GE Renewables has launched a first-of-its-kind underwater robot that can inspect hydropower turbines faster, more easily, and safely than humans can.
GE Hydro Solutions’ underwater turbine inspection robot, which GE describes as the size of a “beaver,” can inspect hard-to-reach areas of any type of hydropower turbine without taking the equipment out of the water. In fact, it’s able to…
Tesla is using some questionable practices during its latest end-of-quarter push as the automaker is undergoing an intense effort to deliver as many vehicles as possible by Wednesday.
Earlier this month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked employees to go “all out” for the…
Here’s a funny and light little post to start off your Monday. A Tesla owner received a parking ticket from GM when parking in a lot at its Wentzville Assembly Plant in Missouri that is meant for domestic vehicles.
GM’s parking attendant believed the Tesla was a foreign…
As first made-in-India electric bikes reach EU, China may have a new manufacturing challenger
June 28, 2021
Hero Cycles has just delivered its first batch of Indian-produced electric bicycles to Germany.
Now the company expects the figures to grow.
Hero Cycles is a massive bicycle manufacturer owned by Hero Motors, the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world.
The Indian manufacturer’s electric bicycle division has now set its sights on Europe and the continent’s burgeoning electric bicycle…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 26, 2021
June 27, 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…
While I often find any number of fun and strange electric vehicles for this Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week series, today’s entry takes us on a detour toward the finer things in life. So straighten your fedoras and do up your most dashing six-button…
US Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) announced late today that more than $5.4 million in federal grant funding will be awarded to the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority to purchase electric buses.
Ossoff said in an emailed statement:
We have secured this funding because electrification of Georgia’s public bus fleet is an economic and environmental imperative.
Tesla Supercharger station gets direct service from McDonald’s: get a Big Mac while charging?
June 26, 2021
A Tesla Supercharger station is now getting direct service from a nearby McDonald’s that offer direct delivery to Tesla owners charging their electric vehicles.
When charging station operators open new stations, they try to build them near amenities for drivers to use…
One of my favorite things about Fiido’s electric bikes is that the company has always done things a bit differently. And the Fiido L3 continues that tradition, while bringing along some key upgrades and improvements as well.
Those of you who remember my Fiido L2 review…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
BASF will buy 49.5% of Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
Home energy efficiency upgrade company Sealed raises $16 million in Series B funding.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important…
