Cleantech & EV’s

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including our reported from the LA Auto Show, Tesla’s phantom braking problem, EV incentive update, and more. Need more Electrek in your life? Subscribe to the Electrek Daily here.  Discover all the new and innovative ways that Electrify America is providing freedom for…

Ford announced today that it doubled its planned electric vehicle production capacity by 2023 to 600,000 electric vehicles per year. In the last few years, Ford has accelerated its plan to electrify its vehicle lineup. After some delays, we are finally starting to see some progress, with the Mustang Mach-E seeing some success and the F-150 Lightning coming next year. But from the information…

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held a lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday for oil and gas drilling rights. Why did the Biden administration hold an auction for fossil fuel drilling, on the heels of COP26, where countries agreed to “phase down” fossil fuels? Gulf of Mexico oil drilling lease sale The lease sale generated $192 million in high bids from 33 companies…

In October 2017, GM announced that it would release 20 new EVs by 2023 – just over five years from then, and just over one year from now. How’s that going? If GM’s booth at the LA Auto Show is any indication (and it is): Not very well. The LA Auto Show is a bit muted this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic is still happening t (and Los Angeles has strict mask and vaccine/test guidelines for…