Electrify America has reached an important new milestone: it has opened its 500th electric car fast-charging station in the US.
More are coming.
Electrify America was born out of the settlement deal between the EPA and Volkswagen over the Dieselgate standard.
They thought that instead of just having them pay a fine, they should force them to build a fast-charging network to support new electric…
EGEB: Financial CEOs: Biden to make big climate politics impact
November 11, 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
The CEOs of Barclays and the London Stock Exchange say Joe Biden will shift global climate politics.
Wind and solar capacity will double over the next five years globally and exceed gas and coal.
Big Four accounting firm KPMG…
Ford announced that it is investing $100 million in its Kansas City factory to build the electric version of its Transit van to be unveiled later this week.
The automaker is in the middle of its first big electrification push with the Mustang Mach-E getting to dealerships…
Green energy: 90% growth of power capacity globally in 2020
November 11, 2020
Wind and solar capacity will double over the next five years globally and surge past both gas and coal, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report published today, “Renewables 2020,” which is an analysis and forecast to 2025.
Green energy used for generating electricity will grow by almost 7% in 2020 — its fastest growth in the last six years — despite the pandemic. In…
As if Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV) wasn’t already fun enough, the company has just unveiled a new open-top version known as the Arcimoto ROADSTER.
The Arcimoto ROADSTER is built on the same base as the Arcimoto FUV, meaning it shares the three-wheeled…
Elon Musk’s 25 guns: a 25-person Tesla engineering task force to fix Gigafactory Berlin
November 11, 2020
We’ve learned more about Elon Musk’s ’25 guns’: a 25-person Tesla engineering task force to fix Gigafactory Berlin.
As we reported last week, Musk went to Tesla Gigafactory Berlin to boost its hiring effort and personally interview candidates.
He shared the email…
At its I/O conference in 2019, Google announced that it would be adding augmented reality objects to Search. Over the year since, Google has a bunch of 3D animals you can view in Google Search using AR — here’s the full list that we’re constantly updating.
Update 11/10: Google has added a collection of 3D animals in special costumes for Halloween, click here to learn more.
How to find 3D…
Tesla has confirmed that its new 2021 Model 3 vehicles are now equipped with a new 82 kWh battery pack — thanks to new, more energy-dense battery cells produced by Panasonic.
Earlier this year, Panasonic announced an extra $100 million investment in Gigafactory Nevada…
The new Samsung Galaxy S20 “Fan Edition” is a hit thanks to an affordable price and great feature set, but quite a few early buyers were facing problems with the FE’s touchscreen. In the time since, updates have tried to fix that, but without full success.
Reports on…
Google will factor page speed, experience when ranking Search results from May 2021
November 11, 2020
Back in May, Google announced that it will soon factor page speed and other metrics that capture the end-user experience when ranking Search results. This change is now set to come into effect a year after plans were first detailed.
Earlier this year, the Chrome team announced a new way to rate websites that factors speed (load time), responsiveness (interactivity), and visual stability — like…
