China’s leading EV maker, BYD, notched another sales record in November. BYD continues surging, with over 170,000 fully electric vehicles sold last month. The strong performance propelled the automaker past Nissan for the first time in sales. BYD sold a record 301,903 new energy vehicles in November, up 31% from last year. The figure includes […]
Tesla has secured a massive Megapack order for a new giant energy storage project that will likely become the largest in the world. The project in question is the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH), which is located just outside of Melbourne. When completed, it will consist of three battery systems totaling 600 MW/1.6 GWh of […]
Tesla is leveraging the attention around the Cybertruck by offering reservation holders a $1,000 discount on its other electric vehicles. During the Electrek Podcast watch party ahead of the Cybertruck presentation yesterday, I was discussing the possibility of Tesla leveraging the attention around the Cybertruck to sell its current vehicle lineup amid the end-of-quarter delivery […]
Hyundai achieved its best-ever November sales as demand for its fully electric vehicles continues rising. Sales were led by the Hyundai IONIQ 5, up 99% over last year. For the 16th straight month, Hyundai’s total sales grew in November. Despite claims the EV market is cooling, the South Korean brand continues to see rising demand. […]
California’s infamous Salton Sea has been a known hotbed of lithium for years, but no one had a sense of how much “white gold” was found there. Now a new study quantifies that, and it’s impressive: The huge underground reserve of scorching hot brine located underneath the lakebed contains enough lithium to build batteries for […]
Microsoft is to invest £2.5 billion in the UK over the next three years to expand its next generation AI datacentre infrastructure. The investment will include more than 20,000 of the most advanced Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) – which are crucial for machine learning and the development of AI models. This is the single largest […]
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes Harley-Davidson’s electric bicycle company Serial 1 getting acquired, Lectric Ebikes going above and beyond with philanthropy, E-bike riding as a food courier, Ryvid Anthem motorcycle deliveries, closer look at […]
A modified transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment led to a profound improvement in patients with hard-to-treat depression in a recent study. Overall, 66 per cent of patients with major depressive disorder who took part in the study responded to the novel treatment, and 42 per cent showed acute remission. This is significantly higher than the […]
Gogoro has been on quite a tear lately, expanding into an ever-increasing list of locales to offer its battery-swapping electric scooters. While much of its operations are focused on commercial clients that operate fleets of scooters riding constantly throughout the day, the company has also expanded its consumer sales for everyday riders running errands and […]
Nottingham-based AI startup BlueSkeye AI has been given approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to begin a clinical trial of its TrueBlue perinatal mental health app in the NHS. The app uses AI to scan peoples’ faces and voices and can identify and monitor signs of depression. The trial, which is […]
