Cruise Rolling Out Fully Driverless Vehicles In San Francisco — Other Cities Soon-ish
The news this month is that Cruise is beginning to roll out fully self-driving vehicles — with no drivers at all — on the streets of San Francisco.
San Francisco
Tesla Battery Day: A Travel Diary — Day #3: A Bunch Of Crazy Engineers *Update*…
To hold an event with a large number of people in the time of the most severe pandemic the world has seen may not sound like a good idea, and some have been asking why do it at all. But it was a great idea.
Tesla Battery Day — A Travel Diary, Day #1: Travelling In The Time Of Corona
My week involves business travel from Germany to Tesla’s headquarters in Fremont, California, during the worst pandemic the world has seen for century.
The RadMission Is An Attractive Electric City Bike Option At $999
This week, Rad Power Bikes rolled out an all new addition to the family, the RadMission metro bike. The new bike enters the Rad Power Bikes family at an impressively approachable $999 introductory price point, putting a quality electric bike within reach for even more people.
Video: Lucid Air Driven 400 Miles From San Francisco To LA
Last month, Lucid Motors quietly took a pre-production Lucid Air electric sedan on a 400-mile (643 km) drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The run was part range test, part proof of concept, and part PR mission, and went off without a hitch. Then, once the Lucid crew made it to LA?
They charged up, and drove back.
RIP Google Makani: Perhaps The Entire Airborne Wind Energy Space Will Finally Disappear
With luck, the airborne wind energy space will sink back into academic research efforts involving kitesurfing kites at University of Delft. It’s useful to continue to play with things in academia, and it’s a domain with a lot of engineering complexity that’s a good proving ground for engineers who can go on to do useful things as a result.
EVgo Adds Tesla Adapters To Its Fast Charging Stations In San Francisco
Public fast charging network operator EVgo has rolled out the first Tesla connectors ever to be deployed on a non-Tesla fast charging network in the US. The new program will initially see Tesla charging adapters added to all of EVgo’s fast charging stations in the City of San Francisco with a broader rollout across the US following in 2020.
ChargePoint To Lead The Push Into Electric Charging For The San Francisco MTA
ChargePoint is doubling down on its fleet efforts this week with news of a massive deal with one of the nation’s largest transit agencies to supply charging services.
Xpeng Makes Right By Client Base & Receives Top Safety Score In China’s C-NCAP Safety…
Xpeng is continuing its steady progression in China while it handles its first crisis of sorts. While the press and Xpeng’s clientele have been positive with the newly upgraded G3, some of the previous G3 buyers have expressed concerns. Xpeng listened and quickly worked out a sweet deal for those who bought an Xpeng G3 beforehand.
California EV Rebate Could Go From $2500 To $7500 — CleanTechnica Interview With Bill Author…
California Assemblymember Phil Ting (D — San Francisco, District 19) recently introduced AB 1046, which if passed would triple the EV rebate in California from $2500 to $7500. It would also change how the incentive is funded. (Ting has also worked on AB 1424 a bill related to EV charging station access.)
