Vote Solar, the Coalition for Community Solar Access, and solar provider Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) conducted a study that found that if just a quarter of US households were powered by local rooftop and community solar and storage, Americans would benefit financially and environmentally overall in a very big way.
The study was conducted by using an advanced grid planning tool called WIS:dom®-P that…
EGEB: Ford, HP, Amazon, others call for govt climate action
December 4, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
42 corporations release a letter to the US government urging ambitious climate policies.
The US would save billions if local solar powered 25% of homes, according to a new study.
Japan may ban sales of ICE cars by the…
A new trademark for the eSR1 shows that Aprilia is likely developing an electric scooter, which would be the first electric vehicle under the brand’s name.
It wouldn’t be the first for its parent company, though.
Piaggio, which owns the Italian motorcycle manufacturer…
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…
Great Britain is arguably better known as a bleak little island on the edge of Europe, rather than as a renewable powerhouse, but ‘the times they are a-changin’. It won’t be surprising that Britain with its considerable coastline is ‘blowing in the wind’, but what…
Tesla (TSLA) could sell 20 million electric cars per year, says out-of-touch Goldman Sachs
December 3, 2020
Goldman Sachs says that Tesla (TSLA) could sell up to 20 million electric cars per year in a new note to clients.
I am extremely bullish on Tesla and EVs, but they got it wrong.
Goldman Sachs’ Tesla (TSLA) Note
Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney is out with a new note…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 2, 2020
December 3, 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 and powerful German union prepare for a fight over Gigafactory Berlin workforce
December 3, 2020
Tesla’s effort to build a new Gigafactory near Berlin has had a few hiccups, but it seems to be going smoothly overall.
However, it looks like the automaker might have to battle with IG Metall, a powerful union in Germany.
Elon Musk came to Berlin earlier this week and…
BMW confirms higher-performance John Cooper Works electric Mini
December 3, 2020
Last month we reported on rumors that BMW had greenlit development of a high-performance “GP” version of the electric Mini. Today BMW announced that the car is indeed being worked on, but it will be designated as a “John Cooper Works” model, a name reserved for the…
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…
