Ford announced that it is investing $100 million in its Kansas City factory to build the electric version of its Transit van to be unveiled later this week.
The automaker is in the middle of its first big electrification push with the Mustang Mach-E getting to dealerships right now, the F-150 in the works, and now the unveiling of the E-Transit.
Ford plans to unveil the electric van on Thursday…
Green energy: 90% growth of power capacity globally in 2020
November 11, 2020
Wind and solar capacity will double over the next five years globally and surge past both gas and coal, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report published today, “Renewables 2020,” which is an analysis and forecast to 2025.
Green energy used for…
As if Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV) wasn’t already fun enough, the company has just unveiled a new open-top version known as the Arcimoto ROADSTER.
The Arcimoto ROADSTER is built on the same base as the Arcimoto FUV, meaning it shares the three-wheeled…
Elon Musk’s 25 guns: a 25-person Tesla engineering task force to fix Gigafactory Berlin
November 11, 2020
We’ve learned more about Elon Musk’s ’25 guns’: a 25-person Tesla engineering task force to fix Gigafactory Berlin.
As we reported last week, Musk went to Tesla Gigafactory Berlin to boost its hiring effort and personally interview candidates.
He shared the email address ‘25guns@tesla.com‘ for people to apply, which raised many questions from people about the meaning of ’25…
Tesla has confirmed that its new 2021 Model 3 vehicles are now equipped with a new 82 kWh battery pack — thanks to new, more energy-dense battery cells produced by Panasonic.
Earlier this year, Panasonic announced an extra $100 million investment in Gigafactory Nevada…
CA Clean Air chief Mary Nichols on short list to replace coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as EPA head
November 11, 2020
After four years of being filled by such industry mouthpieces as corrupt oil stooge Scott Pruitt and lying dirty coal advocate Andrew Wheeler, it looks like the Environmental Protection Agency is set to resume its actual purpose of protecting the environment come Joe…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 9, 2020
November 10, 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…
Tesla is apparently looking to switch to AMD “Navi” chip for its onboard media computer (MCU), according to a new leak.
Originally, Tesla used Nvidia Tegra chips in its Media Control Unit (MCU), which is different from its Autopilot or Full Self-Driving (FSD)…
Tesla finally acknowledges eMMC failure with its touchscreen, offers extended warranty
November 10, 2020
Tesla announced that it is extending its warranty for its MCU touchscreen over a longtime eMMC failure problem that rendered the screen useless.
The move comes after NHTSA put some pressure on Tesla.
Owners of older Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles have been reporting…
Tesla may face delays at Gigafactory Berlin over lack of permits, Elon Musk gets involved
November 10, 2020
A new report from Germany states that Tesla may face some delays at Gigafactory Berlin over difficulties securing permits.
Elon Musk is getting involved.
As we previously reported, Tesla moved ahead with construction at Gigafactory Berlin without final approval for the project.
Instead, the automaker was able to move forward with construction through individual permits, but now its luck might…
