After ordering thousands of Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans in January, Waymo is drastically expanding its self-driving fleet with an 62,000 more vehicles. It comes ahead of the Alphabet division’s first ride service this year, while the company is a…
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Hyundai Kona EV gets Norwegian price/specs as company plans to make own batteries
Norway is at the forefront of electric vehicle usage with the largest per capita Electric Vehicle adoption rate which is already putting the squeeze on the local oil industry. That’s why it’s not surprising to see global EVs debut there ear…
DHL’s StreetScooter opens second factory as it emerges as an important EV manufacturer
DHL, one of the largest logistics companies in the world, started its StreetScooter subsidiary to build electric vehicles for its own fleet, but it is now emerging as an important electric vehicle manufacturer.
The company is now opening a second facto…
Tesla Model 3 teardown points to only $28,000 in potential material and production cost
Several Tesla Model 3 vehicles were bought by competing automaker engineering firms to try and to learn about the technology.
Earlier this year, a German automaker was reportedly impressed by the Model 3 after having reverse-engineered it.
Now, another…
Tesla hires new head of Energy operations from Amazon and head of Tesla Europe from BMW
After announcing a flurry of new executive hires from Apple, Amazon, and more last week, Tesla has announced two new executive hires today: a new head of Energy operations and a new head of Tesla Europe. more…
The GenZe 2.0 electric scooter is American made, Indian owned and European styled
Despite becoming a popular form of transportation across Europe and Asia, two-wheeled scooters and mopeds never really caught on in the US to the same degree. But with a new wave of electric scooters coming, perhaps the time is right for that to finall…
EGEB: Australia’s emission reduction target is too low says Clean Energy Council, vertical farming, India approves new 5GW solar farm
Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news.
Today on EGEB, a new report by the Clean Energy Council decries Australia’s lack of long-term climate policy. A design studen…
GM’s self-driving car division receives over $3 billion in backing to go to market next year
Money is currently pouring into dozens of companies trying to bring self-driving car technology to market.
GM is betting on its own self-driving car division as it secures over $3 billion in backing to bring the technology to market next year. moreR…
Tesla starts large scale Model 3 deliveries in Canada
Elon Musk anticipated that at some point, Tesla would figure out Model 3 production and deliveries would become the actual bottleneck in the Model 3 buying process.
It might actually be the case now in Canada as the automaker’s relatively small C…
