This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including an interview with David who attended “Giga Fest” at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin, Tesla updating Cybertruck details and specs, the first Tesla Megacharger station, and more.
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Tesla removes Cybertruck specs and prices from its website
October 15, 2021
Tesla has updated its Cybertruck web page to remove Cybertruck specs and prices for each configuration of the electric pickup truck.
It comes after the highly anticipated electric vehicle has been delayed to next year.
When unveiling the Cybertruck back in 2019, Tesla…
Tesla pushes ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’ to investor with poor ‘safety score’ while requiring perfect score from others
October 15, 2021
Tesla has pushed its “Full Self-Driving Beta” to an investor who had a terrible “safety driving score” based on the automaker’s own scoring system.
It comes as Tesla says that it is only pushing the software to owners who scored 100 out of 100.
Tesla Full…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 14, 2021
October 15, 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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ElectraMeccanica begins customer deliveries of its SOLO EV
October 15, 2021
EV manufacturer ElectraMeccanica has officially begun customer deliveries of its flagship SOLO EV. The three-wheeled one-seat electric vehicle has been on our radar for quite some time, and ElectraMeccanica has worked for years to reach this point of scaled production and…
Tesla officially launches its insurance using ‘real-time driving behavior’, starting in Texas
October 15, 2021
Tesla has now officially launched its insurance product using “real-time driving behavior”.
The product is only available in Texas for now.
The automaker has already introduced its own insurance product in California, but it doesn’t utilize real-time driving data and…
Environmental lead Lisa Jackson has acknowledged in a podcast that Apple buys carbon offsets in order to hit its “100% carbon neutral” claim, but says that this is a relatively small proportion of the company’s total usage.
Interviewed on the Jane Goodall Hopecast, Jackson said that a lot of companies are satisfied with simply buying offsets, but that’s not Apple’s approach …
Apple…
EGEB: A Colorado steel mill is now the world’s first to run almost entirely on solar
October 15, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Bighorn Solar is now powering a Colorado steel mill almost entirely with solar.
sonnen and Rocky Mountain Power pioneer a new battery storage and solar program.
Shell’s solar platform Silicon Ranch acquires…
Tesla app update adds widgets, Powerwall features, hints at remote live view from Autopilot cameras
October 15, 2021
Tesla has released a new mobile app update with a few new small features, but it also shows that the automaker has made some progress toward delivering a remote live view from Autopilot cameras on your car.
The new update, v4.2, introduces new bigger widgets to iOS and…
Tesla’s (TSLA) Bitcoin investment is already up by $1 billion
October 15, 2021
Tesla (TSLA) must be feeling pretty good about its move into cryptocurrency holding, as its stake in Bitcoin is already up by $1 billion.
Tesla and Bitcoin
Over the last year, Tesla has been delving deep into the cryptocurrency world. Earlier this year, Tesla invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. Shortly after, the automaker started accepting the cryptocurrency as payment on new vehicles.
Later…
