Tesla has obtained today a design patent for the Cybertruck, and the patent application references several interesting prior designs that could have influenced Tesla’s unique design.
Today, Tesla was granted three design patents for the Model Y, Roadster, and the Cybertruck.
The latter is interesting because it features a radical design that has been controversial.
Some praise it, while others…
Quantumscape’s Q2 report reveals 10-layer solid-state battery, plus commercialization timeline
July 28, 2021
In a letter to shareholders recapping Q2 of 2021, solid state battery manufacturer Quantumscape has offered some exciting updates surrounding its solid-state battery technology. In addition to making progress on its pre-pilot manufacturing facility, the company is also…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 27, 2021
July 28, 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…
Tesla has updated its website configurator for the upcoming Model S, to reflect delivery delays on both the Long Range and Plaid trims for new customers. The Long Range Model S especially faces a massive delay, now estimated to arrive in February or March of 2022.
Delays to estimated delivery windows are not uncommon for Tesla, nor are fluctuating prices. However, this latest push is quite…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
In 2020, due to the pandemic, US energy emissions fell to the lowest level since 1983.
Belfast, Maine, sees 7 megawatts of community solar launch for Central Maine Power customers.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
Huawei’s head of autonomous driving lost his job after claiming Tesla vehicles are killing people
July 28, 2021
Su Qing, the head of autonomous driving at Huawei, has been removed from his position after making some controversial comments about Tesla — going as far as claiming that Tesla vehicles are killing people.
At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference earlier this…
Hyundai Ioniq 6 plus Pony sneak peek [video]
July 28, 2021
In DK Kim’s first report from Korea, he gets a sneak peek at Hyundai’s incredible Ioniq 6, the production version of the Hyundai Prophecy Concept that was revealed in 2020.
[This is part of an ongoing collaboration between Fully Charged and Electrek.]
Hyundai Ioniq 6
The Ioniq 6, scheduled to arrive in 2022, is Hyundai’s GT version of the Ioniq 5 and shares the same platform, while the…
A team at University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new material that could potentially help lower the production costs of solid state lithium batteries and accelerate their commercialization into EVs. The new material, lithium zirconium chloride, offers…
Tesla Energy, the automaker’s energy division, had a record quarter, but the market doesn’t seem to care much due to how small it is in relation to its automotive business.
CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla Energy is becoming a distributed global utility, and it could…
Tesla has all but confirmed that Cybertruck production is going to be delayed into next year.
After unveiling the Cybertruck in 2019, Tesla said that the electric pickup truck would make it to market by the end of 2021.
The automaker has not officially updated that timeline since.
With that deadline being only months aways and only very little evidence of progress toward production, Tesla was…
