Tesla batteries deployed in Vermont have saved local electricity ratepayers about $3 million this year alone, according to the local electric utility.
Green Mountain Power (GMP), a relatively small electric utility operating in Vermont, was one of the earliest adopters of Tesla Powerwall.
It has been leading the deployment of Tesla Powerwalls with 2,000 units deployed to date and it has…
Tesla says it caught ‘malicious sabotage’ at Fremont factory
October 7, 2020
Tesla reportedly caught an employee engaging in “malicious sabotage” at its Fremont factory, according to an internal email to employees.
Al Prescott, Tesla’s vice president of legal and acting general counsel, wrote in an email to Fremont factory employees obtained by…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) said today that it will adopt a financing commitment that is aligned to the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Where JPM wants to go
As the United Nations explains:
The Paris Agreement’s central aim is to strengthen the global response…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 6, 2020
October 7, 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 has finally launched its two-factor authentication feature to better secure customer accounts.
The increasing connectivity in vehicles has made them more subject to hacking in recent years, and there’s not a more connected vehicle on the road today than…
Tesla Solar Roof buyer left without roof and tarps over his house after 2-month-long nightmare
October 6, 2020
A Tesla Solar Roof customer was left without a roof and tarps covering his house after new solar roof installation turned into a 2-month-long nightmare.
Tesla is still trying to ramp its solar roof tile deployment, which has been delayed several times already.
It’s why we…
British prime minister Boris Johnson declared today at the Conservative Party conference that the UK would become “the world leader in clean wind energy.” He committed £160 million ($207 million) to upgrade ports and factories in northern England, Scotland, and Wales in order to build wind turbines.
UK wind target boost
The plan includes the creation of 2,000 clean energy construction jobs…
When I visit China, or really anywhere in Eastern Asia, I’m always amazed at just how prevalent electric bicycles are. E-bike adoption may be on the rise in the US, but it’s simply the standard way to get around in much of Asia. And so I wanted to test how a typical…
Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico is turning into a major storm, and it’s going to affect offshore oil.
PM Boris Johnson pledges £160 million to ensure that wind farms will generate power for every home.
Denmark will contribute $1.6 billion to new climate…
VW ID.3 — Is this the mass-market EV the world needs?
October 6, 2020
After a full 21 months since Fully Charged took the test-version vehicle out in sunny South Africa, Robert Llewellyn finally got to grips with the “First Edition” VW ID.3 in the not-so-sunny south of England.
It’s no secret that, having had a few of them, we are fans of Volkswagen‘s Golf. And surely with its similar proportions, the ID.3 is its logical, technological successor. But does…
