Tesla has started pushing a new software update to improve its new yoke steering wheel experience in the Model S alongside a few other new features.
After several delays, Tesla started delivering the new version of the Model S in June, but as we noted at the time, the automaker still had work to do with the software. It was planning to refine the software and add features through over-the-air…
Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind 1 will be a 120-megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in Maryland that will power 40,000 homes once it goes live in the second half of 2026. It will generate $225 million in economic investment and create nearly 1,400 jobs in the state. Large offshore…
Volkswagen boasts 144,000 ID.3 orders in Europe, and half of those buyers are new to VW
October 7, 2021
Volkswagen’s all-electric ID.3 has found much success during its first year in the European market. Volkswagen has recently reported over 144,000 orders for the ID.3 the past year in Europe, and is now working around the clock to deliver them in a timely…
Nuvve joint venture announces collab with BYD to integrate V2G tech in up to 5,000 BEVs
October 7, 2021
EV manufacturer BYD has announced a strategic collaboration with Levo – a joint venture between Fleet as a Service (FaaS) provider Nuvve, and capital investors Stonepeak, and Evolve. As part of the collaboration, BYD will implement Levo’s technology and capital to offer fully financed medium and heavy-duty BYD commercial EVs.
BYD (Build Your Dreams) Auto is a wholly owned subsidiary of BYD…
Tesla has implemented a price increase across its entire Model 3 and Model Y lineup in an overnight update to its online configurator in the US.
During the first half of 2021, Tesla went on a spree of price increases across its electric vehicle lineup.
The automaker…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 5, 2021
October 6, 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 announced today that it is building a new battery facility in Michigan to develop lithium-metal and solid-state battery cells.
The new facility will be called Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center after Bill Wallace, who led the team that designed and released GM’s advanced automotive battery systems in the Chevrolet Volt 1, Volt 2, Malibu Hybrid, and Bolt EV before he died of cancer in…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday.
Austin approves a huge electric transit bus purchase – 197, to be precise.
Clean energy now provides 25.22% of total US available installed generating…
Tesla is building Model Y bodies with single front and rear castings, a manufacturing first
October 6, 2021
In an auto manufacturing first, Tesla has started building Model Y bodies with two giant single casting pieces for the front and back of the electric SUV.
Tesla has been preparing to start production of the Model Y at two new factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory…
GE Renewable Energy today announced that its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype is now running at 14 megawatts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This means that GE Renewable Energy is now the first to operate a wind turbine at a power output this high.
Battle to be the biggest
There’s a competition going on between manufacturers for most powerful offshore wind turbine.
In February this…
