Tesla has started producing Model Y vehicles with Hardware 4.0, a new suite of sensors and a new self-driving computer. The automaker has almost completely integrated the new hardware despite not announcing it.
Unlike other automakers who wait for a new model year to update a car, Tesla implements changes whenever they are ready.
It has its advantages and its disadvantages.
The biggest…
ROAM rolls out solar-powered electric motorcycle hubs for fast charging and battery rentals
May 27, 2023
ROAM – one of Kenya’s leading electric mobility companies – continues to expand its enterprise with new innovations to help electrify Africa’s roads and promote sustainability. Today, the company introduced the ROAM Hub – a multi-purpose electric motorcycle…
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) just announced that they will build a $4.3 billion EV battery plant in the state of Georgia.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in a signing ceremony today at LGES’s headquarters in…
Tesla and Ford announced a partnership to onboard the latter’s electric vehicles on the former’s Supercharger network. Ford will add the Tesla plug, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), to its electric vehicles.
When Tesla announced last year that it opened up its proprietary charging connector to try to make it the industry standard in North America, we thought it might…
US wind and solar together produced more electricity than coal in Q1 2023, according to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The latest issue of EIA’s “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data…
Mercedes-Benz has hired a contractor to install a 20-turbine wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, Germany.
German wind farm developer UKA has been awarded a long-term contract worth “hundreds of millions” to install the 20 wind turbines by 2025, and bringing the…
How to screen record on an iPhone
May 27, 2023
Sometimes, it’s just better to share your screen when you’re trying to show how to do something or get an idea across. The latest version of iOS on iPhones has made it easier to do this — you can even share your screen via Facetime now, too. But you don’t have to force your not-so tech savvy mom or dad to jump on FaceTime to show them how to check their email. iPhones have another built-in…
OpenAI first launched its ChatGPT iOS app across the US in mid-May and now it has made good on its promise to expand to more countries in the “coming weeks” by launching in 11 new countries. The countries are a global mix with iOS users in Albania, Croatia…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is going to discuss the future of electric vehicles with Ford CEO Jim Farley on a Twitter Spaces.
Musk has been pushing his Twitter Spaces feature over the last few weeks.
When being interviewed by CNBC earlier this month, he insisted that the interview…
Quick Charge Podcast: May 25, 2023
May 26, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
