year-over-year growth, despite the factory shutdown.
The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced today results for car registration in China in March.
They confirmed that Tesla China had an output of 65,814 vehicles with only 60 of them for…
American automaker Lincoln just blasted out a quicker teaser video on its social channels offering a brief glimpse of an upcoming electric vehicle concept. The new concept will be the first BEV to debut for the brand, and it will represent the future of Lincoln EV offerings…
Tesla has briefly demonstrated the Cybertruck’s rear-wheel steering in a short video, but don’t blink because it’s barely noticeable.
Rear-wheel steering is quickly becoming a must-have feature for electric pickup trucks coming to market.
GMC started the dance by…
Danish wind giant Ørsted and Danish offshore wind service and support company ESVAGT announced on Friday that they will invest in the world’s first service operation vessel (SOV) that can operate on green fuels.
Green-fuel service operation vessel for offshore wind
Ørsted reports that batteries and dual fuel engines capable of sailing on renewable e-methanol produced from wind energy and…
Tesla accelerates hiring for Optimus robot project, develops ‘overall humanoid software architecture’
April 11, 2022
Tesla is ramping up hiring for its Optimus robot project, also known as Tesla Bot, as it starts using its AI expertise to develop its “overall humanoid software architecture”.
As we previously reported, it feels like the Tesla Bot project went from a side project for…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk walks away from Twitter’s board, opening the door to hostile takeover
April 11, 2022
Tesla CEO Elon Musk changed his mind and decided to walk away from his recently accepted seat on Twitter’s board. It creates a lot of confusion and opens the door to a hostile takeover.
If you have been living under a rock last week, you might have missed the whole saga…
OKAI, maker of all those sharing electric bikes, launches its first consumer e-bike with a bang
April 11, 2022
Massive electric two-wheeler manufacturer OKAI has just launched its first consumer-oriented electric bicycle, the OKAI Stride. And for a first consumer e-bike, it comes with surprisingly nice performance specs like an industry-leading speed of 28 mph (45 km/h).
If you’ve ever ridden a shared electric scooter or e-bike like those from Lime, Bird, or countless other manufacturers, you’ve…
