A 240-tonne mining haul truck is about to be fitted with a 1.4 megawatt-hour (MWh) prototype battery system that global green energy company Fortescue has developed with equipment maker Liebherr. UK-based engineering company WAE Technologies, which was acquired by Fortescue in March 2022, completed and delivered the battery system to Fortescue’s workshop in Perth, Australia. […]
Mazda has finally announced their long-rumored MX-30 plug-in hybrid, named the MX-30 R-EV, which uses a small rotary engine as a range extender to supplement a now even smaller battery. The new MX-30 R-EV was shown at the Brussels Motor Show today, though Mazda’s press release is light on details. All it mentions is that […]
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss the massive Tesla price cuts, the Autopilot hardware update, the Corvette E-Ray, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying […]
As Republicans push for anti-abortion measures, a Florida congresswoman shared her experience with the House of Representatives of being forced to carry a dead baby decades earlier. Frederica Wilson, 80, said she was finally ready to tell her story publicly, having previously not wanted to ‘relive the most painful time in my entire life’. Wilson […]
Ford gave its dealers, including Lincoln, an ultimatum to either buy in and go all-in on selling electric vehicles or wait until 2027 as part of its voluntary Model-e EV program. Although a little over half of Lincoln dealers opted in, they account for the great majority of the brand’s sales. As Ford fights to […]
Are you trying to be greener as we enter 2023? Well, ALLPOWERS’ 140W portable solar panel is a great way to do just that. It’s ready to handle anything you throw at it with a built-in 25A MC-4 connector as well as 60W USB-C PD, dual 2.4A USB-A ports, and more all for $146. This […]
Tesla is expected to release a new Autopilot/Full Self-Driving hardware suite imminently and now more details have leaked. Since 2016, Tesla has claimed that all its vehicles produced going forward have “all the needed hardware” to become self-driving with future software updates. It turned out not to be true. Tesla already had to upgrade its […]
Lectric eBikes, the Phoenix-based electric bike maker that is known for its ultralow prices, has done it again with a new budget-friendly e-bike. This time the company rolled out an electric tricycle known as the Lectric XP Trike at far below the going market rates. But how did they do it, and what makes their […]
Commercial EV manufacturing Nikola Corporation announced it is moving its battery manufacturing operation from its current site in Cypress, California to its production facility in Coolidge, Arizona. With the move, Nikola will create on holistic EV assembly process all taking place under one roof. With the start of 2023, Nikola Corporation ($NKLA) continues to make […]
Woebot Health has announced the appointment of Trina Histon, PhD, as Vice President of Clinical Product Strategy. The role will see Histon accelerate Woebot’s capabilities to integrate into care pathways and advance the software transformation of psychiatry, behavioural health and primary care. Histon’s experience in embedding and deploying digital health solutions in care delivery spans […]
