Tesla (TSLA) has recently introduced plans to produce its own battery cells called ‘4680’, but now we learn that Panasonic will also be producing the new cell for them, according to a new report.
While Tesla has been working on its own battery cell chemstry for years, it has always worked with experienced battery cell manufacturers to produce them while it focused on battery module and pack…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 26, 2020
December 27, 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.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Tesla has pushed its ‘holiday update’ and it enables owners to turn their cars into a boombox, as well as a few other improvements.
As we have been reporting over the last few weeks, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been teasing a ‘fire’ holiday update to be pushed…
Elon Musk says Tesla can still achieve milestone of 500,000 cars in 2020, but will need to ‘go all out’
December 27, 2020
Elon Musk told Tesla employees in a new email obtained by Electrek that the automaker can still achieve its milestone of 500,000 electric cars delivered in 2020, but it will need to ‘go all out’ in order to achieve it.
Tesla is nearing the end of its end-of-year delivery push as it aims to deliver a record number of vehicles this quarter to achieve 500,000 deliveries in 2020 – a long-time…
Scientists set a solar cell efficiency world record
December 25, 2020
A Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) research team published a paper in the journal Science earlier this month on the development of a perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell that achieved 29.15% efficiency. That’s a new world record.
Solar cell efficiency record
This beats the…
EGEB: Abu Dhabi secures funding for world’s largest solar farm
December 25, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Al-Dhafra will depose its sister site in Abu Dhabi when it becomes the world’s largest solar farm in 2022.
Virginia’s Dominion Energy files plans with federal regulators for the largest US offshore wind farm to date.
A…
Tesla launches 3 new in-car video games on its arcade platform
December 25, 2020
Tesla is launching 3 new in-car video games on its arcade platform as part of its bigger holiday software update.
As we reported earlier today, Tesla is about to release a big software update during the holidays and surprisingly, no information has leaked about it.
That’s changing now.
A picture of the release notes has leaked on Reddit – although it’s in Norwegian and as part of the…
Podcast: 2020 world of electric vehicles review, and more
December 25, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a few news items about Tesla and other automakers, but as a holiday special, we are going to have a broader discussion about the year 2020 in the…
Ford Mustang Mach-E first drive: a complete electric CUV experience
December 25, 2020
We got the chance to test out the Ford Mustang Mach-E, and we’re bringing you our first-drive impressions of the electric vehicle.
In short, we think it delivers a complete electric CUV experience.
Last weekend, Ford loaned Electrek a pre-production Mustang Mach-E so we…
A few months ago, German cycling manufacturer Canyon unveiled an interesting new electric pedal car concept known as the Canyon Future Mobility Project. At the time it seemed like a far-off concept for the high-end bicycle manufacturer. But now a new investment round reported to be nearly $1 billion could breathe fresh life into the project.
Canyon is better known for the company’s high-end…
