Tesla has signed a new supply agreement in order to secure a large amount of nickel from New Caledonia for battery production.
Over the last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been pushing for nickel producers to boost production as he expects the resource could become a bottleneck for battery production.
It’s likely the reason why the automaker decided to get involved, as one of the world’s…
Super73’s reputation precedes itself, with the company known as much for its SoCal lifestyle image as its hot-selling electric moped-style bikes.
I’ve ridden my fair share of Super73 e-bikes and I enjoyed every one of them so far. And so when the company offered me the…
Tesla is under pressure from NHTSA over Full Self-Driving Beta NDA and ‘stealth recall’
October 14, 2021
The NHTSA is upping the pressure on Tesla as the regulator asked for more information about the non-disclosure agreement it made Full Self-Driving Beta testers agree to.
The government is also questioning Tesla about what it believes to be a potential “stealth recall” of…
The utility company National Grid has leveraged an electric school bus to help meet peak demand for electricity for the first time, in Beverly, Massachusetts. The National Grid supplies electricity to Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island.
Vehicle-to-grid school bus
The Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus equipped with a Proterra bidirectional battery charging…
Tesla cofounder JB Straubel sends warning to automakers going all-electric: ‘Do the supply chain math’
October 13, 2021
Tesla cofounder and longtime CTO JB Straubel sent a warning to automakers that are making announcements about timelines to go all-electric: “Make sure you do the math when it comes to your supply chain.”
In a new episode of “This Week in Startups,” Straubel…
Tesla has been spotted deploying the first Megacharger to charge its upcoming Tesla Semi electric truck at Gigafactory Nevada.
With the unveiling of the Tesla Semi in 2017, Tesla unveiled its plan to deploy ‘Megachargers,’ a more powerful version of its Supercharger…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 12, 2021
October 13, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Hexicon’s tilted towers floating wind power platform earns a European patent.
The Solar Energy Industries Association launches a new diversity certification program.
The Argonne National Laboratory is offering a free…
GM and LG announced that they came to an agreement over who is going to take on most of the cost of the battery recall over potential fire risk for the Bolt EV.
LG is going to be left with almost the entire cost.
For months, we have been reporting on the mounting pressure…
VanMoof unveils 31 mph ‘hyperbike’ electric bicycle with two motors and full suspension
October 13, 2021
VanMoof has just announced a new high-speed electric bicycle model known as the VanMoof V, which will reach speeds of up to 31 mph (50 km/h). The company is referring to it as a “hyperbike,” which makes sense considering it is faster than just about any other e-bike available in the US or Europe.
VanMoof is largely known as an elegant, tech-forward electric bicycle brand. The Dutch…
