In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Battery materials and second-life battery recycling trailblazers just secured millions in VC funding.
The Biden administration wants to replace fossil fuel subsidies with clean energy incentives.
Community solar marketplace PowerMarket launches a redesigned website.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in…
Tesla Semi electric trucks are going to power a log-hauling pilot program in Canada that is aspiring to be the first zero-emissions log trucking operation.
Mosaic Forest Management, a timberlands management company based on Vancouver Island, explains the need to electrify…
Tesla $25,000 electric car: Franz von Holzhausen features in Tesla China chief designer recruitment video
April 9, 2021
Tesla chief designer Franz von Holzhausen features in a new recruitment video for a chief designer for Tesla China. That person will be expected to lead the design of the automaker’s upcoming $25,000 electric car.
Last year, Tesla announced plans to establish a new…
EV charging solutions company XL Fleet announced a partnership with UBS Arena and the New York Islanders that could create one of the largest EV charging sites in the US. The partnership will allow XL Fleet to install up to 1,000 charging stations at UBS Arena’s 43-acre site, which is the future home of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders.
XL Fleet is an electrified solutions…
After a six-week break, Formula E returns this weekend with another double header in Rome. Better yet, races are planned to continue every two weeks from now until at least through the start of June.
We’ve also got some Formula E news that’s happened in the last month…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 8, 2021
April 9, 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…
Honda has just patented a new electric motorcycle that seems to take a page out of the popular Honda Grom’s playbook.
The Honda Grom is a 125cc mini-motorcycle.
It’s not powerful or particularly fast or even long range, but it sure is fun to ride. That’s helped it become a favorite among motorcyclists as an urban play bike.
And now a few Japanese patents filed by Honda show that the…
A new video shows Tesla’s AI-based driver monitoring system can detect driver attention in real time using the cabin-facing camera in its vehicles.
Tesla’s cabin-facing camera has been in the vehicles for years now, but it has been barely used by the…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 7, 2021
April 8, 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 is building a new world’s largest Supercharger station with 100 stalls in California
April 8, 2021
Tesla is expanding its current Supercharger station at Harris Ranch in California, and the expansion is big enough that it is likely going to make it the world’s largest Supercharger station.
The Harris Ranch Supercharger is one of Tesla’s oldest and most important Supercharger stations.
It is strategically located between the Bay Area and Los Angeles, which are two of Tesla’s biggest…
