Battery manufacturer Northvolt announced a new $2.75 billion round of investments to help add 60 GWh of production capacity. Volkswagen is contributing another $620 million in the round.
Northvolt is a battery startup founded by two former Tesla executives who worked on Tesla’s Gigafactory 1 in Nevada with Panasonic.
The Swedish startup received investments from several companies, including…
The US Department of the Interior said yesterday that it will explore offshore wind energy potential on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It’s part of the Biden administration’s goal to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind by 2030, which was…
If you haven’t already had the pleasure of discovering it, I write a fun column called the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. Each week I go spelunking into the caverns of the Alibaba electric vehicle catalog and find something awesome, weird, and…
Tesla (TSLA) could dominate $1.2 trillion market with autonomous, Uber-like vehicle fleet
June 10, 2021
Tesla (TSLA) is looking at a more-than-decent chunk of a market valued at $1.2 trillion with its upcoming Tesla Network, a new Uber-like ride-hailing service with autonomous electric cars, according to Ark Invest.
For years, Tesla has taunted a ride-hailing app to be powered by its self-driving system. It’s been dubbed the “Tesla Network.”
The new product is dependent on Tesla solving…
The Biden administration is keen to boost battery manufacturing on home soil as soon as possible. But in case you didn’t notice, the Democrats and Republicans are at loggerheads in Congress on Biden’s huge infrastructure plan. So here are four steps the Department of…
The Boring Company’s Las Vegas Loop with Tesla vehicles has officially gone into operations this week, and it is already preparing to expand to the Strip and beyond.
The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, the Boring Company’s first full-scale loop project, has now…
Aptera shows off its ultra-futuristic solar-powered Sol electric vehicle with 1,000-mile range
June 9, 2021
Electric vehicle startup Aptera has just released a new video with perhaps the best look yet at the company’s futuristic electric three-wheeler.
You may remember Aptera from the mid 2000s, when the company introduced plans for a truly revolutionary-looking solar-powered electric vehicle.
With visual cues that seemed to invoke a Jetson’s-style spaceship, the three-wheeled vehicle employed an…
Anonymous attacks Tesla & Elon Musk in video that looks like it could have been made by the oil industry
June 9, 2021
Anonymous, an infamous group of hackers, is attacking Tesla and Elon Musk in a new video that uses so much misinformation that it looks like it could have been produced by the fossil fuel industry.
Tesla and Elon Musk are no stranger to smear campaigns and…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 8, 2021
June 9, 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.
This episode of The Electrek Podcast is brought to you by the all-new…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions breaks ground on its largest solar project to date, in Texas.
Fast charging is needed in all types of communities to speed up the EV transition, finds a new study.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…
