In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
There are currently more than $127 million in clean energy projects in West Virginia.
Dominion Energy proposes the largest solar and storage expansion in Virginia’s history.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s…
RGNT’s eye-catching, retro-styled electric motorcycles now taking orders
September 21, 2021
RGNT Motorcycles has developed one of the classier-looking retro-inspired electric motorcycles we’ve seen to date. After a few years of developments, now updated versions of the Swedish company’s bikes are finally available for order.
The RGNT No.1 electric motorcycle…
Honda announces pathetic electric vehicle ambitions in the US
September 21, 2021
Honda released more details about its electrification plans in the US, and only one word comes to mind: pathetic.
At this point, it’s fairly clear that Honda is years behind the rest of the industry when it comes to battery-electric vehicles.
Currently, the Japanese…
GM says Chevy Bolt EV battery production has resumed, defect leading to fire risk is fixed
September 21, 2021
GM announced today that LG is resuming production of batteries for Chevy Bolt EV as the manufacturing defect leading to the fire risk has been fixed.
For months, we have been reporting on the mounting pressure to have GM recall the Bolt EV after several cars caught on fire while charging.
Everything pointed to a similar battery defect as Hyundai experienced with its LG batteries in the Kona EV…
London mayor commits to all-electric buses moving forward, 100% zero emissions by 2034
September 21, 2021
Following a Zero-Emission Bus Summit in the UK, London mayor Sadiq Khan announced that all new buses ordered by Transport for London (TfL) will be electric moving forward. The new policy falls in line with the UK capital’s previously set goal of making its entire bus…
My very first Tesla, two months later: Here’s how it’s going [Update]
September 21, 2021
My first Tesla was delivered on June 29, one day before the end of the second quarter (wink, wink, Tesla). So that means my husband and I have now been driving our Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus for two months. Here’s how it’s going. (Oh, and our car’s name is…
Rivian’s minivan image in patent offers an exercise in imagination more than anything
September 21, 2021
Images discovered by a member of Rivian Forums show Rivian has filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark office for a sliding door on a dual-guide-rail. Interestingly enough, the images in the patent show the door on a minivan-style vehicle. Before speculation runs rampant, we want to point out that this patent is one of hundreds filed by the automaker and likely does not allude to a future…
Tesla agrees to finally honor solar roof prices on signed contracts
September 20, 2021
In communications shared with the court, Tesla has agreed to finally honor the solar roof prices given to customers who had signed contracts.
Back in March, Tesla added a new “roof complexity” factor to its solar roof prices that resulted in drastically increasing the…
Cadillac opened reservations for their upcoming 2023 Lyriq electric vehicle at 1pm today, and, in a completely unsurprising turn for our readers, the car sold out almost immediately. By 1:19pm, Cadillac stated that all 2023 Lyriq “Debut Edition” vehicles had been…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 18, 2021
September 19, 2021
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.
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