In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Renewable energy overtook fossil fuels as the EU’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020.
These are the top 10 most sustainable companies in the world, according to the 2021 Global 100 index.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now…
Tesla and Waymo took to media and social media to spar over who has the best self-driving technology.
Waymo on Tesla
Waymo and Tesla have widely different approaches to developing full self-driving technology, but they both intend to come out of it with a system capable of…
Shell buys Ubitricity, UK’s largest EV charging network
January 26, 2021
Royal Dutch Shell said today that it is acquiring 100% of Ubitricity, the UK’s largest public electric vehicle charging network. The amount of the acquisition is undisclosed, and the deal is expected to close later in 2021.
But Shell’s true road map to net zero by 2050…
Tesla lost engineering director Joseph Mardall, who has helped produced “some of the best engineering” Elon Musk has seen in a long time.
Tesla Model Y heat pump
With Model Y last year, Tesla introduced several new design improvements, and its new heat pump is one of the main ones.
A heat pump is a device that transfers heat energy from a source of heat to what is called a thermal…
Tesla refers to ‘Semi-Truck production lines’ at Gigafactory Nevada in new job posting
January 25, 2021
Tesla has referred to “Semi-Truck production lines” at Gigafactory Nevada in a new job posting – hinting at actual production of the Tesla Semi electric truck at the factory.
Tesla Semi
When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production…
Formula E racing champ Antonio Felix da Costa talks 200 km/h racing and electric scooters
January 24, 2021
Portugual-born 29-year-old Antonio Felix da Costa is currently the reigning champion of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Antonio has been with the open-wheeled electric racing league since its inaugural season in 2014.
While we wait in anticipation of the 2020-21…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 23, 2021
January 24, 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.
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Peugeot has just launched its latest electric bicycle model, known as the Peugeot eC01 Crossover.
The company has made impressive strides in the electric bicycle market lately, with a half dozen crossover-style models launched late last year.
Now the Peugeot eC01 Crossover…
Tesla claims a software engineer stole critical automated software from its WARP Drive system
January 24, 2021
Tesla is suing a recently hired software engineer who the company claims has stolen critical automated software from its WARP Drive ERP system.
Tesla WARP Drive
While most automakers use commonly known enterprise software from third parties like SAP, Tesla instead decided…
Alibaba is one of the best places around to find the coolest and sometimes weirdest electric vehicles in the world. As part of a new series known as Awesomely weird Alibaba electric vehicle of the week, we’re taking a look at some of our favorites.
This week’s feature is a small-yet-mighty electric pickup truck designed for utility and off-road usage, though it may even be street legal as an…