In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia proves thermal energy storage’s great potential.
Illinois is getting a new 185 MW 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 best…
The year 2020 wasn’t horrible for everyone. For the companies that make electric bikes, a convenient, inexpensive, and fun way to avoid public transportation, business was so good that supply chain shortages made their products hard to find. Many companies we spoke with…
In 2019, US annual energy consumption from green energy sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time in 134 years, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review.
Green energy’s new US record
How was this major milestone…
Tesla Semi: new manufacturing process job listed at Gigafactory Nevada for electric semi truck
January 1, 2021
Tesla is now listing a new manufacturing process job at Gigafactory Nevada for the Tesla Semi, the automaker’s upcoming electric semi truck.
Tesla Semi
When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which are class 8 trucks with 80,000-lb capacities, will have 300-mile and 500-mile range options for $150,000 and $180,000…
Tesla opens new world largest Supercharger station with a whopping 72 charging stalls
December 31, 2020
Tesla has now opened a new world’s largest Supercharger station with a whopping 72 charging stalls just a month after beating its own record number of stalls at a charging station.
Tesla Supercharger Network
Unlike most automakers producing electric vehicles, Tesla…
Tesla achieved supply optimization at Gigafactory Shanghai, now says cost is linked to materials
December 31, 2020
Tesla executives are linking the price drops in China throughout the year to supply optimization at Gigafactory Shanghai, which they say is now completed.
Now, they linked the price to material costs and say they could increase.
Tesla is completing its first full year of…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 30, 2020
December 31, 2020
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.
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We have received more information about the critical North American market for Tesla (TSLA) as the automaker is inching closer to its historic delivery goal with only a day to go in the quarter.
Tesla’s Q4 2020 Delivery Goal
The truth is that we don’t really know what…
LG signs massive ~$10 billion deal to make batteries in Indonesia
December 31, 2020
LG has signed a massive agreement to reportedly invest close to $10 billion in Indonesia to make batteries in the country.
Indonesia is one of the world’s biggest nickel producers, but it has also recently put a ban on exporting nickel ore in order to encourage the…
Tesla (TSLA) gets stock price boost on strong delivery expectations
December 31, 2020
Tesla’s stock price (TSLA) is pushing higher on people trying to figure out if it can hit its delivery target with only a few days left in the quarter.
One analyst is raising the expectations.
As we have been reporting over the last few weeks, Tesla aims to deliver a record number of vehicles this quarter to achieve 500,000 deliveries in 2020 — a long-time goal for the automaker.
In order to…
