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 autonomous operation and a late 2021 launch.
Electric, autonomous container ship
The open-top Yara Birkeland was ordered by…
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…
Tesla is the king of the hill when it comes to electric vehicles, and a big point of where the company pulls ahead is with tech. Android Auto, though, has always eluded Tesla vehicles, but a proof-of-concept demo shows that it is possible.
Emil Borconi, the creator of the clever AAWireless dongle, posted a video to Reddit that shows Android Auto up and running on a Tesla display, complete with…
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is surging by over 3% in pre-market trading today, and it appears to again be due to delivery numbers in China, which seem to be confusing for the market.
Over the last few weeks, Tesla’s stock has had some wild swings, and it has mostly been…
Tesla announced today that Jerome Guillen, a longtime executive who most recently led its Heavy Trucking division, is leaving the company.
Guillen is one of Tesla’s most well-known executives and one of the longest-lasting top executives at the company.
He earned a BS in…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 7, 2021
June 8, 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, all-electric Volkswagen ID.4 SUV with zero direct emissions. It’s the first electric vehicle for everyone. Before it can change the…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches transformer products for offshore floating wind farms.
Turbine installation is complete at Denmark’s largest wind farm, the offshore Kriegers Flak.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that…
Tesla loses head of energy operations
June 8, 2021
Tesla’s head of energy operations has left the company amid an important growth phase for the ‘Tesla Energy’ division.
RJ Johnson
RJ Johnson was a US Army officer who graduated from West Point in civil engineering.
When leaving the service in 2007, he joined NextEra…
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. Some of the applications are still under review, but it could be a major step toward autonomous rideshare vehicles operating as commonplace soon.
June 7 update: As of June 4, Cruise has been authorized by the CPUC to provide driverless…
