Oh buoy, do I have a good one for you all this week! Who’s ready to set sail with the whole family on their very own electric boat for the cool price of just ?! Well, you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what I’ve got on deck for you in this week’s installment of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week series!
While past entries in the series have featured such landlubbing vehicles…
Canada announces $2.75 billion investment in zero-emissions buses and charging infrastructure
March 6, 2021
The recently announced investment from the Government of Canada includes zero-emissions public transit and school buses. The full $2.75 billion will be funded over the next five years starting in 2021. The Government of Canada expects the investment to promote jobs and…
Electrek‘s Michelle Lewis spoke with three electric car owners in Texas. They each explained how their EVs helped them get through February’s deep freeze and rolling blackouts.
How 3 Texas EV owners coped
Stephen Slawek of Austin said:
I had charged my LeafPlus to 80%…
Elon Musk says that Tesla is doubling the size of its Full Self-Driving Beta program with an upcoming new update.
Another one following it could see the size of the test fleet increase by a factor of 10.
Back in October 2020, Tesla started to push a Full Self-Driving Beta release to owners in the “Early Access” program, a group of Tesla owners who test early versions of Tesla’s new…
As more and more consumers make the green decision to forego their combustion engines for electric vehicles, they may not be as in tune with charging standards. kW, voltage, and amps might sound like jargon compared to miles per gallon, but these are essential units to…
The US installed more battery storage in 2020 than between 2013 and 2019, says a new study.
Representative Deb Haaland’s nomination for US Secretary of the Interior heads to the full Senate.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in…
VW has announced that it is accelerating its shift to electric vehicles. While it is one of the most aggressive plans to date, we expect that they will have to “accelerate” it again.
Today, Volkswagen announced its “ACCELERATE” strategy, which, as the name suggests, consists of ramping up its electrification and digitization plans.
The main announcement is that VW accelerated its targets…
Tesla (TSLA) erased $100 billion in value, but it could be worth $1 trillion this year, says top analyst
March 6, 2021
Tesla (TSLA) saw its valuation crashed by over $100 billion in a matter of days, but one top Wall Street analyst says that the electric automaker could be worth $1 trillion by the end of the year.
The broader market has seen a correction over the last few weeks, but the EV…
Tesla launches new social media platform to ‘engage’ its community and promote policies
March 6, 2021
Tesla is launching today a new social media platform called “Engage Tesla” to serve as a “home base” for owners’ clubs and Tesla’s policy team.
The automaker will also be discontinuing its forum.
Tesla has been running a long-standing web forum that at one…
If you’ve driven the Bolt EV from any of the past five years, you’ve got a pretty good idea of what it is like to drive the 6-inches-longer Bolt EUV. It has the same 200 horsepower FWD drivetrain, and that includes the lackluster 55kW fast charging.
But instead of upgrading the powertrain over the past five years (AWD, faster charging?), GM added something important to the driving experience…
