Coal production is forecast to reach an all-time high in 2022, and then after a couple of years, plateau as demand flattens, according to the latest annual market report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), released today.
After falling in 2019 and 2020, global power generation from coal is expected to jump by 9% in 2021 to an all-time high of 10,350 terawatt-hours, according to the…
FedEx confirmed today that it has taken delivery of the first electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop division.
The first 5 EVs of the 500 that the logistic giant ordered.
BrightDrop was launched earlier this year as a new electric delivery and logistic unit of GM.
Waze is adding support to show and search for EV charging stations
December 18, 2021
As electric vehicles grow in popularity, there are two big challenges to overcome. First and foremost, there’s, of course, the pricing. However, the other major problem for many customers today is finding a charging station, and that’s a task Google’s Waze app will now…
The Rivian R1T is Electrek’s 2021 vehicle of the year
December 18, 2021
This pickup truck has everything – faster than most sports cars, a roomy interior with lots of storage and extras, and it can go off-road where no other production vehicle can go. It’s the first time electrification has hit the off-road pickup in a meaningful way, and it proves why electric is king both on-road and off.
Last year’s Electrek vehicle of the year was the Juiced HyperScorpion…
GM announces first deliveries of GMC Hummer EV pickup truck
December 18, 2021
GM announced today that it produced the first GMC Hummer EV pickup trucks for customers’ deliveries, which can now begin. It’s the second electric pickup truck to hit the market.
In October of last year, GM officially launched its GMC Hummer EV, an all-electric…
Podcast: Rivian EV of year / first earnings, Hyundai Ioniq 5 price, Hummer EV deliveries, and more
December 18, 2021
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a bunch of Rivian news through its first earnings report and it being named Electrek’s vehicle of the year, Hyundai announcing Ioniq 5 price…
Extreme E is back this weekend for the fifth and final race of its inaugural season, this time on the Jurassic Coast in southern England.
Each Extreme E venue is picked to bring awareness to one aspect of environmental damage humans are doing to the Earth. In the case of the Jurassic X Prix, the focus is on erosion caused by rising sea levels and biodiversity loss caused by human incursion into…
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more
Beginning in earnest with OpenAI’s GPT-3, the focus in the field of natural language processing has turned to large language…
AI in 2022: What decision you need to make in the new year
December 18, 2021
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more
What does 2022 have in store for AI in the enterprise? Will it be a robust year of world-altering developments and…
iOS 15.3 beta 1 now rolling out to developers
December 18, 2021
Just a few days after the release of iOS 15.2 to the public, Apple is once again restarting the beta testing process. The company is now rolling out the first betas of iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 to developers, but we don’t expect any major changes with iOS 15.3.
Read more: iOS 15.3 mysteriously leaked via Apple Developer website, here’s what happened
Today’s new release of iOS 15.3 beta 1…
