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…
Watch Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta detect and avoid a deer crossing the road at night
December 4, 2020
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta system was caught on video impressively detecting and avoiding a deer crossing the road at night.
Watch the video below.
Over the last few months, Tesla has been pushing its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software to a limited group of Tesla…
Daimler announces $85 billion investment, mostly toward accelerating electrification
December 4, 2020
Daimler, Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, announced a new investment plan worth €70 billion ($85 billion USD) for the years 2021 through 2025.
The automaker says that most of the investment will be used “to accelerate the transformation towards electrification and…
Vote Solar, the Coalition for Community Solar Access, and solar provider Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) conducted a study that found that if just a quarter of US households were powered by local rooftop and community solar and storage, Americans would benefit financially and environmentally overall in a very big way.
The study was conducted by using an advanced grid planning tool called WIS:dom®-P that…
EGEB: Ford, HP, Amazon, others call for govt climate action
December 4, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
42 corporations release a letter to the US government urging ambitious climate policies.
The US would save billions if local solar powered 25% of homes, according to a new study.
Japan may ban sales of ICE cars by the…
A new trademark for the eSR1 shows that Aprilia is likely developing an electric scooter, which would be the first electric vehicle under the brand’s name.
It wouldn’t be the first for its parent company, though.
Piaggio, which owns the Italian motorcycle manufacturer…
Extreme E, an upcoming electric racing series, started delivering its electric off-road car, the Odyssey 21, to its racing teams, and it’s making me jealous.
I want an electric off-road car now.
The new racing series is from the same people behind Formula E.
It aims to be the first off-road electric racing series, and they developed their own car, the Odyssey 21, to make it happen.
The Odyssey…
