Shell Energy Europe BV will supply Amazon with green energy from an offshore wind farm.
Increasing US building retrofits with energy-efficient US-made products would create 170,000 jobs.
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Tesla rumored to have ‘massive delay’ at Gigafactory Berlin, but the report is pretty weak
February 9, 2021
There’s a report going around in Germany about Tesla having a “massive delay” at Gigafactory Berlin, which is critical to the automaker’s growth in Europe, but the report is pretty weak.
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is arguably the…
Harley-Davidson’s progressive new CEO Jochen Zeitz made two big announcements last week: A separate new division was opening within the company to focus purely on electric motorcycles, and Q4 2020 saw a dramatic drop in revenue.
The latter is certainly a problem, but the…
Tesla looks to hire data labelers to feed Autopilot neural nets with images at Gigafactory New York
February 8, 2021
Tesla is looking to hire a team of data labelers to feed images to help train its Autopilot neural nets at Gigafactory New York in Buffalo.
Labeling data for self-driving
Tesla is often said to have a massive lead in self-driving data thanks to having equipped all its cars with sensors early on and collecting real-world data from a fleet that now includes over a million vehicles.
The automaker…
Low-cost SONDORS electric motorcycle seen real-world riding in first range test video
February 8, 2021
A recently shared video is giving us our first look at the SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle performing real-world riding. It also finally provides us with some insight into the affordably priced electric motorcycle’s real-world range.
The highly anticipated SONDORS…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 6, 2021
February 7, 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…
Is there anything more fun than flying through the air in a dune buggy, 80’s music blasting and wild hair blowing in the wind? And what if you didn’t have to fiddle with an annoying engine or strain to hear your rock music over a popping exhaust? Even better, right?! While electric UTVs and dune buggies normally cost a premium over their gas-powered brethren, I’ve found a pretty darn…
Tesla has reintroduced the Enhanced Autopilot packaged in Europe and China with some features that were in the more expensive Full Self-Driving package.
Over the last few years, Tesla has changed its Autopilot options and pricing so many times, it has been hard to…
EGEB: Denmark to build $34 billion artificial wind energy island
February 6, 2021
Denmark’s North Sea green energy island hub will be the largest construction project in Danish history.
South Korea is the latest leader in the race to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
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How the US plans to capture the EV battery market
February 6, 2021
Electric vehicle sales seem to be growing by the minute in the US. Although they still only have a tiny corner of the auto market cornered, astronomical valuations of industry leaders like Tesla offer a glimpse at the potential of a virtually nascent market. In order to bring costs down even further to entice consumers, the US has plans to amplify battery production on its home soil over the next…