Electrify America has reached an important new milestone: it has opened its 500th electric car fast-charging station in the US.
More are coming.
Electrify America was born out of the settlement deal between the EPA and Volkswagen over the Dieselgate standard.
They thought that instead of just having them pay a fine, they should force them to build a fast-charging network to support new electric…
EGEB: Financial CEOs: Biden to make big climate politics impact
November 11, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The CEOs of Barclays and the London Stock Exchange say Joe Biden will shift global climate politics.
Wind and solar capacity will double over the next five years globally and exceed gas and coal.
Big Four accounting firm KPMG…
Ford announced that it is investing $100 million in its Kansas City factory to build the electric version of its Transit van to be unveiled later this week.
The automaker is in the middle of its first big electrification push with the Mustang Mach-E getting to dealerships…
Green energy: 90% growth of power capacity globally in 2020
November 11, 2020
Wind and solar capacity will double over the next five years globally and surge past both gas and coal, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report published today, “Renewables 2020,” which is an analysis and forecast to 2025.
Green energy used for generating electricity will grow by almost 7% in 2020 — its fastest growth in the last six years — despite the pandemic. In…
As if Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV) wasn’t already fun enough, the company has just unveiled a new open-top version known as the Arcimoto ROADSTER.
The Arcimoto ROADSTER is built on the same base as the Arcimoto FUV, meaning it shares the three-wheeled…
Elon Musk’s 25 guns: a 25-person Tesla engineering task force to fix Gigafactory Berlin
November 11, 2020
We’ve learned more about Elon Musk’s ’25 guns’: a 25-person Tesla engineering task force to fix Gigafactory Berlin.
As we reported last week, Musk went to Tesla Gigafactory Berlin to boost its hiring effort and personally interview candidates.
He shared the email…
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…
