China asked Elon Musk not to sell Starlink within the country

/ The Chinese government “sought assurances he would not sell Starlink in China” after Musk made the terminals available in Ukraine. Laura Normand / The Verge In an interview with the Financial Times last week, Elon Musk revealed that figures in the Chinese government have asked him directly to withhold Starlink access within China. Musk… Continue reading China asked Elon Musk not to sell Starlink within the country

Students at University of Stuttgart set new EV acceleration record

A group of 20 students from the University of Stuttgart in Germany has set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s fastest-accelerating electric vehicle.  The self-built prototype, designed and constructed by Greenteam, achieved 0-62mph in a staggering 1.461sec, beating the previous record of 1.513sec, which was set by a team in Switzerland in 2016.  That’s… Continue reading Students at University of Stuttgart set new EV acceleration record

Electric Vehicle Connectors Market to See Remarkable CAGR Growth of 17.6% by 2029, Trends, Size, Application, Segmentation, Gross Revenue And Key Players Analysis

CHICAGO, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Data Bridge Market Research has recently published a Report, titled, “Global Electric Vehicle Connectors Market” The report offers an extensive analysis of key growth strategies, drivers, opportunities, key segments, Porter’s Five Forces analysis, and competitive landscape. The study breaks the market by revenue and volume (wherever applicable) and price history to… Continue reading Electric Vehicle Connectors Market to See Remarkable CAGR Growth of 17.6% by 2029, Trends, Size, Application, Segmentation, Gross Revenue And Key Players Analysis

EnviroSpark Awarded Federal Contract to Serve $500 Million EV Infrastructure Rollout

Atlanta-Based EnviroSpark wins GSA contract to install EV charging stations across Southeastern U.S., earns highest overall technical ranking among 10 vendors selected ATLANTA, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Georgia-based electric vehicle (EV) charging company EnviroSpark was awarded a federal government contract to design and install EV charging stations at locations run by federal agencies… Continue reading EnviroSpark Awarded Federal Contract to Serve $500 Million EV Infrastructure Rollout

Tesla doubles down on tribal land loophole to get around dumb direct-sale ban

Tesla has doubled down on its plan to build sales and service centers on tribal land as a loophole to get around New Mexico’s dumb direct-sale ban. New Mexico, like a few other states, still has laws prohibiting direct sales of electric vehicles to the public without going through third-party dealerships. These bans come from… Continue reading Tesla doubles down on tribal land loophole to get around dumb direct-sale ban

Clean Technica: Westward Ho! 1500 Miles in My Tesla Model 3 Long Range with 2 Mountain Ebikes: Cost, Supercharging, Tips002303

My wife and I have just completed our annual 1500 mile trip from Three Lakes in northern Wisconsin to Lindon, Utah, 30 miles south of Salt Lake City. We take three days in our Tesla Model 3 Long Range just like we did previously with our Toyota Highlander gasmobile. This is true even with two… Continue reading Clean Technica: Westward Ho! 1500 Miles in My Tesla Model 3 Long Range with 2 Mountain Ebikes: Cost, Supercharging, Tips002303

Clean Technica: Similarities Between Tesla FSD And Cruise, Argo AI, & Waymo You Might Not Have Noticed002302

I saw many takes on Tesla AI Day 2022 that fell into a couple of main buckets. Those were mostly about the robot, Optimus, and we’ve published articles covering that at length. However, I stumbled across some critiques of the FSD Beta portion of the presentation that I found surprising and interesting. These mostly came… Continue reading Clean Technica: Similarities Between Tesla FSD And Cruise, Argo AI, & Waymo You Might Not Have Noticed002302

Twitter and Instagram lock Kanye West’s accounts after a weekend of antisemitic posts

Kanye West’s return to Twitter has been short-lived. Less than a day after Elon Musk welcomed him back to the platform, the rapper saw his account suspended for posting an antisemitic message. On late Saturday night, West, who goes by Ye now, said he would go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” In the same… Continue reading Twitter and Instagram lock Kanye West’s accounts after a weekend of antisemitic posts

Carmakers take control of supply sourcing as battery costs rise

For the first time in more than a decade, the cost of an electric car battery is set to rise this year. Soaring prices for battery raw materials — such as lithium, cobalt and nickel — have led commodity research provider BloombergNEF to predict the reversal of a long-held trend towards cheaper cells, which had… Continue reading Carmakers take control of supply sourcing as battery costs rise