Norway-headquartered energy giant Equinor has a new floating wind turbine foundation design, and it wants to launch it in a one-gigawatt (GW) Scottish offshore wind farm project.
If Equinor is successful in its bid for ScotWind, which is an offshore wind program that will lease areas of the seabed around Scotland for wind farm developments up to 10 GW, then it will use its new floating wind…
XPeng launches ‘Smart Driving Points’ beta, eerily similar to Tesla’s ‘Safety Score’
November 3, 2021
Chinese EV automaker XPeng Motors has taken a play out of Tesla’s book and will implement a ‘Smart Driving Points’ scoring system to ensure future owners don’t abuse its self-driving technology. The safety monitoring system has launched in beta form ahead of a 2022…
UK’s NHS unveils new hydrogen-electric ambulances at COP26
November 3, 2021
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) unveiled a hydrogen-powered zero emission ambulance this week at Glasgow’s COP26 climate change conference. The vehicle will help the NHS reduce its contribution to UK road emissions and improve air quality and therefore health…
Tesla releases look into growing presence in Canada, where it builds ‘machines that build the machine’
November 3, 2021
Tesla has released a rare look into its growing presence in Canada, where the automaker builds some of the “machines that build the machine.”
The automaker has over 100,000 employees worldwide. Most of them are in the US, where Tesa is based, but the automaker is growing rapidly internationally.
Its efforts in China and Germany are most well known since it’s building and growing two…
COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 2
November 3, 2021
The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021, is under way in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever.
Tuesday, November 2
Global pledge to cut methane emissions
Leading an…
Apple joins ‘First Movers Coalition’ in its goal to become a carbon-neutral company by 2030
November 3, 2021
Apple has joined the “First Movers Coalition,” a partnership between the World Economic Forum and the US Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate to maintain its commitment to becoming a carbon-neutral company by 2030.
In a Twitter post, Apple VP of…
Opibus closes $7.5 million funding round, largest ever for an African electric mobility
November 2, 2021
African electric mobility company Opibus announced today that it has closed on a round of equity and grant fundraising totaling $7.5 million. According to the company, this the largest sum of money raised by an electric mobility company in all of Sub-Saharan Africa, eclipsing the previous by $4 million. Opibus now looks to use this investment money to continue to scale its operations in electric…
Elon Musk puts a stop to Tesla’s (TSLA) rally, says Hertz deal is not signed and not a big deal
November 2, 2021
Elon Musk has put a stop to Tesla’s (TSLA) historic rally by saying that the Hertz deal is “not signed” and adding that he doesn’t believe it has any effect on Tesla’s economics.
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) rallied more than 55% over the last month alone.
The bulk of…
Honda may have dragged its feet on electric motorcycles and scooters, but it is now making up for lost time with a myriad of interesting new offerings. The latest is known as the Honda Gyro Canopy:e.
The Gyro Canopy:e takes the Gyro:e electric three-wheeler base and raises…
Gazelle has just launched its latest electric commuter bike, the Medio T9 City. The electric bike uses a mid-drive motor from one of the most popular suppliers in the industry, but without the typical high price.
Powered by a Bosch Active Line motor, the Gazelle Medio T9 City electric bicycle powers the rear wheel through a 9-speed Shimano Alivio derailleur.
Bosch-powered e-bikes typically…
