Swedish eVTOL startup Jetson has officially unveiled its Jetson ONE personal electric aerial vehicle. After a successful prototype in 2018, Jetson has created a consumer-grade version of the ONE eVTOL that has already sold out its limited production run for 2022 and is now taking orders for 2023.
Jetson is a Swedish startup founded by Peter Ternstrom and Tomasz Patan in 2017 that specializes in…
Tesla vehicle drivers are familiar with completing most of the car-buying or leasing steps online. But according to new research from global business management consultants EY, not everyone is ready to ditch the car dealership experience. It’s a familiar car-buying…
Interview: Shell Greenlots COO Tannaz Banisadre talks Plug and Charge, bringing 500,000 charging stations online
October 23, 2021
This week, I got to sit down with Tannaz Banisadre, COO of Greenlots, a company that was acquired by oil and energy behemoth Shell almost two years ago. Obviously, with all that the oil industry has done in the past to sabotage the adoption of EVs, we were…
Podcast: Tesla record earnings, new Cybertruck prototype, Tesla Twitter goes after new NTHSA advisor, and more
October 23, 2021
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s record earnings, a new Cybertruck prototype, Tesla Twitter going after a new NTHSA advisor, and more.
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Ola denies delay of its 70 mph electric scooters, plans test rides and says deliveries on track
October 22, 2021
The Ola S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters recently became the fastest-selling electric scooters in the world upon their debut. But now the company is pushing back against claims that it is running behind schedule to get those scooters out to pre-order customers.
The Ola S1…
Tesla Autopilot 2.0 owners need a camera upgrade before getting ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’
October 22, 2021
Elon Musk confirmed that owners of Tesla vehicles who bought the Full Self-Driving (FSD) package on cars with Autopilot 2.0 are going to need a camera upgrade before they get access to the “FSD Beta.”
Starting with the introduction of its Autopilot 2.0 suite of sensors…
Check out this working prototype lunar electric motorcycle for NASA’s moon exploration
October 21, 2021
Lunar rovers are typically four-wheeled electric vehicles, but a new prototype shows how a two-wheeled electric motorcycle may have serious advantages on the moon.
NASA is currently in search of the next lunar rover. German motorcycle design company Hookie thinks they might have it.
And with half the wheels, it sure saves a lot of weight compared to a moon buggy.
The Dresden-based designers…
Tesla has announced plans to triple the size of the Supercharger network within the next two years.
It’s an ambitious goal, but the automaker has fallen short of its growth goals for the fast-charging network in the past.
During Tesla’s Q3 2021 earnings call yesterday…
Rogues gallery: Leaked documents reveal lobbying to gut COP26 climate and carbon audit
October 21, 2021
With the opening of the UN-sponsored COP26 climate summit less than two weeks away, a trove of leaked documents obtained by Greenpeace is revealing efforts by of a group of nations furiously lobbying to gut language critical of their carbon-spewing economic interests from a…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company just won approval from local officials to move forward with building a network of vehicle tunnels underneath Las Vegas. Dubbed the “Vegas Loop,” the system will allow passengers to hitch rides in Teslas to and from places like the hotel casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, the city’s new football stadium, the Las Vegas Convention Center, and McCarran International…
