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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission
The mission will explore whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable for life.
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of…
Formula E returns to London this weekend for another doubleheader, but at a new venue. This time, the race will be held in and around London’s ExCeL convention center in a unique track layout which Formula E says is the first indoor-outdoor race in motorsport…
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Here are 3 ways clean energy is boosting grid resilience right now in the face of extreme weather.
Massachusetts announces $1.6 million in grants to support offshore wind workforce training.
UnderstandSolar is a free service…
Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla will not offer a regular steering wheel option on new Model S and Model X vehicles.
When Tesla unveiled the new Model S with the “yoke” butterfly steering wheel, it was controversial.
Some were worried about the actual shape of the wheel being problematic and others about the lack of drive stalk to choose the drive mode.
As for the former, we thought that…
After days of both sides rallying stockholders to exercise their vote, the SPAC merger between Lucid Motors and Churchill Capital Corp IV (CCIV) has been approved. The closing of this long-anticipated merger is expected to close later today, and Lucid Motors is expected to…
Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority, which is heavily dependent on diesel vehicles, is going to purchase up to 20 electric buses that will run along two routes.
Houston’s electric bus purchase
Metro runs around 1,200 buses, so 20 electric buses will make up a tiny…
Zero-emission technology company REE Automotive has named Austin, Texas, the new home to its US headquarters. The Israel-based e-mobility company now looks to capitalize on a growing market in North America by opening an HQ in The Lone Star State, alongside an Integration Center for the assembly and testing of its proprietary technologies.
REE Automotive is an e-mobility solutions company…
I ride e-bikes a lot. Some days it’s a lightweight road e-bike. Other days it’s a longtail cargo e-bike. And some days it’s a ridiculously overpowered full-suspension fat tire e-bike. And as you may have guessed, I’ve been having a lot of days like those lately while…
AC Cars, one of the oldest independent automakers out of the UK, is on the verge of delivering the first electric version of its classic Series 1 Cobra to customers. The AC Cobra was a legendary two-seater sports car in the 1960s that has found new life with an electric…
Podcast: Tesla FSD Subscription, opening Supercharger network, Tesla Virtual Power Plant, and more
July 24, 2021
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including the launch of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Subscription, opening the Supercharger network to other automakers, the launch of Tesla’s new virtual power plant in California, and more.
The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a…
