Ford Pro and Xcel energy will collaborate to deploy 30,000 EV charging ports for commercial customers by 2030, and the best part is that qualifying business customers can get most upfront costs of this infrastructure offset by Xcel Energy.
Ford Pro is Ford’s commercial vehicle arm, selling vehicles and fleet services to business customers. Xcel energy is a utility company that serves customers…
San Diego-based e-bike company Juiced Bikes has just launched a new version of one of the company’s most popular electric bikes. The updated Scrambler X2 is “back and better than ever!”.
Juiced Bikes is one of the longest-running e-bike companies in the US. As an…
Trump, Kennedy Jr, and Ramaswamy Invited to First Crypto Presidential Forum – Bitcoin News
December 5, 2023
Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Vivek Ramaswamy have been invited to be part of the First Crypto Presidential Forum, an initiative designed to clarify the cryptocurrency policies of each U.S. presidential candidate. The event, organized by Stand with Crypto, will be…
Quick Charge Podcast: December 4, 2023
December 5, 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…
Rivian CFO teases a new cheaper, simplified battery pack structure for R1 EVs coming in 2024
December 5, 2023
Rivian’s chief financial officer Claire McDonough shared some very interesting tidbit and excellent insight to the American automaker’s end of year goals and where it is headed in 2024. One juicy piece of information she gave the public during a recent interview is that…
This huge indoor ski slope is now covered in solar panels
December 5, 2023
The 12,500-square-meter (134,549-square-foot) roof of an indoor ski slope in Belgium is covered in solar panels.
SnowWorld Antwerp now has 1,452 solar panels on its vast roof. SnowWorld rented its roof to Belgian solar company EnergyVision, and the indoor ski slope can use…
Kia’s first dedicated EV is due for a facelift. The new Kia EV6 was caught testing for the first time, showing design elements pulled from its flagship EV9.
The new Kia EV6 facelift has been spotted testing
After launching in 2021, the Kia EV6 made its mark as a fun-to-drive, spacious EV. Within 40 days of launching, the EV6 gathered over 30,000 pre-orders.
However, that was over two years…
Tesla is about to face a class action after a judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the automaker overcharged people using its insurance with “real-time data” after increasing their premiums over “fake crash warnings.”
When launching its own car insurance…
Panasonic Lumix G9 II: Unlocking the Power of Raw Video
December 5, 2023
The Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 II will gain the ability to output ‘raw’ video to popular external video recorders over its HDMI port.Photo: Brendan Nystedt
Panasonic has announced it will add ‘raw’ video output to the Lumix DC-G9 II in a forthcoming…
IBM advances Quantum Computing ambitions with generative AI power for software development
December 5, 2023
Quantum computing is taking another ‘quantum’ leap forward today with new processor, system and software updates announced at the IBM Quantum 2023 Summit.
The star of the announcements is the IBM Quantum Heron processor, seen below in an image provided to VentureBeat by IBM.
With 133 qubits, IBM claims that Heron is its highest-performing quantum processor to date, offering significant…
