Image: Sunrun Tesla Electric, Tesla’s electric utility division, is partnering with solar installer Sunrun to grow its user base in Texas. After gaining experience through its virtual power plants (VPPs), Tesla took things a step further with the launch of “Tesla Electric” back in 2022. Instead of reacting to specific “events” and providing services to your […]
On today’s extra long episode of Quick Charge, Elon Musk is definitely hurting sales at Tesla, Mercedes is taking the self-driving lead, and Chargeway founder Matt Teske stops by to show us how extreme weather could impact your electric road trip. We also take a deeper dive into some of the ways extreme heat and […]
Waymo is adding to its driverless taxi service areas in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is currently testing in Austin in advance of offering rides to the public soon. While we’re all waiting for the perpetually-delayed Tesla robotaxi or actually autonomous FSD, Waymo, Google’s driverless robotaxi service, has been offering private self-driving taxi […]
Rivian (RIVN) released its second-quarter earnings after the market closed on Tuesday as the EV maker aggressively cuts costs. CEO RJ Scaringe called the quarter a “defining one” as Rivian eyes its first gross profit by the end of the year. Here’s a breakdown of Rivian’s Q2 2024 earnings. Rivian second quarter earnings preview After […]
Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty In the artistic swimming events, team members can bring a level of intense theatricality to both their performances and their swimwear. Here, members of Team France pose just before entering the pool, facing away from the camera and displaying the faces on the backs of their swim caps, creating […]
The all-electric Jeep Compass is finally coming. Jeep plans to reveal the electric Compass before the end of the year ahead of a 2025 launch in Europe. Here’s what we know about the new electric SUV so far. Jeep plans to revamp the rugged SUV brand in the electric era. Under parent company Stellantis’ wing, […]
Solar energy powering grid Source: Shutterstock The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a $2.2 billion investment in the grid to create resiliency and growth. The money will be put toward eight projects across 18 states to help protect the grid against extreme weather events, lower costs for communities, and create additional capacity to meet load growth, which the DOE cites as “stemming from an increase in manufacturing and data […]
Elon Musk said that he killed a Tesla marketing program in partnership with Costco in Taiwan. He didn’t explain why other than the CEO “didn’t approve it.” For most of its existence, Tesla has had limited marketing and advertising efforts as it relied primarily on its own customers to promote the brand. This hasn’t been […]
We’ve got some great new and returning low prices for today’s Green Deals, with a special Jackery and Heybike joint venture leading the pack and offering a bundled Mars 2.0 Folding e-bike alongside an Explorer 600 Plus Portable Power Station for $1,299. It is joined by the return of the massive 50% markdown on UGREEN’s […]
Ahead of its official launch, Kia’s new EV4 is already gaining a new hatchback variant. The EV4 is Kia’s take on an electric sedan, but a hatchback model will help Kia target specific EV markets. Kia unveiled the EV4 concept for the first time at its first annual EV Day in October. The EV4 is […]
