This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla opening up the Model 3 design studio to anyone in the latest move to stop ‘anti-selling’ the vehicle, Mode…
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company unveils bricks being produced from dirt dug in its tunnels
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has been releasing side products mostly unrelated to the company’s main purpose, like hats and flamethrowers.
The latest product has more to do with boring tunnels since they plan on selling and/or giving away bri…
‘Tesla and increasingly electrified Porsche’ is our competition, says Polestar CEO
Volvo’s strategy with relaunching Polestar as an electric vehicle brand has been somewhat confusing with their first vehicle being a $150,000+ plug-in hybrid.
Now Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath has clarified their plans by saying that “Tesla…
EVgo deploys fast-charging station powered by used BMW i3 battery packs in the US
Used electric vehicle battery packs are becoming increasingly popular for stationary energy storage projects.
It’s especially the case oversees, but now EVgo is bringing the tech to the US with a new fast-charging station powered by BMW i3 batter…
Model 3 was Tesla’s last ‘bet-the-company’ project, says Elon Musk
There have been a few times at Tesla were the entire company was on the line and its future hinged on a single project.
The most recent was the Model 3, but now CEO Elon Musk says that it is the last project on which he is betting the future of the com…
Tesla Model 3 Performance version has a lower suspension and ‘stronger brakes’, Elon Musk confirms
As the Tesla Model 3 Performance version is about to make it into stores all around North America, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed others features of the upcoming vehicle: the suspension will be 1 cm lower than normal and it will feature ‘stronger&…
Watch Porsche’s all-electric Taycan prototype do some laps at Nürburgring
Porsche has repeatedly been saying that its first all-electric vehicle, the Taycan (formerly known as the Mission E), will be able to handle some track time.
Now a prototype Taycan has been spotted testing at Nürburgring. more…
All-electric and autonomous logging truck unveiled
Every segment of ground transportation is gradually being converted to electric propulsion and now a startup is going after logging trucks.
Today, Swedish tech start-up Einride unveiled The T-log, an autonomous and all-electric logging truck. more…
Jaguar delivers its first all-electric I-Pace in the US, Waymo gets them for testing
It sounds like ordering 20,000 vehicles from an automaker gets you on top of the list for deliveries.
Jaguar has now delivered its first production all-electric I-Pace in the US and Waymo got several for testing its autonomous driving technology. more&…
BMW unveils first production design features of the upcoming electric Mini
In the epitome of teasing a vehicle release, BMW didn’t release actual sketches of its upcoming electric Mini.
Instead, it released today design sketches of features that will be in the production version of the vehicle coming next year. moreR…
