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 Energy is going to take right now to boost EV and clean energy storage battery production in the US.
The US 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…
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 misinformation.
It generally originates from the automotive or fossil fuel industries trying to maintain the status quo and keep making a…
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…
Tesla hasn’t released a new vehicle color for a long time, but a new “deep crimson” color could be coming as it was spotted on a new Model S body at its Fremont Factory.
Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to offer a variety of colors, but the automaker decided to streamline options, and it now offers only a handful of color options that have remained the same for the last…
The Yara Birkeland, the world’s first net-zero, battery-powered autonomous container ship, was delivered to Norwegian fertilizer company Yara Norge AS in November 2020. It’s currently in the Norwegian port of Horten, where it’s undergoing further preparations for…
Ford is hinting at a cheaper and smaller electric pickup truck based on the new Ford Maverick and using the automaker’s new electric platform.
Last month, Ford announced a new goal of 40% all-electric sales by 2030 and unveiled a new EV platform to power several new…
Electric bicycles in the rugged moped style are all over the place these days, and for good reason. Unlike fitness e-bikes that are often used for a combination of exercise and leisure riding, electric mopeds are built mostly for good old fashioned getting around. And the Addmotor M-66 R7 moped fully embodies that design ethos. It’s a transportation e-bike that will have you zipping around your…
