Autonomous rideshare startup Waymo has announced an additional $2.5 billion investment round of funding. Waymo plans to use the additional funding, led by parent company Alphabet Inc., to hire more staff and advance its self-driving technology toward more paid rides.
Waymo was launched in 2009 by Google’s parent company Alphabet, Inc., as a self-driving car project. In 2016, the Google…
In a few weeks Harley-Davidson plans to unveil its latest electric motorcycle model. Now some newly revealed details indicate that the bike being unveiled on July 8th will be known as the LiveWire One and we’re already getting to see some early power specs.
The upcoming…
Roughly 10 billion tons of freight move through supply chains in the US each year, almost all of which pass through distribution yards – the area of the supply chain between the warehouse and the open road. Andrew Smith, Outrider founder and CEO, has dedicated his career…
GM accelerates electric car investments, announces 2 new battery cell factories in the US
June 17, 2021
GM announced today an acceleration of its planned investments in electric vehicles, which is going to include two new battery cell factories in the US.
Combining investments in autonomous and electric vehicles, GM is announcing a 75% increase in investments over the current five-year period:
General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) announced today it will increase its EV and AV investments from 2020…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GM and Wabtec will work together to develop and commercialize electric locomotives.
The US consumed a record amount of clean energy in 2020, reports the EIA.
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Tesla is in talks to open up its Supercharger network to other automakers in Germany, according to the country’s minister of transport.
It’s hard to argue against the fact that the Tesla Supercharger network is the most extensive electric vehicle fast-charging network…
If you’re anything like me, you watched the unveiling of the Tesla Cybertruck and the electric Ford F-150 Lightning truck and thought, “Damn, those are pretty cool, but I probably shouldn’t drop $40,000-$50,000 on an electric truck that I don’t really need.”
However, despite realizing I couldn’t justify an expensive electric truck, I never gave up the dream of joyriding in one and…
Swedish automaker Polestar has announced that its upcoming performance SUV, the Polestar 3, will be built in the US and targeted at American consumers. The all-electric SUV will be manufactured at the Volvo Cars production center in South Carolina and supported by retail…
Toyota delusionally claims hybrids and fuel cells will stay competitive with electric cars for next 30 years
June 17, 2021
Toyota is sticking to its delusional belief that battery-electric vehicles aren’t necessarily the future as they claim hybrids and fuel cell hydrogen will stay competitive for the next 30 years.
For years, the Japanese automaker has invested in hydrogen fuel cell and…
Elon Musk ponders Tesla making a home HVAC, may even advertise car air purification system
June 16, 2021
Elon Musk is still considering Tesla getting into the home HVAC business to leverage the work it has done on the HVAC system in its vehicles, which Musk is so proud of that he considers breaking his no-advertising rule.
Tesla has been putting a lot of effort to improve the air quality inside its electric cars, and it went as far as integrating a HEPA filter into its HVAC system inside some of…
