Cleantech & EV’s

Nissan is reportedly in talks with a little-known US electric pickup startup called Hercules to build an electric version of its Titan pickup truck. It would be joining Tesla, Ford, Rivian, and others into electrifying the important segment in the US. Bloomberg reports that Nissan is in talks with Hercules Electric Vehicles: “The Japanese automaker is considering buying a battery-electric…

Tesla has issued a new recall on 437 Model Y SUVs over a potentially loose bolt that could result in the upper control arm separating from the steering knuckle. It happened on three Model Ys to date, but Tesla is not aware of any crash as a result of the defect. Tesla describes the issue a safety recall report to NHTSA: The bolts connecting the front upper control arm and steering knuckle may…

Zero Motorcycles has just issued a recall notice through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) related to the front brake lever on Zero SR/F and Zero SR/S electric motorcycles. Zero recalls certain SR/F and SR/S bikes The recall covers 2020 SR/F and 2020 SR/S motorcycles that were produced between February 14 and June 19, 2020. A total of 659 motorcycles are expected to be…

Tesla’s first full-scale battery cell factory, which is located at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin, will produce up to 250 GWh, according to new comments from Elon Musk. That’s roughly the current world battery cell production capacity. 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…