Tesla is creating a new team to accelerate use of new materials in its products and processes.
This new move aims to capitalize on Tesla’s longtime focus on new materials science.
For the last five years, Elon Musk has pushed Tesla and SpaceX to invest more in materials science.
Through his “first principle” philosophy, Musk has been drawn to redesigning materials in order to solve…
The BlackRock US Carbon Transition Readiness exchange-traded fund (ETF) (LCTU) launched last week. It broke records on its first trading day with $1.25 billion invested. But there’s a big problem with this ETF: It’s jam-packed with Big Oil companies.
BlackRock’s…
Beetle-inspired Ora Punk Cat electric car raises some eyebrows in VW’s legal department
April 23, 2021
A new electric vehicle unveiled by China’s Great Wall Ora brand this week has attracted the interest of Volkswagen’s legal department for its resemblance to the classic VW Beetle.
Great Wall Motors has a brand called Ora, which is better-known for small electric…
Bye eFlyer 800 will fly you and 7 of your closest friends 500nm at 320 knots, or more with solar
April 23, 2021
As a pilot and electric vehicle enthusiast, I’ve been waiting for a larger cabin aircraft to emerge from all of the electric startups. Bye aircraft, which is named after its founder, George E. Bye, not the salutation, may have a winner in its new gorgeous turboprop-class eFlyer 800…
The eFlyer 800, announced today, will have only one-fifth the operating costs of traditional twin turboprops…
Elon Musk, who has generally welcomed valid criticism, has now dismissed some serious concerns about Tesla as “weird” attacks from the media.
We previously reported on how “Tesla superfandom is becoming toxic and negative for the electric revolution.”
Part of that…
During a virtual event held earlier today, EV automaker Lightyear and Bridgestone have announced a partnership focused on sustainability that has resulted in a tire engineered specifically for the Lightyear One SEV. The companies consider today’s announcement a world…
Elon Musk announced that Tesla has increased the power capacity of the latest Powerwall 2 units by up to 50% in some temperatures.
The Powerwall 2 was introduced back in 2016, and it hasn’t been updated much since its release.
Over the years, they tweaked the energy capacity a little down to 13.5 kWh, and the weight has gone down from 122 kg (269 lbs) to 114 kg (251.3 lbs).
The main thing…
EGEB: 3 countries to watch for big decisions at the Leaders Summit on Climate [Updated]
April 22, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The US-hosted Leaders Summit on Climate kicks off today. Keep an eye on these three countries.
Los Angeles City Council unanimously approves a Global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
UnderstandSolar is a free service…
Zero launches special-edition DSR electric motorcycle in celebration of 15-year anniversary
April 22, 2021
California-based Zero Motorcycles is celebrating 15 years of building electric motorcycles – an industry that many don’t even realize has been around for over a decade and a half. And to mark the occasion, the company has teamed up with the National Forest Foundation to…
As a result of drone technology, the world of aviation is rapidly changing. Multiple companies are working on eVTOL aircraft that will, in a few years, whisk you over congested urban centers or to nearby cities without the hassle of that full airport experience. But it’s not every day we see a flying car.
If you’ve ever look at an old issue of Popular Mechanics, you’ll have seen concepts…
