The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are moving away from HydrogenOS and switching to ColorOS in China, company officials confirmed multiple times. Now we have it on paper, as the designated Weibo account of ColorOS announced public beta is now avaiable, and OnePlus and Oppo users can sign up to get it.
This beta follows the closed beta from mid-September. The OnePlus 9 flagships will be accompanied…
Google Maps gets eco-friendly routing in the US, bike-optimized ‘Lite Navigation’ coming soon
October 6, 2021
As part of Sustainable with Google 2021, the company today announced a slew of features across its products that let you make “more sustainable choices.” In Google Maps, this involves launching eco-friendly routing in the US and encouraging bike use with “Lite…
Google is pledging to help us get a better idea of our travel choices with estimated carbon emissions/impact of any journey planned using Google Flights.
Announced in a dedicated blog post, now, when you use Google Flights to check the prices or times of flights…
Google adding dedicated ‘climate change’ Search page, EV research tools, & Shopping suggestions
October 6, 2021
In addition to new features for Maps, Nest Thermostats, and Flights, Google is going to surface more information about making sustainable choices in Search, Shopping, and Finance. This includes a dedicated Google Search results page for “climate change” and research on traffic light inefficiencies.
Google is adding a dedicated results page for “climate change” later this month. The…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 5, 2021
October 6, 2021
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…
GM announced today that it is building a new battery facility in Michigan to develop lithium-metal and solid-state battery cells.
The new facility will be called Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center after Bill Wallace, who led the team that designed and released GM’s…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday.
Austin approves a huge electric transit bus purchase – 197, to be precise.
Clean energy now provides 25.22% of total US available installed generating capacity.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar…
Tesla is building Model Y bodies with single front and rear castings, a manufacturing first
October 6, 2021
In an auto manufacturing first, Tesla has started building Model Y bodies with two giant single casting pieces for the front and back of the electric SUV.
Tesla has been preparing to start production of the Model Y at two new factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory…
GE Renewable Energy today announced that its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine prototype is now running at 14 megawatts in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This means that GE Renewable Energy is now the first to operate a wind turbine at a power output this high.
Battle to be the…
Get ready to tackle yard work next spring by refreshing your electric tool arsenal ahead of time. This 3-tool package from Greenworks includes all the essentials and is joined by discounts on other electric lawn mowers and much more below, as well. We also have a wide selection of Tesla, Greenworks, and other e-bike discounts in today’s New Green Deals, so you won’t want to miss that…
