In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The DOE has earmarked $13 million for clean energy innovators to help the US government become carbon neutral.
New Jersey’s statewide community solar pilot program launches two more solar farms.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…
Watch new electric Polaris Ranger UTV tow a fully loaded logging truck ahead of launch
April 30, 2021
As we’ve previously reported, Polaris is set to release a new version of the company’s electric Ranger UTV this year. Now a new teaser video is giving us a look at the prototype’s powerful towing capabilities.
The new electric Polaris Ranger will be the first of many…
Ram TRX truck was spotted on Tesla’s test track, potentially benchmarking for Cybertruck
April 30, 2021
A new Ram TRX truck was spotted on Tesla’s test track at Fremont factory. The automaker is potentially benchmarking the vehicle for the Cybertruck electric pickup truck.
When automakers bring new vehicles to market, they often try to benchmark them against other top…
A study has looked into why about 18% of electric car owners go back to gas-powered vehicles.
The reasons are mostly exactly what we expected.
University of California Davis researchers surveyed just over 4,000 households who own or owned electric vehicles in California and found that about 20% of plug-in hybrid owners and 18% of all-electric vehicle owners end up going back to gasoline-powered…
Electrify America announced that it now has 600 charging stations in operations, and it is announcing new locations in the US.
With the recent opening of locations in Quartzsite and Kingman, Arizona, Electrify America now has 600 electric vehicle charging stations in…
Chevy Bolt battery fix announced – is it enough?
April 30, 2021
As was expected by the end of this month, GM has finally announced its Chevy Bolt battery fix.
The fix is in response to the battery fire recall announced 167 days ago. This is almost two months since any other update. The NHTSA recall notification did mention April 20 as…
Elon Musk now says that Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving Beta software update “will blow your mind,” and it’s only about two weeks away.
Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete” version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in beta with a few thousand customers and employees through what it calls its “early access program.”
It’s not considered autonomous driving yet…
Tesla Model S Plaid+ gets Caviar’s gold treatment, becomes most expensive and stupidest Tesla yet
April 29, 2021
Caviar, a popular luxury brand better known for putting real gold on Apple products, has turned its attention to Tesla and, more specifically, the Model S Plaid+.
They have created the most expensive and stupidest Tesla vehicle yet.
There are now quite a few companies…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 28, 2021
April 29, 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…
Tesla’s head of UI leaves and leaks unreleased Cybertruck and FSD images in the process
April 29, 2021
Tesla’s longtime head of user interface design has left the company, and he has leaked some images of previously unreleased UI design for the Cybertruck and Full Self-Driving software in the process.
Pawel Pietryka was an art director at Apple before joining Tesla back in 2016.
He quickly became Tesla’s head of user interface design – a very important role at Tesla since the in-car…
