Tesla CEO Elon Musk has virtually met Mongolian Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene about the automaker making a potential investment in the copper-rich country.
Mongolia is a resource-rich country, including some rare earth metals as well as copper, which can be useful in the electric vehicle industry.
Rio Tinto is building one of the largest copper mines in the world that will eventually produce more…
Chinese unicorn startup says it has created an EV battery that operates normally in winter
June 7, 2023
A young battery startup in China claims its latest cell technology is able to alleviate a major issue for EV owners today – the loss of charging performance and range in inclement weather, especially cold climates during winter. By utilizing superconducting materials…
As sales of electric vehicles continue to surge, many new and prospective customers have questions about qualifying for federal tax credit on electric vehicles, especially now that a slew of new credits have been reinstated to US consumers (alongside their fair share of…
Here are all the EVs that qualify for Canada’s Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) Program
June 7, 2023
Canadians gather! If you’re looking to go electric, there is an expansive program at your disposal offering varying levels of incentives for EV purchases and leases in Canada. We’ve compiled everything you need to know below, alongside an ever-growing list of vehicles that qualify.
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EV incentives remain available in Canada
How the Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles…
Generative AI has been making headlines frequently in recent months, but how much are people really using the technology in their work?
A fair bit, as it turns out: 46% of all employees have “experimented” with generative AI at least once, according to a new survey of…
Apple is supposed to release an iOS 17 public beta in July, but some recent changes made the developer betas more accessible this year. The iOS 17, iPadOS 17 and macOS Sonoma betas were released yesterday and for the first time, those with free developer accounts can access…
Installation of the final wind turbines at the Netherlands’ Hollandse Kust Zuid 1.5 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm is nearly complete.
Hollandse Kust Zuid is located 18-35 kilometers (11-22 miles) off the Dutch coast in the North Sea. It’s jointly owned by Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz.
On June 2, Vattenfall posted on social media that the last turbine components had been loaded onto wind…
German engine maker MAN Energy Solutions‘ industrial-sized heat pumps will produce 350,000 MWh of heat per year and warm 25,000 Danish households using offshore wind power and seawater.
Industrial-sized heat pumps
The seaport town of Esbjerg, Denmark, has a target of net…
Quick Charge Podcast: June 6, 2023
June 7, 2023
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…
Ubisoft's Rocksmith+ guitar-learning app is finally coming to iOS and Android on June 9th
June 7, 2023
Ubisoft is bringing its guitar-learning app to mobile devices this week. Rocksmith+ will be available on iOS and Android on June 9th, nine months after the service landed on PC. The company previously said the mobile app would arrive last fall. Meanwhile, there’s still no word on when the Xbox and PlayStation versions will be available.
Rocksmith+ is designed to help folks learn how to play…
