Tesla has been adding a strange new warning about putting battery packs as old as 2017 in brand new 2021 Model 3 vehicles for sale.
With just a few weeks before the end of the year, Tesla is in the middle of a delivery wave to get the inventory as low as possible.
CEO Elon Musk has told employees that they don’t have to go all out as they usually do this quarter, but the automaker is still…
Tesla releases new Full Self-Driving Beta update (10.7) with improved phantom braking and efficiency
December 20, 2021
Tesla has started to release a new Full Self-Driving Beta software update (10.7) that improves the situation with “phantom braking” and even helps the FSD beta be more energy efficient.
For more than a year now, Tesla has been slowly rolling out what it is calling…
I recently had the chance to test out a new portable backup battery from a company I hadn’t heard of before: Joyzis. The company sent me its BR300 model to test out for my daily use needs. While I never know what to expect the first time I test a product from a new (to me)…
Still waiting on a delayed e-bike (or anything else?) It’s probably stuck on one of these ships
December 19, 2021
Shipping times for just about everything have been stretched to new limits thanks to pandemic related supply chain constraints. While nearly every industry has been affected in some way, electric bicycles and other forms of personal mobility have been uniquely impacted.
The pandemic has affected the e-bike industry in a myriad of ways.
Commuters have sought out e-bikes as a cost effective…
Tesla offers free Supercharging in off-peak hours for holidays to help curb traffic
December 19, 2021
Tesla announced that is going to offer free Supercharging during off-peak hours for the holidays in order to help curb traffic at charging stations.
The holidays have been tough stress tests for Tesla’s Supercharger network, and it has not always passed with flying…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 18, 2021
December 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.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
GM pokes fun at Tesla Cybertruck in strange Hummer EV Easter egg
December 19, 2021
GM has decided to poke fun at the Tesla Cybertruck with a strange Easter egg in the newly delivered GMC Hummer EV pickup truck’s software.
We have seen GM poke fun at Tesla before when launching new electric vehicles.
For example, before the launch of the Chevy Bolt EV, GM released pictures of one of its prototypes driving in front of Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto.
Later, when it was…
KYMCO likely to follow Harley-Davidson’s lead, spin-off electric motorcycle division with IPO
December 18, 2021
KYMCO, the largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, says it is likely to spin-off its IONEX line of electric vehicles as a new public entity with an overseas IPO. The move would take a page out of Harley-Davidson’s book.
Back in the summer, Harley-Davidson…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $1,300 Electric Santa’s Sleigh
December 18, 2021
‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for Micah clicking his keyboard and mouse. He was on the hunt for the latest Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week, but was utterly dismayed as his prospects…
Coal production is forecast to reach an all-time high in 2022, and then after a couple of years, plateau as demand flattens, according to the latest annual market report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), released today.
After falling in 2019 and 2020, global power generation from coal is expected to jump by 9% in 2021 to an all-time high of 10,350 terawatt-hours, according to the…
