Today, Jeep unveiled its previously announced all-electric Wrangler concept, but it doesn’t look anywhere near something that it is bringing to production.
Last month, Stellantis, the new company created out of FCA’s merger with PSA, announced that its Jeep brand is going to unveil a Wrangler all-electric BEV concept vehicle at the EasterJeep Safari in Moab, Utah, scheduled for the last week…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
New York State approves a power cable for Deepwater Wind South Fork offshore wind farm.
Virginia nonprofit Give Solar works with Habitat for Humanity to provide solar for Habitat homeowners.
UnderstandSolar is a free service…
Elon Musk states the obvious: Tesla is not using its vehicles’ cameras to spy on China
March 23, 2021
Elon Musk addressed recent concerns about Tesla’s use of its cameras in its vehicles following a ban from the Chinese military.
Last week, we reported on the People’s Liberation Army, China’s military, issuing a notice banning Tesla owners from parking their…
The Duane Arnold Energy Center in eastern Iowa, a now-idle nuclear power plant, will soon become a 690-megawatt solar farm. The new solar farm plus storage will produce more energy than the single-unit 615-megawatt nuclear plant generated, which powered more than 600,000 homes.
The new solar plan
Owner NextEra Energy of Florida will build the solar farm across 3,500 acres at and near Duane…
During its annual press conference, Cupra announced it will launch its Tavascan electric SUV concept into production in 2024. The Tavascan will be the Cupra’s second consumer EV after the Cupra Born begins production at the end of this year.
Cupra is officially short for…
Tesla is about to launch its own in-house insurance program in more states after running it in California for the last year.
In 2019, Tesla launched its own insurance program, starting with availability in California, where the automaker claims up to 30% cheaper premiums…
Someone managed to get inside a refreshed Tesla Model S test vehicle and take pictures of the user interface that reveals a new version of Tesla’s software expected to be the new “Tesla v11.”
Tesla is consistently pushing new over-the-air software updates to its fleet with brand-new features and improvements to existing features.
These are often somewhat minor changes, but Tesla also…
ALYI finally releases video showing its new electric motorcycle, and it looks nothing like expected
March 22, 2021
Alternet Systems (ALYI) has finally released the first video of its BMW R71-inspired electric motorcycle, and it looks exactly nothing like what we had expected. If there’s a BMW R71 in its roots, then it is deep down there.
First, a bit of background here: Alternet has…
An official Ford spokesperson called Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ package ‘vaporware’ in a spat with a Tesla investor over the Mustang Mach-E.
Press relations and communication people at legacy automakers are generally pretty careful about what they say…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 20, 2021
March 21, 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.
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