UK-based EV startup Volta Trucks has just unveiled its first running prototype chassis that will offer the framework of its upcoming purpose-built, 16-ton electric truck. The newly announced Volta Zero Truck prototype chassis was designed and built to include the production specification frame and drivetrain components consumers will eventually see in the finished vehicle. With big goals set for…
142 Tesla Megapacks power on to create giant new battery, replacing gas peaker plant in California
June 30, 2021
A new 142-Tesla Megapack project has been turned on in California’s Ventura County to create a giant new battery that is replacing a gas peaker plant.
The project is called the Saticoy battery storage system, and it came about when the local community in Oxnard fought…
Electric cars may be a popular and growing form of sustainable transportation, but they certainly aren’t the most widespread. As it turns out, two-wheeled EVs in the form of electric bicycles have seen much higher adoptions rates — and for good reason.
E-bikes function…
Tesla Vision-powered active safety features found to be at least as good as with radar in new test
June 30, 2021
Tesla’s active safety features powered by its new Tesla Vision computer vision system without radar are proving to be at least as good as with radar in a new independent test.
When Tesla announced the transition to its “Tesla Vision” Autopilot without radar, it warned that it would result in limitations of some Autopilot features at first.
It didn’t really affect Tesla’s major active…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 29, 2021
June 30, 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…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Caterpillar agrees to develop all-electric mining machines for Nouveau Monde Graphite.
Democratic Republic of Congo will build two solar farms in the copper- and cobalt-rich southeast.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
BMW i3’s clock is ticking as the German automaker confirmed that it will stop selling the electric car in the US this year.
The end of the i3 comes as BMW is launching the i4 and iX electric vehicles.
BMW launched the i3 in 2013, which was somewhat early in the resurgence of electric vehicles.
It gave BMW a leadership position in the electric transition, but the automaker ended up sitting on…
Tesla Model 3 Long Range and Polestar 2 Long Range — which is better for an EV road trip? [Video]
June 30, 2021
In his debut episode for Fully Charged, Jack Scarlett joins Robert Llewellyn in rural Wales to see which of two popular electric cars — the Tesla Model 3 Long Range or the Polestar 2 Long Range — is best suited for a road trip.
[This is an ongoing collaboration…
Sin City is going solar, thanks to MGM Resorts International ($MGM), who just launched a new 100-megawatt (MW) solar array capable of offering up to 90% of daytime power to the company’s 13 resorts scattered across the Las Vegas Strip. This includes hotels like Aria, MGM…
Tesla releases new update for vehicles with its new ‘Tesla Vision’ system to restore Autopilot features
June 30, 2021
Tesla has started pushing a new software update for Model 3 and Model Y vehicles equipped with its new “Tesla Vision” computer vision system in order to restore some Autopilot functionality.
Last month, Tesla announced the transition to its “Tesla Vision” Autopilot without radar, and it warned that it would result in limitations of some Autopilot features at first.
New Model 3 and…
