Tesla is rumored to be behind a massive new land deal to secure over 100 acres next to its Gigafactory Shanghai in China.
Gigafactory Shanghai has been expanding so fast that Tesla is running out of space to physically grow at the location in the Shanghai free-trade zone.
After quickly managing to build the first phase in 2019, Tesla started production at the plant in 2020, and they managed to…
A California city moves to ban all new gas stations
March 2, 2021
The Petaluma, California, City Council this week unanimously moved to ban new gas stations, and existing stations won’t be allowed to add new gas pumps – but they can add electric chargers. The council must approve the ban during a second reading in order to make it…
Mining for electric car batteries ‘hundreds of times’ better than petrol car emission cycles
March 2, 2021
A new study did a deep dive into the emissions from the full life cycles, from petroleum extraction to mining, of both electric cars and fossil fuel-powered cars.
The result is unsurprising but needed to dispel misinformation.
One of the oil industry’s favorite ways to…
Elon Musk says that Tesla will launch its subscription service for its Full Self-Driving package within the next three to four months.
Get ready for a high monthly premium, though.
Last year, we reported on indications that Tesla is working on a pay-as-you-go subscription for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package.
Later, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla planned to release such an option…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 1, 2021
March 2, 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…
We finally got the chance to get behind the wheel of VW’s ID.4 electric CUV this week. This is 36 hours with the 1st Edition RWD, and it was mostly during a winter snowstorm in New York. But we still had time to give it a proper drive and get some initial thoughts to see…
Two-wheeled electric vehicle company One Moto is attempting to replace gas motorcycles already on the road with electric vehicles. The company is starting in its native Dubai, but hopes to expand its mission globally.
One Moto is located in Dubai’s Sustainable City Neighborhood, a combined residential and commercial area of the city that focuses on green living.
The Sustainable City is…
A research team has developed a way to use a material found in plants to help create safer batteries.
The Biden administration raises the cost of carbon, making it easier to approve climate-change actions.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar…
Tesla denies report that it is going back into the battery swap, takes jab at NIO in the process
March 2, 2021
Tesla was rumored to be going back into the battery swap business, this time in China, but the automaker is now denying the report and took a jab at NIO in the process.
In 2014, Tesla demonstrated the ability to quickly and automatically swap battery packs in Model S and…
Last week, Rivian released a slew of winter test footage of its upcoming R1T pickup. Fans in Rivian’s forums have managed to catch an interesting anomaly in the shared content. One of the R1T EVs in the background appears to have a smaller cab and different wheelbase. Could it be a first glimpse at an R1T extended cab from Rivian?
First, it’s imperative to state from the start that any…
