Tesla has confirmed that its new 2021 Model 3 vehicles are now equipped with a new 82 kWh battery pack — thanks to new, more energy-dense battery cells produced by Panasonic.
Earlier this year, Panasonic announced an extra $100 million investment in Gigafactory Nevada, its partnership with Tesla to produce battery cells exclusively for the electric automaker.
As part of the announcement…
CA Clean Air chief Mary Nichols on short list to replace coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as EPA head
November 11, 2020
After four years of being filled by such industry mouthpieces as corrupt oil stooge Scott Pruitt and lying dirty coal advocate Andrew Wheeler, it looks like the Environmental Protection Agency is set to resume its actual purpose of protecting the environment come Joe…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 9, 2020
November 10, 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…
Tesla is apparently looking to switch to AMD “Navi” chip for its onboard media computer (MCU), according to a new leak.
Originally, Tesla used Nvidia Tegra chips in its Media Control Unit (MCU), which is different from its Autopilot or Full Self-Driving (FSD) computers that use Tesla’s own chip.
As Tesla started working to transition away from using Nvidia’s chips for its Autopilot…
Tesla finally acknowledges eMMC failure with its touchscreen, offers extended warranty
November 10, 2020
Tesla announced that it is extending its warranty for its MCU touchscreen over a longtime eMMC failure problem that rendered the screen useless.
The move comes after NHTSA put some pressure on Tesla.
Owners of older Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles have been reporting…
Tesla may face delays at Gigafactory Berlin over lack of permits, Elon Musk gets involved
November 10, 2020
A new report from Germany states that Tesla may face some delays at Gigafactory Berlin over difficulties securing permits.
Elon Musk is getting involved.
As we previously reported, Tesla moved ahead with construction at Gigafactory Berlin without final approval for the…
The Priority Current is a commuter-oriented electric bike that delivers a seriously nice all-around package at a more than reasonable price.
Frankly, it’s refreshing.
I’ve ridden and reviewed plenty of nice e-bikes. I’m not talking about just pretty good but still budget-minded e-bikes, I’m talking about e-bikes with all the bells and whistles, all the fancy features, but with a $4-6k…
Tesla (TSLA) could surprise with over 500,000 cars produced in China next year, supply chain report says
November 10, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) could surprise with a quicker production ramp than previously expected at Gigafactory Shanghai, based on a new supply chain report.
At the end of last quarter, Tesla reported a production capacity of 250,000 Model 3 cars at Gigafactory Shanghai in…
EGEB: 7 countries could cause the EU to miss emissions targets
November 10, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Seven countries with the dirtiest electricity in 2030 will undermine EU climate goals.
Biden-Harris have already published their plan to create union jobs by tackling the climate crisis.
UK civil engineering group Keltbray…
Joe Biden hits the ground running with a climate-crisis framework
November 10, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris were declared the winners of the US election on Saturday, and their climate change priorities have already been published on the Biden-Harris Transition website.
Biden’s ready to go
We excerpt the “executive summary” here:
[Biden] is working to launch a national effort aimed at creating the jobs we need to build modern…
