Systemic tax abuse, corruption, and money laundering slow down climate action, says the United Nations’ High-Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (FACTI Panel).
The FACTI Panel, which includes former world leaders and central bank governors, business and civil society heads and academics, says bankers, lawyers, and…
Formula E season 7 starts Friday with a Saudi doubleheader
February 25, 2021
After last season was significantly rearranged in the middle of a global pandemic, Formula E, the top electric racing series, is back this weekend in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The season’s first race weekend will consist of two races, one on Friday and another on…
EGEB: Xos Trucks to be publicly listed on Nasdaq
February 25, 2021
Xos Trucks to become publicly traded on Nasdaq through merger with NextGen Acquisition Corporation.
EV charging industry association ChargeUp Europe gains its 12th member, ABL + reev.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your…
Tesla cofounder JB Straubel will recycle Nissan Leaf batteries at Redwood Materials
February 25, 2021
Tesla cofounder JB Straubel announced that his new startup, Redwood Materials, is going to recycle Nissan Leaf battery packs.
Redwood Materials is a Nevada-based company that is developing new processes to recycle materials with a focus on electric car batteries.
It was founded by JB Straubel, an early founding member of Tesla and the company’s longtime chief technology officer, until he left…
US-built electric motorcycle and ATV company Volcon announces international expansion
February 25, 2021
Volcon ePowersports is barely a few months old, but that hasn’t stopped the new e-mobility startup company from sealing its first partnership south of the equator and beginning international sales.
In an announcement made earlier this morning, the Texas based startup…
Fisker, Henrik Fisker’s latest electric vehicle startup, wants to build an electric vehicle with Foxconn, a massive Chinese company better known for being an Apple supplier.
After the original Fisker Automotive went bankrupt, the assets of the defunct EV startup were…
Maryland county transitioning to electric public school buses
February 25, 2021
Maryland’s Montgomery County plans to switch the entire public school bus fleet to fully electric from diesel engines. The transition is one of the largest in the US to date, and is expected to take 12 years. The green plan will completely replace all 1,400 current ICE buses. What’s most interesting about the deal is that it comes with virtually no additional cost to Montgomery County’s…
Tesla prepares cloud-based driver profile ahead of ‘Tesla Network’ ride-hailing app launch
February 25, 2021
Tesla is preparing to move all driver data and settings into the cloud ahead of the launch of its “Tesla Network” ride-hailing app launch.
Driver profiles exist in Tesla vehicles and are linked to keys (or phones through the Tesla app) in order to automatically have…
Well, this is surely one of the weirder news stories I’ve written recently: Honda apparently wants to stuff a mini drone into the tail of an electric motorcycle.
But why?
That’s not exactly clear.
The somewhat vague use case in the patent doesn’t go into very much…
Bill Gates all but admits that he was shorting Tesla (TSLA)
February 24, 2021
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that Bill Gates has been betting against the electric automaker on the stock market, we have been trying to find out if it was true.
Now Gates all but admits that he was shorting Tesla’s stock (TSLA).
As we previously reported, Musk and Gates don’t always see eye to eye.
Gates has previously made some comments about electric trucks like the Tesla Semi not…
