In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The Trump administration finalizes a plan to open vast portions of the Tongass in Alaska to logging.
A hydrogen-powered terminal tractor is being tested in the Port of Rotterdam.
The Environmental Protection Network releases an updated report of EPA environmental rollbacks.
Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and…
Tesla officially increases price of its Full Self-Driving Kickstarter campaign to $10,000
October 31, 2020
Tesla has now officially increased the price of its Full Self-Driving package to $10,000 in the US.
That’s quite a price for a model that most closely resembles a Kickstarter campaign.
In a Kickstarter campaign, companies ask customers to purchase a product before it is…
GM unveils 1977 K5 Blazer-E with electric power thanks to its upcoming eCrate conversion kit
October 31, 2020
GM has unveiled its 1977 Chevy K5 Blazer-E converted to electric power with its upcoming eCrate conversion kit using Chevy Bolt EV batteries.
Last year, GM unveiled an electric pickup hot rod concept with two Bolt EV batteries packaged into an “eCrate” concept for easy…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 29, 2020
October 31, 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 tests Supercharger limited time discounts to offset expensive peak demand charges
October 31, 2020
Tesla is apparently starting to test discounted rates at Supercharger stations in order to offset expensive peak demand charges.
Do you think it’s going to work?
Electric utilities are making large energy users pay ‘demand charges’ during peak use that can be quite…
Tesla Model 3 2021 EPA rating shows Tesla’s efficiency supremacy
October 30, 2020
The EPA is starting to release its ratings on 2021 electric cars, and Tesla is again showing its efficiency supremacy.
2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range is getting an impressive 134 MPGe efficiency rating.
Earlier this month, we reported on how Tesla has made an early model year…
The US is doubling e-bike imports this year to half a million, and even that isn’t enough
October 30, 2020
The electric bicycle boom in the United States is bigger than we thought, and it’s only getting bigger.
When the US economy began feeling the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic this past February and March, many in the e-bike industry feared the worst.
At least until we witnessed an unexpected twist of fate. E-bikes, much like toilet paper for some reason, were the pandemic’s surprising winners…
BMW to bring 2 new Mini electric crossovers to market
October 30, 2020
BMW announced that it will release several new all-electric vehicles under the Mini brand in the next few years, including electric crossovers.
When BMW had an announcement about the future of the Mini, we had a feeling that they could announce the brand is going…
EGEB: South Korea joins Japan and China in net zero pledge
October 30, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in has formally pledged to reach net zero by 2050…
…But Australia digs its heels in, refusing to set emissions targets.
Virginia completes another solar farm in its journey to a green…
Tesla Autopilot loses to GM Super Cruise due to lack of driver monitoring in industry-wide test
October 30, 2020
Consumer Reports released a report based on a test of 17 driver-assist system and Tesla Autopilot came in second to GM’s Super Cruise due to the lack of driver monitoring in the former. The result is similar to their 2018 driver assist rankings.
The publication started its driver-assist system tests in 2018 with only a handful of systems.
Now two years later, the test has grown to 17…
