We got a good look at the new Tesla Roadster, which is currently being displayed at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, in a rare new outing ahead of the new production version of the electric supercar.
As we reported last week, Tesla is bringing the new Roadster prototype on a rare outing at L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum.
Tesla hasn’t been bringing out the new Roadster prototype often…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 19, 2021
May 20, 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…
US President Joe Biden wasn’t the only person to experience the Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck firsthand this week.
On Friday we got our first in-person look at the Ford F-150 Lightning full-sized electric truck, and it was something pretty special. This is the US’s…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GE will provide 87 Haliade-X 14 MW for the third and final phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm.
Rhode Island gets more than 100 megawatts of solar as it works toward 100% clean electricity 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…
San Diego-based Juiced Bikes has just launched the brand’s latest electric bicycle, the
The updated open frame is designed to be more accessible to a wider range of riders. On these large fat tire e-bikes, that can be a huge benefit. Throwing a leg over a large bike…
Faraday Future unveils 27-inch backseat screen with video conferencing feature in its electric car
May 20, 2021
Faraday Future has unveiled a new feature in its FF91 electric vehicle: a 27-inch backseat screen with a video conferencing feature.
We haven’t reported a lot about Faraday Future lately, but things are finally starting to move faster for the electric vehicle startup…
Singapore-based Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced that it will commercially release its Maxeon Air solar panels this summer. The company says the Air solar panels are frameless, thin, lightweight, and conformable, with efficiency and performance the same as standard solar panels.
Thin, flexible, stick-on solar panels
Basically, the Air is a solar panel sticker, or, as Maxeon describes it…
Tesla loans Model Y to UFC fighter Beneil Dariush after he called out Elon Musk for delay
May 20, 2021
Tesla has reportedly loaned a Model Y for free to UFC fighter Beneil Dariush, according to Dariush’s agent, after the fighter called out Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his delayed Model X order.
The situation is problematic since thousands of people are in the same situation as…
We haven’t heard much about Tesla Cyberquad, an electric ATV that Tesla is supposed to release with the Cybertruck, since its unveiling, but now Mattel’s Hot Wheels is releasing its own.
Last year, we reported on Tesla partnering with Hot Wheels on two Cybertruck…
Environmental groups: JPMorgan Chase emissions targets are ‘fig leaf for fossil expansion’
May 19, 2021
At today’s JPMorgan Chase annual general meeting (AGM), CEO Jamie Dimon faced questions from a number of climate justice activists on Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline and Indigenous sovereignty, the East Africa Crude Oil pipeline (which many banks have refused to finance), the Adani Carmichael coal mine in Australia (which no insurer will cover), deforestation, and the bank’s oil…
