Tesla is starting to hire leadership positions for its first full-scale battery cell factory at Gigafactory Berlin in Germany.
At its ‘Battery Day‘ earlier this year, Tesla unveiled its own battery cell, the Tesla 4680, and explained its plan to produce its own battery cells for the first time.
Tesla is currently ramping up production at its pilot production line in Fremont.
As we previously…
The UK’s new Green Industrial Revolution: the energy standouts
November 19, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released his 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution.” Yesterday, Electrek wrote about the government’s plan for the UK’s electric vehicle transition by 2030. Here are the green energy highlights.
The UK’s energy…
Tesla (TSLA) is surging to a new, near-record high on investors buying big into the stock following the announcement that it will be added to the S&P500.
Even Warren Buffett is rumored to be buying into Tesla.
Over the last two days, since it was confirmed that Tesla…
Tesla ‘V11’ software update: Elon Musk teases ‘fire’ update with new surprise features and more
November 18, 2020
Elon Musk is teasing Tesla’s upcoming ‘v11’ software update to be released during the holidays and the CEO promises that Tesla will release features that have been request and some new surprise features that we don’t know about.
Tesla is consistently pushing new over-the-air software updates to its fleet with improvements to existing features and brand new features.
These are often…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 17, 2020
November 18, 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…
This is the EV part of the UK’s ‘green industrial revolution’ plan
November 18, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson today released his 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution” that will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs. One of the 10 points is moving to electric vehicles by 2030. Here’s the government’s plan for the UK electric…
Tesla is adding automatic payment at chargers to facilitate apartment charging and more
November 18, 2020
Tesla has recently been making moves to enable payments at charging stations in its Destination Charging network, but it also enables charging electric vehicles at apartments — something that has been harder to do.
Earlier this year, Tesla launched its Wall Connector Gen 3, a new home charging station with Wi-Fi connection and an updated design.
Most new level 2 charging stations are Wi-Fi…
California adds $1,500 incentive for new EVs, total state + fed incentives now up to $14.5K until end of year
November 18, 2020
California has refreshed its “Clean Fuel Rewards” program, increasing the amount to $1,500 upfront (no application required) and simplifying availability to customers statewide. The new incentive is available for any eligible electric vehicle (including motorcycles!)…
Trump rushes through US Arctic Refuge gas and oil lease sales
November 18, 2020
Donald Trump’s administration is bulldozing through a last-minute gas and oil drilling-rights auction in Alaska’s 19-million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Biden vowed to block oil exploration in the largest national…
We’re very lucky in Europe, as there are now nearly 40 electric vehicles to choose from. With changing attitudes to air pollution and climate change, allied to various government deadlines (a ban on new gas car sales from 2030 in the UK is expected imminently), next year looks set to be big for the European electric car market.
This is an ongoing collaboration between Fully Charged and…
