Tesla has released its latest ‘Vehicle Safety Report’, which looks into the different accident rates per mile of its vehicles on and off Autopilot.
The latest data shows a slight improvement.
Since 2018, Tesla has been trying to create a benchmark for its improvement in Autopilot safety by releasing a quarterly report that compares the number of miles per accident on Autopilot versus off…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 26, 2020
October 29, 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…
Coal CEO Bob Murray dies after filing for black lung benefits
October 29, 2020
Bob Murray, the board chairman of Murray Energy, the largest privately owned — and bankrupt — US coal operator, died on Sunday at age 80. He had announced his retirement less than a week before.
Although no cause of death was officially given, Murray filed for black…
Tesla (TSLA) launches new ‘Energy Plan’ to offer low electricity rates with solar and Powerwall VPP
October 29, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has launched its new “Tesla Energy Plan” to offer new low charging tariffs to customers in the UK by creating a virtual power plant with solar and Powerwall.
Earlier this year, we reported on Tesla taking its first step in becoming an energy provider in the UK.
The company aimed to use its “Autobidder” platform to take advantage of distributed energy assets to provide new…
Baojun E300 Plus: How cheap is this EV from General Motors?
October 29, 2020
Where they can get away with it, certain legacy carmakers are still perfectly content to be dragged, kicking and screaming, toward electrification. Curiously though, there are instances in which the self-same car companies that make little effort in their home country…
Lordstown (RIDE) goes public as people bet on them delivering electric pickup with in-wheel motors
October 29, 2020
Lordstown Motors (RIDE) has officially gone public through a reverse merger and now people are betting on the startup delivering an electric pickup truck with in-wheel hub motors.
It’s a technology that has never been implemented in a passenger electric vehicle for…
Harley-Davidson officially spins off new electric bicycle company with stunning first model
October 29, 2020
This is it. Harley-Davidson has been teasing us with the prospect of their own in-house electric bicycles for over two years. And today the bar-and-shield motorcycle manufacturer has finally announced its new dedicated electric bicycle brand known as Serial 1 Cycle Company.
The brand’s name is an homage to the very first motorcycle ever built by Harley-Davidson in 1903, named “Serial Number…
EGEB: GM, Ford knew about climate change a half century ago
October 29, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
GM and Ford knew about climate change 50 years ago, E&E News reveals in an exclusive.
Bob Murray, who long fought to reduce black lung benefits for coal miners, died of a lung condition.
More than half of kids in the UK…
Waymo and Daimler have announced a new partnership to bring the former’s autonomous driving technology to the latter’s semi trucks.
Recently, a widely shared report from Germany suggested that Mercedes-Benz is “giving up” on autonomous driving following the news of…
Tesla has mysteriously removed the option for drivers to control the strength of the regenerative braking capacity for new cars.
The reason behind the change is not clear.
Regenerative Braking
Regenerative braking, which uses an electric vehicle’s electric motor to convert kinetic energy into electricity to charge the battery pack while slowing down the vehicle, is a flagship feature of…
