Just in case you didn’t notice, the US election is next week, on Tuesday, November 3. We at Electrek ran a Climate Crisis Weekly roundup on October 10 with the headline, “Humanity’s future rests on American voters.” Someone on the subreddit r/JoeBiden declared, “Tech website Electrek backs Biden for president.” Our reaction to that? We’ll take it.
And here’s why. Electrek is for…
Tesla pushes new Full Self-Driving Beta update, Elon Musk says could slash interventions by a third
November 2, 2020
Tesla has started pushing a new software update under its Full Self-Driving Beta program and CEO Elon Musk says it could already cut driver interventions by a third.
It has been less than two weeks since Tesla has started pushing the first version of its “Full…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 31, 2020
November 2, 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.
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This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s service push, changes to Tesla’s regen braking, Model 3 2021 gets its EPA rating, and more.
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Tesla Gigafactory Texas is progressing on pace 100 days in, but the hard part is still to come
October 31, 2020
We are now roughly 100 days into the Tesla Gigafactory Texas construction project, and it is progressing on pace, but the hard part is still to come as Tesla tries to rapidly deploy production capacity at the new facility.
Electrek exclusively reported that Tesla’s…
Protect the earth or face deadlier pandemics — report
October 31, 2020
Twenty-two global leading experts held an urgent virtual workshop, convened by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), about the connection between the degradation of nature and increasing pandemic risks.
The resulting…
CAKE has two new race-oriented versions of its electric dirt bikes, and the company is ready to put them to use on the track.
CAKE’s main two models have been their CAKE Kalk OR and CAKE Kalk INK.
The former uses nicer suspension and thus carries a bit of a premium price compared to the latter, but both use essentially the same drivetrains.
The bikes are powered by 11 kW (14.75 hp) motors that…
Skydio 2 Drone: Better autonomy than Tesla? You be the judge
October 31, 2020
What would happen if you set up a Skydio 2 drone to follow a Tesla Model 3 in Full Self-Driving (Beta) mode? Would it perform as well as the automobile? Better? Buckle up; we’re about to find out.
We already know that the brains inside the Skydio 2 are pretty impressive.
EGEB: Exxon to lay off 1,900 US employees
October 31, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Exxon is making big cuts to its personnel, which could be close to 15% of the global workforce.
Protect the earth and its biodiversity or face deadlier, more frequent pandemics, says a new report.
A new report from Wärtsilä…
Today, we take a look at an interesting new video showing Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta’s performance from the sky in a new drone video with a scary near-miss.
As we reported last week, Tesla has started pushing the first version of its “Full Self-Driving” feature that autonomously navigates on both city streets and highways.
However, the feature is in beta and it is not truly “Full…
