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Norway has opened its first tenders to build two big offshore wind farms – and one could become the world’s first large-scale floating project. Norway is a country of contradictions: It’s a large and unapologetic producer and exporter of oil and gas. It’s also the world leader when it comes to electric vehicle adoption. And

Tesla is on the hunt for a lot of electricians as it grows its solar and battery business after the tax credit was increased to 30% last year. Tesla’s solar business very much lives in the shadow of its automotive business, but they are highly complementary. If you are driving an electric vehicle, it makes

To some, he was Lily Savage, the alter-ego who launched him on his path to becoming a household name. To others, he was the animal lover and campaigner, a man who worked tirelessly to help rescue dogs through his work with the Battersea rehoming charity. Read more:Paul O’Grady dies ‘unexpectedly’Queen Consort leads tributes to ‘brilliant’

As promised, following our first glimpse at official images last week, Kia has fully launched its long-anticipated EV9 SUV ahead of pre-orders next quarter. In addition to further details regarding some of the technology we’ve already seen in Kia’s first third-row EV, the automaker shared exciting news regarding sustainability, autonomy, over-the-air updates, and vehicle-to-grid capabilities.

A Tesla Cybertruck was spotted testing its steering and Elon Musk commented by hyping up the electric pickup truck’s turning radius. Early on in the Cybertruck project, Tesla set a goal to have the electric pickup be as utilitarian as the Ford F-150 and drive as well as a sports car. It’s quite an ambitious

MingYang Smart Energy has launched a huge turbine blade made of over 95% recyclable materials – the first of its kind in Asia. MingYang says it’s the “first Chinese OEM to offer recyclable blades.” Spanish-German maker Siemens Gamesa and Danish company Vestas have also launched wind turbine blade recycling schemes. The 75.7-meter-long (248-foot-long) prototype recyclable blade

Ford CEO Jim Farley emphasized the necessity of building out a supply chain in the US for critical battery minerals, calling it the constraint to accelerating EV production. Meanwhile, the American automaker continues manufacturing massive batteries, upwards of 140 kWh, for its full-size electric truck, the F-150 Lightning. Imagine how many EVs could be produced

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin has finally reached its goal to produce 5,000 electric cars in a single week, which is considered achieving “volume production”. When ramping up a new vehicle to volume production at a new factory, Tesla generally considers 5,000 units per week to be the goal. After starting production late in 2021, Tesla originally

Tesla was successfully hacked at the Pwn2Own conference and in the process, the hackers won $100,000 and the Model 3 that they managed to compromise. Over the last few years, Tesla has been investing a lot in cybersecurity and working closely with whitehat hackers. The automaker has been participating in the Pwn2Own hacking competition by offering

After officially unveiling its first electric truck earlier this year, the Ram 1500 REV, Ram Trucks is working on its second mid-size EV pickup. The automaker showed the concept off to dealers this week, and reports suggest it resembles the Ram Revolution concept. We got our first glimpse of Ram’s EV pickup truck in concept

Tesla is launching today its Safety Score 2.0, a new version of its driver scoring system to attempt to make it fairer as it influences insurance costs. When launching its own car insurance product, Tesla utilized its capacity to collect real-time driving data from its vehicles to create what it calls a “Safety Score,” which

After being rumored as coming with an update for some time, luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid has officially announced wireless CarPlay and Android Auto are now available and come standard with its connectivity suite. Lucid announced the news on Twitter today with a short teaser video and also updated its website noting that the CarPlay

The BBC will not continue filming its latest Top Gear series after an investigation into an accident that injured presenter Andrew Flintoff. In a statement, BBC Studios apologised to the former cricketer following its investigation into the incident in Surrey in December. It said it would “continue to support” Flintoff with his recovery. “Under the

Tesla has launched new extended service warranties for its electric vehicles that can be purchased straight from its mobile app. Like combustion engine vehicles, electric vehicles have two main warranties – the vehicle (or bumper-to-bumper) warranty and a powertrain warranty. For electric vehicles, the latter is for the battery pack and electric motor. Tesla has

Tesla Model 3 used prices are now down 21.5% since last year’s peak. On average, the used price of Tesla’s cheapest vehicle is down by more than $11,000. Due to the high demand and short supply of new EVs, used EV prices went up at an impressive rate last year. At one point last year, used

According to a recent update from Volkswagen Passenger Cars CEO Thomas Schaefer, the Group intends to build at least four of its incoming EVs across its sub-brand’s current and upcoming facilities in Spain, including the VW ID.2, whose concept version, the ID.2all, was unveiled last week. Volkswagen Group currently has several footprints throughout Spain and

Tesla is taking delivery of another of the world’s largest press at Gigafactory Texas, and it is again expected to be used for Cybertruck production. Last year, Idra, the maker of Tesla’s large casting press, teased a new 9,000-ton Giga Press that would take the prize as the largest in the world. Considering Tesla’s relationship with Idra, it

Ford finally took the sheets off its new mid-size electric SUV, a tribute to the automaker’s best-selling Explorer. The fully electric Explorer, built on Volkswagen’s MEB platform, is expected to start at less than $50,000 (€45,000). The American automaker had a big year in 2022 after selling 61,575 EVs in the US and becoming the

Tesla is expanding its new sales strategy of using virtual sales advisers with remote test drive locations to Europe. In the summer of 2021, Electrek exclusively reported that Tesla was implementing a new sales strategy. At the time, we reported that the main changes were that the automaker was moving away from high-rent locations in

Meet the Acer ebii, a lightweight electric bike built by computer component maker Acer. The company looks to be coming in hot with several innovative features that we have rarely seen in the e-bike industry. Sometimes it takes an outsider to flip a product on its handlebars, and that appears to be the case with