In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Hyzon Motors and Raven will build up to 100 waste-to-hydrogen hubs across the US and globally.
These two new solar farms in Massachusetts come with a bonus – they’re pollinator friendly.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…
Ford has announced new investments into battery research and development under a new team called “Ford Ion Park” that could lead to new battery production.
When Ford started to get serious about electric vehicles, it created its “Team Edison,” which was behind the…
German electric utility company EnBW has announced it is implementing a flagship charging station at the Kamener Kreuz autobahn interchange. When complete, the 52 charging points will make it the largest public fast charging station in Europe, according to EnBW.
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Tesla plans to return to making over 100,000 Model S and Model X vehicles per year with new version
April 28, 2021
Tesla plans to resume making over 100,000 Model S and Model X vehicles per year with the new version, basically bringing the flagship vehicle programs to life.
Model S and Model X are Tesla’s more expensive flagship vehicles that are packed with a ton of features and the automaker’s larger 100 kWh battery pack.
The sedan and the SUV are built on the same platform. Tesla planned to produce…
EV designer Zero Labs has shared demonstration footage of its proprietary EV platform designed specifically for classic cars being implemented on a 50-year-old truck. In a process it’s cleverly calling “retrobution,” the company electrifies the truck in just 24 hours.
For May 2021, Google is adding three games to Stadia Pro in a slight decrease from last month. All these titles are already available for purchase on the streaming service.
Saturday, May 1 will see all titles come to the $9.99 per month membership, starting with…
Galaxy Tab S7 gets Samsung’s virtual video backgrounds, better S Pen support w/ April update
April 28, 2021
Samsung has been hard at work bringing its April security patch to dozens of devices for the past several weeks, and finally, the rollout has extended to the Galaxy Tab S7 series. Why the delay? The added video background, S Pen, and other features for Galaxy Tab S7 might have had something to do with it.
The rollout of the April security patch came pretty late for Tab S7 compared to other…
Quick Charge Podcast: April 27, 2021
April 28, 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…
Tesla apparently made an Earth Day announcement that flew under the radar: The automaker intends to power all Supercharger stations with renewable energy this year.
The electric vehicle revolution needs to be powered by renewable energy in order for its full positive…
Google will fix an issue that allowed other apps access to COVID-19 contact tracing logs
April 28, 2021
While it didn’t scale in the way it really needed to, contact tracing was a big deal as tech was utilized in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. An issue on the Android side of the Google/Apple COVID-19 contact-tracing API, though, may have allowed other apps access to the logs stored on your device.
Privacy was, understandably, a big priority for the contact tracing APIs that Google and…
