Tesla announced that it is going to shut down Model S and Model X production lines for an extended period of time during this holiday season.
It’s the latest indication pointing to a possible design refresh.
Tesla first brought the Model S to market back in 2012.
The electric sedan has been slightly updated over the years, but design-wise, it has remained mostly unchanged since 2016.
In the…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 12, 2020
December 13, 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 offers one year of free Supercharging to incentivize deliveries in record quarter attempt
December 13, 2020
Electrek has learned that Tesla is now offering one year of free Supercharging to incentivize deliveries by the end of the year as it attempts another record quarter.
Yesterday, we reported on Elon Musk writing in an email to employees that Tesla is seeing strong demand…
Wind powers this new, enormous vertical farm in Denmark
December 12, 2020
One of Europe’s largest vertical farms is up and running in a warehouse near Copenhagen, and it’s powered by wind. That’s not surprising, since Denmark has the highest proportion of wind power in the world.
Sustainable vertical farm in Denmark
Vertical farms, which can be found all over the world, use LED lights and carefully controlled indoor environments to grow produce with much less…
Tesla is seeing strong demand but needs to increase production fast, says Elon Musk in leak email
December 12, 2020
Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote to employees in an email obtained by Electrek tonight that they are seeing strong demand, but the automaker needs to increase production fast in order to capitalize on it.
As we previously reported, Tesla is currently in the middle of its…
VW has unveiled a new 22 kW bi-directional DC charging station for electric vehicles that sort of closes the gap between level 2 charging and level 3 DC fast-charging.
Typically, we refer to charging electric vehicles with 3 different levels.
Level 1 or trickle charging…
EGEB: COVID causes record global emissions drop in 2020
December 12, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Global emissions are expected to drop around 2.4 billion tonnes in 2020 (7%), a record.
Amazon declares that it’s now the largest corporate purchaser of green energy in the world.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so…
These US-built electric mopeds are expanding to Europe, adding electric motorcycles
December 12, 2020
North Carolina-based Huck Cycles may be less than a year old, but the electric moped company is moving fast!
I first stumbled upon the company in April of this year. There was almost no information available, so I called up founder Brett McCoy to figure out what was going…
Toyota to unveil electric car with solid-state battery with 10-min fast-charging next year
December 12, 2020
A new report suggests that Toyota is going to unveil an electric car with a new solid-state battery that enables 10-minute fast-charging capacity next year.
Toyota started working on solid-state batteries back in 2017 with plans to commercialize the batteries inside…
Tesla expands in-house Self-Driving testing to Phoenix
December 12, 2020
Tesla is expanding its in-house Autopilot and Full Self-Driving testing to Phoenix, Arizona, which is already a hub for self-driving tests.
Over the last few years, Tesla has been criticized for not reporting autonomous test mileage in California.
The California DMV makes companies who are testing autonomous vehicles in the state submit yearly “disengagement reports” to release details about…
