New Jersey recently surpassed 4 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar power, enough to provide electricity to over 500,000 households annually, according to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
New Jersey, which has 3.27 million households and is in the top 10 states for solar, now has more than 157,000 solar installations statewide, and it expects to double its solar capacity in the next four…
US Postal Service more than doubles EV order yet again – but it’s still ordering mostly gas vehicles
July 21, 2022
The US Postal Service has clearly been reading Electrek and our disdain for its previous decisions not to implement more EVs across its upcoming fleet of mail delivery vehicles. In a recent pivot towards sustainability, the USPS has more than doubled its number of electric…
FREY Runner electric bike with hub motor launched as the eMTB brand’s first touring e-bike
July 21, 2022
Jinhua, China-based FREY Bike has just launched its first-ever hub motor electric bike, introducing the lower-cost FREY Runner to the brand’s lineup.
The move is significant because FREY has long been a high-end electric mountain bike manufacturer that has focused on…
Greenworks electric 80V Hedge Trimmer hits $221 at Amazon (Save $58) in New Green Deals
July 21, 2022
While we often times feature notable discounts on electric mowers for ditching gas and oil from the lawn care routine, there are plenty of other tools worth making the switch over to something more environmentally-friendly. The Greenworks Pro 80V 26-inch Cordless Hedge Trimmer is one great example, and one that also happens to be on sale for one of the best prices of the year at $221. We also have…
Nothing OS 1.1.0 for Phone (1) brings Tesla integration, NFT widgets, July patch, plus bug fixes
July 21, 2022
Nothing OS 1.1.0 — the first major OTA update for the newly release Nothing Phone (1) — is now rolling out with Tesla integration, NFT widgets, July 2022 security patch, plus much more.
The startup has wasted no time in getting the support ball rolling for its first…
ZeroAvia secures $30M in additional funding to get its hydrogen-electric planes to the skies
July 20, 2022
Hydrogen-electric plane developer ZeroAvia announced it has garnered an additional $30 million in funding from both new and returning investors, including International Airlines Group (IAG). The aviation company’s Series B funding round now totals $68 million, which will…
Tesla (TSLA) has released its financial results and shareholders letter for the second quarter of 2022 after market close today.
We are updating this post with all the details from the financial results, shareholders’ letter, and the conference call later tonight. Refresh for the latest information.
Tesla Q2 2022 earnings expectations
Earlier this week, we posted our Tesla Q2 2022 earnings…
Tesla (TSLA) is reporting a massive increase in production capacity across all its factories, closing in on a 2 million vehicle annual production capacity.
While Tesla had a tough Q2 2022 due to its forced factory shutdown at Gigafactory Shanghai, we knew that the…
Kate Woodman has mastered taking exceptionally creative images in small, mundane spaces and teaches others how to do the same. What started out as a necessity has now become an art form.
From an Engineer to a Conceptual Artist
Woodman found her love for photography…
Picking Calendulas. Flower fields in Carsbad | Dan Rios
A local San Diego newspaper photographer has donated his entire collection of photographs taken during his career to a local university library. Dan Rios studied photography at a local community college, before working at the Escondido Advocate and the North County Times newspapers from 1968 to 2001.
During that time, he amassed…