Rivian’s Charly Mwangi, its executive vice president of manufacturing engineering and a former Tesla exec, is leaving the company as part of a bigger shakeup splitting up parts of the company, according to Bloomberg. “The reorganization calls for splitting the commercial business, which includes delivery vans made for Amazon, from the retail side of the… Continue reading Rivian manufacturing executive leaves as part of reorganization
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Atlassian co-founder takes big step toward shutting down Australia’s coal power
Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes just scored a major coup in his quest to end Australia’s use of coal energy. The Wall Street Journal reports AGL Energy, Australia’s worst emissions producer, has withdrawn plans to ‘demerge’ its retail power and generation units (thus keeping coal power plants running longer) after Cannon-Brookes bought over 11 percent of… Continue reading Atlassian co-founder takes big step toward shutting down Australia’s coal power
DeLorean offers first look at its Alpha5 four seater EV
DeLorean Motor Company has revealed the first images name of its upcoming EV called the Alpha5. The main things that stand are the wedge-like supercar styling, pair of massive gullwing doors and four seats — letting it hit 88 MPH with two extra passengers or carry considerably more than 55 pounds of cocaine. DeLorean first… Continue reading DeLorean offers first look at its Alpha5 four seater EV
Tesla and others lobby for federal funding of charging infrastructure for electric trucks
Tesla, along with other EV companies and environmental groups, is lobbying for some of the federal funding going to EV charging infrastructure to be used to deploy charging stations for electric trucks. Last year, the US legislature approved a new infrastructure bill that included $7.5 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The officials… Continue reading Tesla and others lobby for federal funding of charging infrastructure for electric trucks
Google backs India’s ShareChat in $300m funding round, startup valued at $5b …
The parent company of India’s ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc’s Google, media giant Times Group and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, valuing the social media firm at nearly $5 billion, two sources involved in the deal discussions told Reuters. A deal is set to be announced as early as next week, the… Continue reading Google backs India’s ShareChat in $300m funding round, startup valued at $5b …
Cleantechnica: Stellantis Wins #1 & #2 in Europe — Plugin Vehicle Sales Report 002008
With the doom and gloom continuing on the overall European car market, down 21% last month and the lowest April in over 30 years (excluding the Covid-hit April 2020), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to be affected. It dropped 1% last month, with approximately 159,000 plugin vehicles registered in April. Plugin… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Stellantis Wins #1 & #2 in Europe — Plugin Vehicle Sales Report 002008
Clean Technica: Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?002007
Here’s what the EV scene looked like a few years ago, pre-COVID: the legacy automakers were slow-walking the transition to EVs, producing just enough “compliance cars” to satisfy government regulators, doing nothing to market them, and insisting that customers didn’t want them. Of course, even then everyone knew this wasn’t true — Tesla had already… Continue reading Clean Technica: Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?002007
Cleantechnica: Musk: Self-Driving Cars Next Year 002006
Elon Musk was in Brazil recently for talks with its president, Jair Bolsonaro, to discuss using SpaceX technology to help bring internet to schools in rural areas of the country and to monitor Amazon rainforest deforestation, according to Drive Tesla Canada. There is no word on whether he encouraged the exalted leader of that country… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Musk: Self-Driving Cars Next Year 002006
Autocar Business unveils Power List 100; Carlos Tavares at the top
Carlos Tavares has been named the most powerful person in the automotive industry by Autocar Business. The Stellantis CEO, a man in charge of 14 of the world’s biggest car brands, topped the inaugural Power List 100, which names the 100 most influential people in the automotive industry. Tavares finished ahead of other industry giants… Continue reading Autocar Business unveils Power List 100; Carlos Tavares at the top
Hollywood Locals Upset Tesla Is Replacing Shakey’s Pizza
RIP Shakey’s. Shaken Up Not everyone is on board with Tesla’s plans to open a 24-hour supercharger, drive-in theater and diner combo. Several Hollywood residents and Shakey’s Pizza lovers have taken to social media this week to complain about the electric auto maker taking over what they say is an iconic location at the intersection… Continue reading Hollywood Locals Upset Tesla Is Replacing Shakey’s Pizza