The collaboration with Dolby will integrate Atmos in the Lucid Air’s new 21-speaker Surreal Sound system. As the first vehicle to ever feature Dolby Atmos sound, Air drivers will experience an immersive listening experience. Furthermore, the speaker system will provide enhanced audio safety features.
In a press release this morning, Lucid Motors announced the collaboration with Dolby. The…
Duke Energy Florida announces two more new solar farms
March 18, 2021
Duke Energy Florida has announced that it will build two more new solar farms in the Sunshine State. This time, they’ll be in Citrus and Hardee counties.
The utility reported in February that it is investing an estimated $1 billion to construct or acquire a total of 700…
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn recently revealed it is considering its Wisconsin facility to produce its first electric vehicle. The international electronics juggernaut is strategizing for contract manufacturing of electric vehicles in North America. The…
VW is having some incredible success on the stock market reminiscent of Tesla and its EV strategy.
For a long time, Volkswagen has been considered a blue-chip stock, though it went through some significant struggles around 2015 following the Dieselgate scandal.
It always was one of the biggest and most valuable automakers trailing only behind Toyota until Tesla surpassed everyone.
Some other…
Toyota lobbies US government in its increasingly delusional effort to slow down electric vehicles
March 17, 2021
Toyota is currently lobbying the US government asking them to slow their rollout when it comes to battery-electric vehicles as part of the Japanese automaker’s increasingly delusional effort to slow down the electric vehicle revolution.
The US is lagging behind Europe…
BMW unveils i4 electric sedan with 300 miles of range
March 17, 2021
BMW unveiled today the BMW i4, its new all-electric vehicle, and confirmed that it is going to have up to 300 miles of range based on the EPA standard.
After the German automaker brought the BMW i3 to market in 2013, we thought that it would release the BMW i4, i5, and so…
Tesla is again under scrutiny from the US federal government over a Tesla vehicle that crashed into the trailer of a semi truck in Detroit.
In 2016, 45-year-old Joshua Brown died in a collision with a truck while using the Autopilot of his Tesla Model S in Florida.
The accident was highly publicized as the first fatal crash in a Tesla using Autopilot.
Neither Brown nor Autopilot managed to…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 16, 2021
March 17, 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…
Toyota teases its first electric SUV
March 17, 2021
Toyota is teasing its first battery-electric SUV ahead of the planned unveiling at the Shanghai Motor Show next month.
Toyota is a laggard when it comes to all-electric cars
Toyota has yet to launch an all-electric vehicle outside of China.
Despite the fact that the…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
US solar will reach a total of 419 GWdc over the next 10 years, according to a new report.
Global clean energy investment must increase by 30% to $131 trillion by 2050 to avert the climate crisis, says IRENA.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now…
