Tesla has removed its Bitcoin payment option for the online configurator for its electric vehicles overnight.
It’s not clear if it’s a permanent or temporary move.
Update: Elon Musk confirmed the change was due to concerns over the use of fossil fuel in mining bitcoins.
Over the last few months, Tesla has been delving deep into the cryptocurrency world.
Earlier this year, Tesla invested…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 12, 2021
May 13, 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…
Elon Musk has updated us on the timelines for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving v9 update, which is apparently just weeks away, and the FSD Subscription, which is coming in “about a month.”
Tesla Full Self-Driving beta
Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete”…
Autonomous rideshare rivals Waymo and Cruise have both reportedly applied for permits to charge passengers for self-driving rides in the San Francisco Bay area. The applications are still under review but could be a major step toward autonomous rideshare vehicles operating as commonplace soon.
Waymo was launched in 2009 by Google’s parent company Alphabet, Inc., as a self-driving car project.
Tesla has reportedly applied to enter the profitable renewable fuel credit market that is currently dominated by ethanol producers as it is expected to be opened to electric vehicles.
There are currently at least eight companies who applied with the Environmental…
GM has released cool new footage of the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup off-roading, as well as the full off-road specs.
When GM relaunched the Hummer brand as an electric pickup truck, it started presenting the new vehicle as a great off-roading machine, especially with…
Rivian, Volvo, and 56 others urge Michigan governor to support electric trucks and buses
May 13, 2021
The Electrification Coalition delivered a letter to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday, backed by 58 businesses, including Rivian, Volvo, EVgo, and Arrival, to name a few. The letter urges the governor to join the Multi-State Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding, which would expedite the electrification of trucks and buses throughout the state.
The…
The Tesla driver who has been spotted driving his Model 3 from the backseat several times in the Bay Area over the last few weeks has been arrested.
But he has already been released and claims to be back at it.
Last week, Electrek put a new Tesla owner on blast…
In other “this wasn’t news that I was expecting to write today” news, the video game firm behind a series of classic titles has inexplicably developed a new electric bicycle, and it actually looks pretty slick. The Paperboy electric bike is designed as a no-nonsense…
This Tesla electric motorcycle concept makes you wish Elon Musk didn’t almost die on a bike
May 12, 2021
A designer put together a really impressive Tesla electric motorcycle concept that makes you wish the automaker would actually get into the bike business, which Elon Musk says will not happen.
Back in 2018, Elon Musk was asked by a Tesla shareholder if the automaker would ever get into electric motorcycles and the CEO responded:
“I actually use to ride motorcycles when I was a kid. I was into…
