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Redbridge’s new Ultra – Fast EV charging station gives local people greener travel options

Redbridge Council has teamed up with leading energy provider E.ON and the Mayor of London to bring a powerful ultra – fast electric vehicle charging station to the borough to support greener travel. Based at the Council’s Ley Street Depot in Ilford, the station features a new twin ultra-fast EV charger, which has the potential … Continue reading “Redbridge’s new Ultra – Fast EV charging station gives local people greener travel options”

Q2 earnings, Elon bets big on AI, cheap Tesla EVs, and Chevy EV lease deals

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”

The US nuclear industry is stuck. Can this startup get it rolling again?

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?”

Olympic sprinters are using this electric go-kart to run even faster

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”

Jaw-dropping Cadillac concept, new Hyundai IONIQ, and Zeem CEO stops by

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”

Elon Musk would be ‘surprised’ if Tesla doesn’t have ‘unsupervised self-driving’ next year

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”

Vermonters get up to $6K to swap flood-damaged cars for EVs

Photo: Vermont Agency of Transportation Vermont is now offering its residents up to $6,000 in incentives to replace their flood-damaged, scrapped cars with EVs. On July 16, 2024 – barely over a year after 2023’s devastating floods – Governor Phil Scott (R-VT) announced updated state BEV and PHEV incentive programs in response to flood damage … Continue reading “Vermonters get up to $6K to swap flood-damaged cars for EVs”