The young electric boat racing series E1 is adding a new dimension of sustainability to its championship competition. It has introduced a new element called the E1 Blue Imprint Championship, in which its racing teams will compete to deliver the most significant impact in reversing effects on ocean and aquatic ecosystems in regions where races are … Continue reading “E1 adds Blue Imprint sustainability championship to its electric boat racing series”
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Ford’s CEO acknowledged small EVs are key to mass adoption and profitability Ford currently doesn’t make a small EV in the U.S. Ford was a proponent of pickup trucks and SUVs, killed its cars and small SUVs Ford is shifting away from large EVs like the F-150 Lightning pickup truck to emphasize smaller models in … Continue reading “Ford CEO: Bigger isn't always better for EVs”
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EV charging network ChargePoint recently hit a key milestone in global expansion, reaching 1 million charging ports across North America and Europe. To date, these combined ports have delivered billions of miles to EV drivers around the world. ChargePoint’s ($CHPT) latest milestone should come as less of a surprise, as the EV charging network is … Continue reading “ChargePoint (CHPT) hits network milestone with 1 million charging ports available globally”
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The next-generation Porsche Cayenne will be electric Porsche said the gas-powered and hybrid third-gen Cayenne will live alongside the EV Porsche has said the EV transition will take longer than expected Porsche has confirmed that its current gas and hybrid Cayenne models will be sold alongside a fourth-generation, fully electric Cayenne for the rest of … Continue reading “Electric Porsche Cayenne to live alongside gas and hybrid models”
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On this, extra-dense episode of Quick Charge, we cover Tesla’s Q2 earnings call, Elon Musk talks cheap Tesla cars and cheaper 4680 batteries while promising to finally deliver on that new Roadster from 2017. While Tesla pushes back its Robotaxi launch, Google is powering ahead, beting $5 billion on Waymo’s expansion in to Texas. Plus, … Continue reading “Q2 earnings, Elon bets big on AI, cheap Tesla EVs, and Chevy EV lease deals”
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The Nuclear Company, a venture capital–funded project-development firm, came out of stealth last week and announced eye-raising plans: It aims to deploy a 6-gigawatt nuclear-fission reactor fleet by the mid-2030s. That 6 gigawatts would represent more nuclear-generating capacity than the U.S. has deployed in the last decade. The U.S. has commissioned only three new reactors since 2016 and … Continue reading “The US nuclear industry is stuck. Can this startup get it rolling again?”
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10-80% is typically seen as a benchmark for EV road-trip charging Peak charge power can be misleading, and in many cases it’s more about efficiency Relatively few of today’s EVs charge from 10-80% in less than 30 minutes There’s much ado about getting electric vehicle charging times closer to the five minutes or less needed … Continue reading “What are the fastest-charging EVs?”
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Many of us have heard of the supposed boogeyman of electric doping in the cycling world, where riders have sometimes been accused of electric ‘juicing’ by hiding electric motors in their bicycles. But what if I told you that electric motors could also help track runners go even faster? It’s true, but perhaps not how … Continue reading “Olympic sprinters are using this electric go-kart to run even faster”
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In this exciting, extra-long episode of Quick Charge, Zeem Solutions’ CEO Paul Gioupis stops by to explain how a managed “fleet as a service” solution helps take the uncertainty out of electrifying a commercial vehicle fleet while I talk up the new Cadillac Sollei and Hyundai plans some big updates for its IONIQ 6 (yes, … Continue reading “Jaw-dropping Cadillac concept, new Hyundai IONIQ, and Zeem CEO stops by”
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Elon Musk says that he would be ‘surprised’ if Tesla doesn’t have “unsupervised” self-driving next year. Though, like most of Musk’s self-driving timeline, you should probably ignore. Musk has famously predicted that Tesla would achieve self-driving “by the end of the year” every year since 2019. Lately, the CEO has been more careful regarding those … Continue reading “Elon Musk would be ‘surprised’ if Tesla doesn’t have ‘unsupervised self-driving’ next year”