A crew of four astronauts successfully returned to Earth this evening, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Their arrival back on the planet brings an end to a more than six-month-long stay aboard the International Space Station, and it paves the way for another crew of four to launch to the ISS in the coming week.
The crew includes…
Chinese automaker GAC Aion aims to be one of the first in China to deliver a long-sought NEDC range of 1,000 km (~621 miles) with its new LX Plus electric SUV. The upcoming EV was recently processed through one of the final steps in China’s Ministry of Industry and…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 8, 2021
November 9, 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.
Check out the , an all EV event taking place at Sonoma Raceway this November…
The best (and worst) US states for EV charging
November 9, 2021
The electric vehicle is here to stay. As EV sales grow year-over-year in the US and the rest of the world, charging infrastructure is growing with it. In the US specifically, certain states are far better equipped than others to support the rising number of EV drivers on their roads. Below is a breakdown of some of the best states for EV charging along with some of the… less than best.
Table…
Ford CEO Jim Farley has praised Tesla in a recent internal meeting and he didn’t mince his words about the EV space.
He made it clear that Tesla does electric vehicles better than anyone, and that Ford needs to respect that.
Lately, Tesla’s rise in valuation has made…
Atlanta-based Southern Co., the US’s third-largest utility, will terminate around 55% of its coal fleet by 2030. Southern Co. is working toward achieving net zero by 2050.
Coal shutdowns in Georgia and Alabama
Units at the US’s two largest coal-fired plants will be…
Tesla to deliver electric semi trucks before end of the year, says PepsiCo CEO, despite delays
November 9, 2021
PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta says that it is expecting Tesla Semi electric truck deliveries this quarter, despite Tesla saying that deliveries were delayed to next year.
While Tesla has been making progress toward bringing its electric semi truck to low-volume production in Nevada, the automaker recently confirmed that customer deliveries of the Tesla Semi are pushed to next year.
CEO Elon Musk…
I ride all types of electric bicycles, from the dainty to the powerful. And while I love any chance to throw my leg over a new electric steed, it’s usually the higher-power options that really tickle my fancy. And the Addmotor Wildtan M5600 is pretty much the living…
Tesla’s numbers in China are out today, and the automaker has managed to maintain its impressive output with over 54,000 electric vehicles last month.
China is the world’s largest car market and also the world’s largest electric vehicle market by volume. As the…
COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 8
November 9, 2021
The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021, is under way in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever.
Monday, November 8
Ministers from all over the world arrive in Glasgow
Ministers are arriving in Glasgow today to start very tough negotiations about issues such as deadlines, how to hold each other…
