Miami-Dade County in Florida today announced it has bought 42 Proterra ZX5+ electric transit buses, featuring a total of 19 megawatt hours of battery storage capacity. The county also announced that it will install 75 Proterra chargers across three bus depots. Its first electric buses are slated to be delivered in 2022.
Miami-Dade’s new electric buses and chargers
Its latest purchase brings…
Volvo has announced a new 50 GWh battery cell gigafactory coming to Europe in partnership with Northvolt.
Earlier this year, Volvo announced that it plans to only sell electric cars by 2030 and believes that the internal combustion engine has no future.
In order to make it…
Fisker and Magna sign long-term agreement, including production of Ocean SUV in fall 2022
June 23, 2021
In a recent announcement, Fisker and Magna International Inc. have finalized a long-term manufacturing agreement. The binding agreement coincides with previous agreements between both parties regarding EV platform sharing and ADAS systems. As part of the latest agreement…
Tesla signs deal with new home builder to outfit whole community with solar, Powerwall, and chargers
June 22, 2021
Tesla has signed an agreement with new home builder Alset EHome to outfit a whole new community being built with Tesla solar panels, Powerwall, and electric vehicle chargers.
The idea of built-in solar and energy storage is starting to catch some steam in the real estate development world.
Homeowners are seeing the value of producing their own energy and that value can be added on day one of a…
Popular electric motorcycle brand reopens orders, closes again 2 hours later after selling out
June 22, 2021
Sales of electric motorcycles have been gaining traction all over the world, but Revolt’s RV400 might take the cake for quickest sellout.
The Indian electric motorcycle company Revolt Motors has benefited from the country’s FAME II subsidies that incentivize the…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 21, 2021
June 22, 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):
After running into glitches last week, ISS astronauts successfully installed Roll-Out Solar Arrays yesterday.
IKEA and The Rockefeller Foundation start a $1 billion fund for small-scale clean energy.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…
Porsche is getting into battery cells for the first time as it invests in Customcells and creates a new company, Cellforce, with the battery cell manufacturer.
As the world accelerates its transition to battery-electric vehicles, several automakers are evaluating to what…
Tesla didn’t sell discounted defective electric cars to CATL employees, battery supplier confirms
June 22, 2021
CATL, a large battery manufacturer based in China and one of Tesla’s suppliers, had to officially dispel a rumor that was spreading in China about Tesla offloading defective electric cars at a discount to CATL’s employees.
Tesla has been under attack in Chinese media…
The solar roof industry is such a new – yet burgeoning – industry that it’s not really included in local, state, or federal policy. Updating incentives, policies, and regulations could help expand the adoption of solar roofs. With the Biden administration’s strong focus on carbon reduction, the solar investment tax credit (ITC) seems to be safe through 2024. But as it’s written today…
