In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GM and Wabtec will work together to develop and commercialize electric locomotives.
The US consumed a record amount of clean energy in 2020, reports the EIA.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for…
Tesla is in talks to open up its Supercharger network to other automakers in Germany, according to the country’s minister of transport.
It’s hard to argue against the fact that the Tesla Supercharger network is the most extensive electric vehicle fast-charging network…
If you’re anything like me, you watched the unveiling of the Tesla Cybertruck and the electric Ford F-150 Lightning truck and thought, “Damn, those are pretty cool, but I probably shouldn’t drop $40,000-$50,000 on an electric truck that I don’t really…
Swedish automaker Polestar has announced that its upcoming performance SUV, the Polestar 3, will be built in the US and targeted at American consumers. The all-electric SUV will be manufactured at the Volvo Cars production center in South Carolina and supported by retail “Spaces” across the US.
Polestar is a premium electric car brand launched in 2017 as a venture of both Volvo Cars Group…
Toyota delusionally claims hybrids and fuel cells will stay competitive with electric cars for next 30 years
June 17, 2021
Toyota is sticking to its delusional belief that battery-electric vehicles aren’t necessarily the future as they claim hybrids and fuel cell hydrogen will stay competitive for the next 30 years.
For years, the Japanese automaker has invested in hydrogen fuel cell and…
Elon Musk ponders Tesla making a home HVAC, may even advertise car air purification system
June 16, 2021
Elon Musk is still considering Tesla getting into the home HVAC business to leverage the work it has done on the HVAC system in its vehicles, which Musk is so proud of that he considers breaking his no-advertising rule.
Tesla has been putting a lot of effort to improve the…
In a Tweet earlier today, autonomous rideshare company Cruise, announced it has secured a multi-year credit line of $5 billion from GM financial, to help purchase thousands of Origin vehicles. This new credit line will give Cruise $10 billion in total capital to help roll out its autonomous Origin vehicles manufactured by GM.
Cruise is a startup founded in 2013 in San Francisco. In 2016, GM…
Dutch electric bicycle company Gazelle has been making major inroads with US customers. Now the company’s new Class 3 Ultimate C380+ trekking e-bike is offering up even more exciting speed and is likely to further Gazelle’s US growth.
The announcement of the new Class…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Clean energy made up nearly 100% of all new Q1 electric capacity, but problems are looming.
The largest utility in Kansas will make its first solar investments and says it will reach net zero by 2045.
UnderstandSolar is a…
We’re starting to see more people get behind the wheel of Tesla’s new Model S Plaid and getting footage of that strange “yoke” steering wheel.
It looks like the fear that it would be awkward to use was founded.
When Tesla first unveiled the yoke steering wheel on the new Model S, people had a lot of questions.
At the delivery event last week, Elon Musk answered some of those questions…
