Bird announced today the first ever autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system for electric scooters.
If you’ve ever tried a standing electric scooter, you’ll know they’re not very complicated.
You have basically three controls: stop, go and turn.
And that first one is arguably the most critical of all.
Bird’s new AEB system
Bird’s latest technological development is designed to ensure…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
US offshore wind workers will complete VR training at Maryland’s Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies.
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative releases its 2020 Progress Report. Does it make any…
Thieves steal $45,000 worth of Tesla batteries that were later returned for $10,000 reward
December 5, 2020
A couple of thieves broke into a solar company and Tesla Powerwall installer to steal $45,000 worth of Tesla batteries.
The owner offered a $10,000 reward to find them and explained how it’s not a good idea to steal them in the first place.
ProSolar is a solar installer…
Energica has just announced a technological partnership designed to develop high tech electric watercraft.
The Italian electric motorcycle manufacturer will be teaming up with Italian marine startup Sealence s.r.l.
Energica described the company as “an innovative startup that has revolutionized the world of naval propulsion with its own DeepSpeed electric jet.”
Together, the two companies…
Should Tesla (TSLA) raise an insane amount of cash at crazy stock price to accelerate its plans?
December 5, 2020
As Tesla (TSLA) is reaching new, insane levels of market capitalization, some suggest that it could be a good idea to again raise money and try to accelerate its effort to build more electric vehicle and battery production capacity.
Tesla has already done two capital…
Podcast: Tesla (TSLA) profit vs massive cap raise, software update, Lucid’s factory, and more
December 5, 2020
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a discussion about Tesla making profits versus doing a massive capital raise, a new Tesla software update, Lucid’s factory, and more.
Discover…
Tesla is now giving access to service manuals, repair guides, diagnostic tools, and more for free.
The new right-to-repair initiative should help owners who want to tinker with their vehicles themselves.
Last month, we reported that Tesla was fighting a new “Right to Repair” initiative in Massachusetts, claiming it would weaken its cybersecurity.
The initiative, which was on the ballot in…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 3, 2020
December 4, 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…
Opel ‘surprised’ as Mokka-e sells out before launch. When will manufacturers learn EVs are popular?
December 4, 2020
It’s happened yet again: Another EV sold out before it launched. This time, it’s the upcoming Opel Mokka-e that is sold out in Europe, even though the car won’t hit the road until next March. Opel says they were “totally surprised” by the demand and were expecting…
A comparison of a Tesla Model 3 with a heat pump to one without shows impressive results
December 4, 2020
We compare one of the very first Tesla Model 3s without a heat pump to a newer model with one. The latter shows impressive initial results with what appears to be about twice the efficiency when running the heater.
With the launch of the Model Y earlier this year, Tesla introduced its own heat pump design.
It moved away from the resistive heater, which uses a heating element that converts…
