Podcast: Tesla sale incentives intensify, new California EV credit?, Rivian’s new factory, and more

  • November 29, 2024
  • 0 Comments

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla increasing its sale incentives, a potential new EV credit in California, Rivian’s new factory gets funded, and more. Today’s episode is sponsored by Huffy Bicycles, a household name in micromobility. For a limited […]

World

Imagine a Drug That Feels Like Tylenol and Works Like OxyContin

  • November 29, 2024
  • 0 Comments

Doctors have long taken for granted a devil’s bargain: Relieving intense pain, such as that caused by surgery and traumatic injury, risks inducing the sort of pleasure that could leave patients addicted. Opioids are among the most powerful, if not the most powerful, pain medications ever known, but for many years they have been a […]

2024 to be a record year for US solar with 32 GW of installations

  • November 29, 2024
  • 0 Comments

Solar power in New Mexico. (2023, December 24). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_New_Mexico The US is on track for another record-breaking year for solar, with over 32 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale installations expected in 2024, according to the inaugural Solar Market Monitor from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and S&P Global Commodity Insights. This surge comes […]

Range Rover’s first luxury electric SUV sheds its camo during testing [Images]

  • November 29, 2024
  • 0 Comments

Will the Range Rover Electric be “the most capable electric luxury SUV” to hit the market? That’s what the company is promising. As final testing wraps up, Range Rover’s first EV is already outperforming the iconic gas-powered model. Here’s our best look yet at the luxury electric SUV. The most capable electric luxury SUV? Known […]

Health

Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump’s CDC Pick, Wasn’t on Anyone’s Radar

  • November 29, 2024
  • 0 Comments

Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been off the political stage for more than 15 years. Now running a private medical practice in Malabar, Fla., Mr. Weldon was hardly regarded as a leading candidate to run the […]