This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the launch of Tesla Vision, some Tesla Cybertruck news, an update on the electric car tax credit, and more.
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Tesla vehicles without radar still have Autopilot safety features despite what the media is saying
May 28, 2021
Tesla’s new Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with Tesla Vision and no radar are still equipped with Autopilot’s active safety features despite what the media are saying and some organizations dropping their Tesla safety ratings.
Here’s what happened.
Earlier this week…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
A Montana cryptocurrency miner wants to use solar to power its energy-draining business.
Can emission-free electric (and hydrogen) airplanes replace fossil-fuel-powered planes?
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you…
Tesla is finally releasing a driver monitoring system using its cabin-facing camera to ensure drivers are paying attention when using its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving package features.
It’s a feature that the automaker inexplicably has taken its sweet time to release.
Tesla’s cabin-facing camera has been in the vehicles for years now, but the automaker has barely used it.
Automakers…
A recent SEC filing has revealed that electric vehicle charging network EVgo is still 82 charger installations short of meeting its June 30 milestone deadline for the quarter, part of an agreement with General Motors (GM). According to the filing, missing this milestone…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 27, 2021
May 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…
Bird’s electric scooters are nearly ubiquitous. Over 200 cities around the world are dotted with them, allowing riders to rent the zippy little electric two-wheelers by the minute. The company has gone through several designs for its hardware over the last four years, and now the latest Bird scooter has just been unveiled: Bird Three.
As the company laid out in a blog post today, the design…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
ExxonMobil and Chevron suffer shareholder rebellions over a lack of strategy for emissions reduction.
Here’s the latest US Electric Power Monthly report, and what renewables are projected to do.
UnderstandSolar is a free…
Tesla’s transition to its Tesla Vision system without radar on new Model 3 and Model Y is resulting in confusion over the availability of Autopilot safety features as the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) updates its safety report on those electric…
Rivian is preparing its buyers for the first deliveries of its R1T electric pickup truck, which the automaker has now confirmed will be delayed to July.
There’s currently a race to bring electric pickup trucks to the US market.
Pickups are the best-selling vehicles in the US, and the electrification of the segment is expected to greatly accelerate EV adoption in the market.
It’s also going…
