In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GE Renewable Energy will open a new blade manufacturing facility in northeastern England.
White Plains, New York, breaks ground on 6.8 MW of community solar.
US Senate confirms Michael Regan as Environmental Protection Agency chief.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar…
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla Cybertruck owners will be able to power a camper with their electric pickup trucks.
When unveiling the Cybertruck, Tesla announced some impressive specs, including a range of up to 500 miles and a towing capacity of up to 14,000…
GM has revealed today the latest developments with its next-gen lithium-metal battery cell prototypes and announced a new joint-venture with SolidEnergy Systems.
During Washington Post’s Live virtual conference today, General Motors President Mark Reuss revealed more…
Tesla delays new Model S Plaid Plus orders to ‘mid-2022’
March 12, 2021
Tesla has delayed new Model S Plaid Plus reservations to “mid-2022” in an update to its online configurator.
Last night, Tesla updated its online configurator to change pricing on several models, including a $10,000 price increase on the Model S Plaid Plus.
A few hours later, Tesla updated the Model S online configurator again to change the delivery timeline.
When unveiling the new refreshed…
Lucid Motors just released a video of CEO Peter Rawlinson taking the upcoming Air sedan for a test drive. It was the first time the Air appeared in public without camouflage. The test drive Air is a release candidate EV built at Lucid’s AMP-1 facility and Arizona.
Tesla dashcam captures armed carjacking attempt and robber firing shot into electric car
March 11, 2021
TeslaCam, Tesla’s integrated dashcam system using Autopilot cameras, has captured an armed carjacking attempt during which the carjacker fired a shot into a Model 3 electric car.
Draper Younce, a Navy sailor and Tesla Model 3 owner, was sitting in his car in…
A new study found that a surprising number of riders are interested in switching from gas-powered motorcycles to electric motorcycles.
The study surveyed 632 riders across the UK. While that number isn’t as high as we would have liked, it still represents a fairly large sample of riders across various age groups.
The study, performed by BikeSure, found that of the 632 riders, 46.7% were…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 10, 2021
March 11, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Canoo unveils fully-electric pickup truck set for 2023
March 11, 2021
Details of a fully-electric pickup truck from EV startup, Canoo ($GOEV) leaked today. The images and features were scheduled to be unveiled during the Motor Press Guild’s Virtual Media Day (VMD). This new truck is the third vehicle to sit upon the company’s proprietary…
Tesla has increased prices on its cheapest and most expensive electric vehicles in a quiet overnight update to its online configurator.
Unlike most automakers who distribute their vehicles through dealerships who ultimately decide the price of the cars, Tesla owns its entire distribution system and has uniform pricing across each market.
But that uniform pricing has historically often been…
