Zero certainly has not been resting on its laurels as a leading electric motorcycle manufacturer. However, the last few launches of new models were targeted at the more premium end of the market with the SR/F and SR/S electric motorcycles. Now Zero has launched a new model that targets the entry-level end of its catalog with the Zero FXE.
The company was kind enough to invite me out to Santa…
Electrify America announces doubling of charging network with 1,800 stations and 10,000 chargers
July 13, 2021
Electrify America is announcing the doubling of its charging network through 2025 with 10,000 chargers at 1,800 fast-charging stations in the US and Canada.
While Electrify America was started through the EPA and CARB forcing Volkswagen to spend $2 billion on EV charging…
Quick Charge Podcast: July 12, 2021
July 13, 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…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Germany’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm pre-selects huge Vestas wind turbines.
Nova Scotia sets a target of reaching 80% renewable energy by 2030.
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 has partnered with PUBG Mobile, a popular battle royale video game, in a new integration of Tesla’s products inside the mobile game.
Over the last few years, Tesla has been porting many video games on its own platform inside its vehicles.
Now it’s the other way…
Audi is preparing to unveil the first vehicle developed by its new Artemis project, a more nimble startup-like group within the automaker to create more efficient electric vehicles that will compete with Tesla.
The first Artemis EV is expected to be unveiled at IAA in Munich…
Automotive conglomerate Geely has announced that it will exit as the majority shareholder of Zeekr, a premium EV brand launched in China earlier this year. By pulling out as majority shareholder, Geely now opens the door for outside financing in Zeekr. However, while Geely’s name may no longer be listed in any investor meetings at Zeekr, the automotive manufacturer is still very much tied to the…
Landfill, aka garbage dumps or tips, can, under the right conditions, be converted into solar farms once they’re capped. (Capping means putting a cover or barrier between the contaminated material and the surface.) There has been a nearly 80% increase in landfill solar…
Reports coming out of Korea state that Samsung has signed a massive $436 million deal to supply cameras to the “number 1 American EV manufacturer” for a vehicle unveiled in November 2019.
It would indicate the deal is to supply cameras for the Tesla Cybertruck electric…
Elon Musk: Tesla Vision to soon detect turn signals, hazard & police lights, & even hand gestures
July 12, 2021
Elon Musk announced that Tesla Vision would soon detect turn signals on other vehicles, hazard lights, police and ambulance lights, and even hand gestures.
The move comes as the automaker tries to cover every possible driving situation on the road to delivering a full self-driving system.
As we reported on Saturday, Tesla finally released its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v9 software…
