Cleantech & EV'sNews

Extreme E delivers electric off-road racing cars to its teams — making me jealous

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…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: December 2, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla’s demand forces LG Chem to more than double battery cell production

LG Chem plans to apparently more than double its battery cell production in order to support demand from one of its newer customers: Tesla. For the longest time, Tesla only used cells from Panasonic in its vehicles, but it validated cells from other manufacturers for the first time last year. It started with LG Chem’s cells to support Model 3 production in China. Now LG Chem, which also…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

EGEB: New Zealand government agencies now required to buy EVs

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern makes EVs part of its climate emergency solution. Scottish households will be the first in the world to use 100% green hydrogen. Ford is building Michigan Central, a 30-acre mobility innovation center, in Detroit. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region…
Read more