The Rivian R1T electric pickup truck is still a few months away from customer deliveries, but it looks like Blue Origin already has its own fleet of Rivian R1Ts.
Yesterday, Blue Origin, a private American aerospace company, conducted its latest test in its New Shepard program with its reusable rocket and capsule called RSS (Reusable Space Ship) “First Step.”
They launched the latter on top…
The schools at the front lines of solar
April 15, 2021
In the early 2010s, Pat Collins, a 7th-grade life science teacher at Chisago Lakes Middle School — in Lindstrom, Minnesota, about 35 miles northeast of the Twin Cities — was having a discussion about solar panels with his students. One asked why they couldn’t just use…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 14, 2021
April 15, 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…
Tesla next-gen ‘Full Self-Driving’ is delayed to May-June, subscription coming next month
April 15, 2021
Elon Musk has provided an update on the timeline for the next-generation of its “Full Self-Driving Beta” system and the availability of the package as a monthly subscription.
Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta
Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete” version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in beta with a few thousand customers and employees through its early access…
Back in 2018 Harley-Davidson unveiled one of the coolest-looking electric mopeds we had seen at the time. But years later the Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer hasn’t shown us any more progress than a two-year-old prototype.
That opened the door for others to try…
Ford unveils new hands-free driver-assist system ‘similar to Tesla Autopilot’ coming to Mustang Mach-E
April 15, 2021
Ford is today unveiling BlueCruise, a hands-free highway driving system, which it describes as “similar to Tesla Autopilot.”
The new system is going to be pushed as an optional over-the-air software update to Ford Mustang Mach-E owners.
When we tested the Ford Mustang…
Cash-for-clunker style programs that offer an incentive to swap an old gas-powered car for a new electric bicycle are gaining steam across Europe.
The latest country to hop on the electric bike rebate bandwagon is France.
A new proposal would see French citizens offered €2,500 (USD $2,991) toward the purchase of a new electric bicycle.
That would go a long way toward the purchase of an…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Good Energy and ZapMap offer the first EV “time-of-use” free tariff powered by 100% clean electricity.
Here’s how you can take a virtual EV drive with race car driver Leilani Münter, and also ask her…
Audi unveils production version of e-tron Q4 electric SUV with over 300 miles of range
April 15, 2021
Audi is unveiling today the production version of the e-tron Q4 and e-tron Q4 Sportsback, the German brand’s latest electric SUV.
It is expected to expand Audi’s electric vehicle lineup to a new and less expensive segment.
The original concept for the Audi Q4 e-tron…
Group14 announces US manufacturing facility to produce lithium-silicon battery materials
April 15, 2021
In a recent press release, Group14 Technologies announced its first commercial-scale US manufacturing facility. The 27,000-square foot space in Woodinville, Washington, will help meet the growing demand for the manufacturer’s energy dense lithium-silicon anode materials.
Group14 Technologies was founded in 2015 in Washington state as a spinout of enerG2 based in Seattle. Since then, the…
