Harley-Davidson’s progressive new CEO Jochen Zeitz made two big announcements last week: A separate new division was opening within the company to focus purely on electric motorcycles, and Q4 2020 saw a dramatic drop in revenue.
The latter is certainly a problem, but the former is the solution.
There’s no doubt about it; Harley-Davidson is facing a demographic problem. A large chunk of its…
Tesla looks to hire data labelers to feed Autopilot neural nets with images at Gigafactory New York
February 8, 2021
Tesla is looking to hire a team of data labelers to feed images to help train its Autopilot neural nets at Gigafactory New York in Buffalo.
Labeling data for self-driving
Tesla is often said to have a massive lead in self-driving data thanks to having equipped all its cars…
Low-cost SONDORS electric motorcycle seen real-world riding in first range test video
February 8, 2021
A recently shared video is giving us our first look at the SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle performing real-world riding. It also finally provides us with some insight into the affordably priced electric motorcycle’s real-world range.
The highly anticipated SONDORS…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 6, 2021
February 7, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Is there anything more fun than flying through the air in a dune buggy, 80’s music blasting and wild hair blowing in the wind? And what if you didn’t have to fiddle with an annoying engine or strain to hear your rock music over a popping exhaust? Even better, right?!
Tesla has reintroduced the Enhanced Autopilot packaged in Europe and China with some features that were in the more expensive Full Self-Driving package.
Over the last few years, Tesla has changed its Autopilot options and pricing so many times, it has been hard to…
EGEB: Denmark to build $34 billion artificial wind energy island
February 6, 2021
Denmark’s North Sea green energy island hub will be the largest construction project in Danish history.
South Korea is the latest leader in the race to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
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 to shop for the…
How the US plans to capture the EV battery market
February 6, 2021
Electric vehicle sales seem to be growing by the minute in the US. Although they still only have a tiny corner of the auto market cornered, astronomical valuations of industry leaders like Tesla offer a glimpse at the potential of a virtually nascent market. In order to…
A closer look at Tesla’s latest semi electric truck prototype
February 6, 2021
We recently reported that Tesla has built a new semi electric truck prototype, maybe the first in three years, ahead of the start of production later this year.
Now we get a closer look at the Tesla Semi, as it was spotted at a truck stop.
New Tesla Semi prototype
As we…
When we were invited to Ford’s campus in 2019 to check out what we’d learn was the new Mustang Mach-E, we were told we were witnessing the future of the iconic 118-year-old American auto manufacturer. We soon learned that Ford wasn’t just messing around with another compliance EV, it was building a sport CUV and throwing their most prized emblem on it.
Fast forward to 2021. I got a chance…
