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Ford made a massive announcement today about accelerating electric vehicle production with a giant new factory to produce electric pickup trucks in Tennessee and three new battery gigafactories. The massive new project is called ‘Blue Oval City’. There’s a lot to unpack here, but here are the main new announcements: Blue Oval City is going to be a complex constructed on a nearly…

Following a progress update of its upcoming EV600 electric Light Commercial Vehicle (eLCV), BrightDrop has unveiled a second EV to follow. General Motors’ newly dedicated commercial EV and logistics company has now shared a glimpse of the BrightDrop’s EV410, a smaller version of its flagship eLCV, and announced that Verizon is locked in as the vehicle’s first customer. BrightDrop is an…

Tesla and Arevon have announced that they came to an agreement for the former to supply a massive 2 GW/6 GWh of Megapack batteries to the latter. Over the last year, Tesla has been securing some large orders for the Megapack, which has quickly become the preferred battery system for large-scale energy storage systems. But now the company has secured an order on a whole new level. Arevon…

Tesla told employees that it is launching a new lottery to encourage workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. There are several prizes to win, including a new $10,000 prize every month until the end of the year. Several states, municipalities, and other entities have launched lotteries with significant prizes for vaccinated people in order to encourage more people to get their shot. Several…