The US Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington DC on 27 March 2025. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters View image in fullscreen The US Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington DC on 27 March 2025. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters US health department moves to strip thousands of employees of collective bargaining rights […]
Source: Slate Slate Auto, a new EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, has poached a key Tesla manufacturing leader to build its electric pickup truck factory in Indiana. Napoleon Reyes is a US Marine from Indiana who got a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue after leaving the force. He then worked a few years […]
Genesis is preparing to shake things up with its most luxurious SUV yet, the GV90. Thanks to a new patent filing, we are getting a detailed look at how its Rolls-Royce-style coach doors will work. New patent reveals Genesis GV90 coach door system When Genesis first unveiled the full-size SUV at the NY Auto Show […]
In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the launch of the Tesla Model YL, more Tesla probes and lawsuits, new Nissan Leaf pricing, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a […]
Password Protection and End-to-End Encryption Roopam Jain, vice president of the information and communications technologies practice at Frost & Sullivan, says that organizations should be concerned about unauthorized access and the privacy of data shared in meetings. “Today’s meeting platforms have come a long way in offering advanced features that assure users and IT managers […]
The new electric Mercedes CLA (Source: Mercedes-Benz) July EV sales looked strong on the surface, but the looming impact of tariffs and the end of EV tax credits reveal a more complicated picture, according to Cars.com’s new Industry Insights report. New-vehicle sales jumped 6.6% year-over-year, even as dealer inventory fell for the first time since […]
Closing out this week’s Green Deals is several holiday sales from some of our favorite brands, lead by Anker’s SOLIX Labor Day Sale that is taking up to 61% off power stations and solar bundles starting from $120. We also have further Labor Day Sales from Jackery (up to 50% off with bonus 5% and […]
Photo: Onyx Renewables LLC Fort Polk, a US Army installation in Louisiana, is about to get a big solar power boost. Clean energy developer Onyx Renewables has wrapped up construction on two 13 megawatt ground-mount solar projects. The solar arrays are scheduled to come online this fall. Despite Republican opposition to solar, the Army recognizes […]
South Korea’s top automakers and battery companies are teaming up for the first time to take on China and advance new technology. Hyundai and Kia announced a new alliance with three EV battery giants to help Korea gain an edge. Hyundai and Kia form new EV battery alliance in Korea The global EV market is […]
Tesla is starting to integrate Deepseek and Doubao, two AIs competing with Elon Musk’s Grok, inside its cars in China. Unlike Grok in cars in North America, AIs in China are going to be able to interact with car functions. In the US, Tesla recently launched Grok, the large language model (LLM) developed by Elon […]