Quick Charge

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links) UPDATE: FreeWire hasn’t closed its HQ just yet Elon Musk’s no.2 at Tesla goes back to China as the CEO isolates himself at the top Tesla (TSLA) launches another round of layoffs Lilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Florida In 2023, investment in clean energy manufacturing shot up 70% from 2022 Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links) Joby completes pre-production eVTOL testing, segues into production prototype flight certification A fully-electric 10,000 ton container ship has begun service equipped with over 50,000 kWh in batteries This German startup is pioneering recyclable wooden wind turbine blades US updates EV tax credit rules, enabling more electric cars to be eligible Watch this autonomous excavator build a 215 foot retaining wall Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links) Why gas bikes just can’t compete with electric motorcycles in the summer Tesla’s next-gen Dojo AI training tile is in production The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales There’s a new trend making electric bike batteries safer Toyota goes large on hydrogen with new US headquarters Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links) Everrati rebrands B2B EV conversion arm to ‘Powered by Everrati’ amid clientele increase Tesla Cybertruck owner gets quoted over $30,000 for Powershare installation CATL unveils world’s first LFP battery with 4C ultra-fast charging for 370-mi in 10 mins Tesla (TSLA) surges on Elon Musk trying to ride AI wave Tesla expects its 4680 battery cells to be cheaper than suppliers by end of year Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla may start selling its Optimus humanoid robot next year, says Elon Musk Tesla is in talks with ‘one major automaker about licensing Full Self-Driving’ BETA hits its latest eVTOL milestone, transitioning mid-air with a pilot onboard [Video] Tesla announces change of plans to build cheaper electric cars Tesla teases its upcoming Uber-like self-driving ride-hailing app Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla driver arrested for homicide after running over motorcyclist on Autopilot Tesla officially unveils new Model 3 Performance with 0-60 mph in 2.9 sec Arres Prevent robot uses advanced AI to fight potholes Allye Energy wants to power your job site with used Land Rover batteries Tesla skirts Austin’s environmental rules at Texas gigafactory Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Firstgreen remote operated electric skid steer hopes to reduce mining deaths The Las Vegas–LA electric high-speed rail line just broke ground Aptera to sell its solar EVs in the UAE, beginning with 53 exclusive ‘Union Editions’ with ‘Solar Chill’ Walmart is putting AI-powered electric forklifts to work Tesla has lowest maintenance and repair cost of any brand Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla recalls Cybertruck due to defective accelerator, confirms about 4,000 deliveries Tesla’s biggest retail shareholder is voting against Elon Musk’s $55 billion package The US now has 1 DC fast charging station for every 15 gas stations Norway just signed a contract for its first commercial offshore wind farm Liebherr electric excavator reaches million ton milestone, scores more orders Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger Hyundai bets on new materials to improve its upcoming electric vehicles Tesla launches website to convince shareholders to vote for Elon’s $55 billion payday XPeng CEO shares NGP self-driving footage in Germany, teasing full roll out coming to EU 2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla Semi has been pushed ‘well beyond expectations’ by a new customer These new EV charging features are coming to Google Maps Tesla asks shareholders to move to Texas and re-pass Elon Musk’s massive compensation plan How Gogoro is making the world’s largest EV battery swapping network greener Kia has the ‘secret sauce’ for affordable EVs in the US Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show! FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): BYD unveils new low-cost ‘interstellar chariot’ electric SUV complete with a drone landing Elon Musk is putting Tesla all-in on Robotaxi Nissan steps up all-solid-state EV battery plans as pilot line construction kicks off Tesla heads are rolling over critical projects at Gigafactory Texas Tesla puts ‘$25,000 electric car’ codenamed NV9 on back burner despite what Elon Musk said Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days Tesla’s head of policy and business dev leaves BP axes jobs and scales back its EV charging business Tesla’s top engineering executive Drew Baglino leaves in massive leadership loss Tesla lays off ‘more than 10%’ of its global workforce Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): EVs are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the US Tesla slashes Full Self-Driving monthly subscription to $99 A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe’s largest solar farm Automobili Pininfarina’s one-of-a-kind Battista Reversario hyper GT goes 0-60 mph in 1.79 sec China gave BYD $3.7 billion to ‘win’ the EV race Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Formula E again delays debut of 600kW mid-race charging This lamppost EV charger just went commercial in the US Tesla releases more details on Powerwall 3, confirms cheaper stack coming Electric cars are saving Americans billions — even people who don’t drive them China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla Cybertruck teardown shows battery pack is ‘half empty’ and we are confused Geely just unveiled the Panda Kart mini EV and it’s sporty cute Elon Musk is rumored to go to India, sparking speculation of Tesla factory announcement Hyundai IONIQ 5 N to compete at Pikes Peak hoping to set record SUV crossover climb times Tesla reveals humanoid robot technology through new patents Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): 87% of US Tesla drivers say they’ll buy another Tesla Tesla Cybertruck to get a 20% charge speed increase BYD sold over 360,000 Seagull EV models in under a year as its cheapest electric car BMW taps electric hypercar specialist Rimac for high-performance EV batteries Florida beach town becomes the first to launch an all electric bus fleet Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Hyundai US boss calls out the competition as the brand goes ‘all in’ on electric vehicles Elon Musk talks Tesla Secret Plan Part 2, how it is going 8 years later Tesla plans new world’s largest Supercharger with an impressive 200 stalls Silent, 70-ton Scania semi gets to work on Swedish timber farm Watch the solar eclipse impact the US grid in real time Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla is unveiling its new ‘robotaxi’ on August 8 Kia suddenly shifts to hybrids, affordable EVs amid ‘waning global demand’ NIO begins mass production of semi-solid-state batteries, setting the stage for EV use in Q2 This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding Tesla scouting factory locations in India, and already producing vehicles for imports Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): StoreDot’s EV battery cells achieve 2,000+ consecutive XFC cycles Tesla (TSLA) turns to deep discounts as inventory piles up Volta Trucks bounces back from bankruptcy, resumes ‘sharpened’ commercial EV business plan Canoo spent twice its annual revenue on CEO’s private jets last year Elon Musk’s xAI poaches another engineer from Tesla in a clear conflict of interest Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla brings 0% interest loans to China as it loses market share Ford takes second in US EV market after sales climb 86% as lower prices take effect BYD’s affordable Seagull EV poised to arrive as the UK’s cheapest electric car This new solid-state battery cell claims to set industry records, could offer over 1,300 mile range As massive earthquake rocks Taiwan and shutters trains, battery-swapping e-scooters rush in Listen & Subscribe: Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn Share your thoughts! Drop us a line at tips@electrek.co. You can also rate us in Apple Podcasts or recommend us in Overcast to help more people discover the show!