Bicycles being used as military tools are nothing new, going back decades and serving across several wars. Electric bicycles with the special forces though, now that’s something relatively novel and a sign of the times.
Electric bicycles are more popular than ever before, and their success has now made its way into the military.
Bucking the traditional pipeline of military-to-civilian…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The US Energy Information Administration releases its International Energy Outlook 2021 report.
Maine applies for a lease in federal waters for the US’s first offshore wind research site.
UnderstandSolar is a free service…
GM wants to overtake Tesla as EV leader in the US with new $30,000 electric crossover, and more
October 7, 2021
GM announced today that it plans to overtake Tesla as EV market leader in the US. In order to achieve that, the American automaker plans several new electric vehicles, including a new $30,000 electric crossover.
Today, GM held its shareholder’s meeting and made several…
GM announces ‘Ultra Cruise’ to enable ‘true hands-free driving’, taking OTA update approach
October 7, 2021
GM announced today its new ‘Ultra Cruise’ feature, which they believe will enable “true hands-free driving” on “95% of driving scenarios” in the US and Canada.
Interestingly, GM is taking a Tesla-like approach of enabling this capability over time through over-the-air (OTA) software updates.
Ultra Cruise is not the successor of Super Cruise, but the next level reserved for “premium…
GM announces reveal of ‘Silverado (and GMC Sierra) E’ at CES w/ 4-wheel steering and glass roof
October 7, 2021
GM announced today that they would reveal the full “Silverado E” at CES 2022 on January 5 in Las Vegas where CEO Mary Barra will deliver the keynote. But they did give us some tidbits in a live Q&A earlier today…
Barra and President Mark Reuss talked at length…
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…
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 wind farms give rise to other projects, such as a new $20 million maintenance facility in Maryland for Skipjack Wind 1, which…
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…
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 literally wouldn’t go two weeks with increasing the price of its vehicles.
CEO Elon Musk said that the price increases were…
