Cleantech & EV’s

Motley Fool did a Deep Dive Webinar on Tesla and interviewed Electrek’s Fred Lambert for it Here’s the interview. Years ago, Lambert used to write articles about Tesla for Motley Fool back when the company was newly public and people were wondering if it would survive. Now we are going full circle with Motley Fool interviewing the now Electrek Editor-in-Chief about Tesla as the company is now…

Tesla is launching a $2,000 ‘Acceleration Boost’ upgrade for Model Y Dual Motor AWD vehicles — shaving half a second off the 0 to 60 mph acceleration. For a few years now, Tesla started selling vehicles with upgradable software-locked capabilities, like 75 kWh battery pack software-locked at 60 kWh, or higher power outputs enabled through software updates. Starting last year, they even made…

Ring, Amazon’s home security company, is launching a new car product that will work with Tesla’s Sentry Mode and also with a new USB hub. Tesla’s Sentry Mode is an integrated surveillance system inside Tesla’s vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car. The system detects when there’s a “threat,” which basically consists of anyone or anything approaching the car, and…

IBM Research has announced its annual 5 in 5: five significant changes driven by innovation in science and technology within five years. IBM Research’s look into the future this year focused on the question, “How can we use technology to reinvent materials design and discovery to find more sustainable solutions to everyday problems?” This year’s IBM 5 in 5, timed to coincide with the…