In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Xcel Energy has filed to replace its coal plants with what would be the largest solar farm in Minnesota.
A Clean Cars Illinois program would create jobs and save money.
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…
Tesla is now using in-car notification to warn owners of a potential defect inside their vehicles – almost like a new way to do a recall.
All of Tesla’s vehicles are connected to the internet.
That connectivity is used for a variety of features ranging from sending…
After months of drip dropping information and teasers, Mercedes-Benz has now finally fully unveiled the EQS electric sedan, an ultra luxurious electric vehicle.
Last month, the German automaker unveiled the interior of the EQS along with the myriad of features and…
Volkswagen Group has announced it is significantly expanding its production of battery systems at its components plant in Braunschweig. The expansion will double the plant’s output and, when fully ramped up, will be able to produce 500,000 MEB battery systems per year. Additionally, the plant will also be able to produce an additional 100,000 battery systems for non-MEB platform models…
Rivian is announcing today the launch of its own insurance arm: Rivian Insurance.
It’s the latest in a series of moves that are extremely similar to initiatives previously launched by Tesla.
Ahead of the start of deliveries of its R1T electric pickup, Rivian has been…
The media and Tesla shorts are quick to call the new Mercedes-Benz EQS a “Tesla killer.”
While the new electric car is impressive, I wouldn’t be so quick to give it the too easily tossed around “Tesla killer” title.
Today, Mercedes-Benz held the full unveiling of…
Washington State legislature has passed “Clean Cars 2030,” a bill setting a goal to require all light-duty vehicles of model year 2030 or later to be electric. The bill passed as part of a larger package directing utilities to prepare the state for all-electric transportation.
With this bill, Washington State becomes the first US state to pass a gas car ban legislatively (as opposed to by…
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…
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
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