Elon’s MAGA millions, Cybertruck gets a fancy blanket, and a new $30K VW EV

  • July 18, 2024
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Quick Charge is back to report on this week’s biggest EV stories – but I didn’t expect to read that Elon Musk was committing $45 million per month to get convicted felon, adulterer, and all-around terrible person Donald Trump re-elected! Meanwhile: Tesla’s 4680 batteries don’t work, the Cybertruck gets a fancy blanket to make sure bike […]

Ford Mustang Mach-E undercuts Chevy Camaro with new EV lease deals

  • July 18, 2024
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After introducing new deals this month, the Ford Mustang Mach-E is now cheaper to lease than a Chevy Camaro. Even though the Camaro costs over $7,500 more, the Mach-E is a better lease deal with massive savings. Ford is sweetening the deal this year for EV buyers with significant savings. Through its Summer Savings event, […]

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NeuroFlow, Intermountain will screen for behavioral health needs in Colorado

  • July 18, 2024
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Pennsylvania-based behavioral health company NeuroFlow announced it is partnering with Intermountain Health to help identify behavioral health needs within the health system’s primary care patients in Colorado.  NeuroFlow’s cloud-based platform allows providers to monitor and connect with patients between office visits and obtain AI-powered clinical decision support with personalized patient recommendations.  Intermountain will leverage NeuroFlow’s […]

BYD’s answer to Tesla’s best-selling Model Y spotted overseas

  • July 18, 2024
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BYD is upping the ante in overseas markets. Its new electric SUV, Sea Lion 07, was spotted outside of China as the BYD looks to challenge Tesla in key overseas markets. BYD’s Sea Lion 07 is a mid-size electric SUV similar in size to Tesla’s best-selling Model Y. BYD launched the Sea Lion 07 in […]

A new AI-powered platform that helps utilities reduce wildfires just got a $1M injection

  • July 18, 2024
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Photo: Rhizome Rhizome, an extreme weather resilience planning platform for the power grid, has a new platform that helps utilities reduce wildfire risk. The AI-powered platform is called gridFirm (Fire Ignition Reduction and Mitigation), and it’s available for all electric utilities in the US, Canada, and Australia. It quantifies the risk of utility assets igniting […]

Introducing Jeep Dune, the rugged off-road city EV with a DJ booth

  • July 18, 2024
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The Jeep Dune is an off-road-inspired, fully electric city car. Despite its small size, the Dune makes up for it with its open-air, adventure-seeking spirit. Although not built by Jeep, the electric off-roader carries the Jeep name and shares components with another Stellantis brand. With features like an added DJ booth, the Dune looks like […]

First Solar to build the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar R&D center

  • July 18, 2024
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Photo: First Solar The US’s largest solar panel maker, First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), says it’s building the largest thin film R&D center in the Western Hemisphere. First Solar will site its new R&D center, the Jim Nolan Center for Solar Innovation, in Lake Township, Ohio. The 1.3 million-square-foot facility will include a pilot manufacturing line […]

Tesla secures absurdly large multi-billion Megapack contract

  • July 18, 2024
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Tesla has secured an absurdly large contract to provide over 15 GWh of Megapack to California’s Intersect Power. The Megapack has become the go-to, posterchild product for large-scale energy storage around the globe. It’s by far Tesla’s fastest-growing product and enabled the company to deploy a record of 9.4 GWh of energy storage last quarter […]

UK’s Vertical Aerospace unveils VX4 eVTOL prototype that goes 150 mph and can travel 100 miles

  • July 18, 2024
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Global aerospace and technology company Vertical has unveiled its latest full-scale eVTOL prototype in the UK, where it was developed and assembled. The VX4 eVTOL is more powerful than previous prototypes from Vertical Aerospace and will soon begin flight tests to improve further. Vertical Aerospace ($EVTL) is a UK-based aerospace developer specializing in electric Vertical Takeoff […]