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Tesla recalls over 5,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over seat belt issues

Tesla has to issue two separate recalls on over 5,000 Model 3 (2018-2020) and Model Y (2019-2021) vehicles due to two separate seat belt problems. In the first recall notice posted to NHTSA’s website this week, Tesla disclosed a potential problem with 5,530 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles that could have improperly attached seat belt fasteners: “Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain…
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Check out these 3 fun US summer road-trip ideas (with charge points)

Seven out of 10 Americans plan on taking road trips this summer. Electric vehicle drivers can, of course, use navigation systems, apps, and websites to find places to charge up, but utility company National Grid, which serves New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, today launched EV Road Trip plans featuring fun destinations with charging stations in the three Northeastern states. The…
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Apollo Phantom review: A ground-up redesign for high-speed electric scooters

The Apollo Phantom electric scooter is one of the first truly new electric scooters I’ve seen in a long time. To say that most new electric scooters these days look fairly similar would be an understatement. But instead of rolling out yet another carbon copy, the team at Apollo Scooters in Canada went back to the drawing board and created a totally new electric scooter designed from the…
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Tesla (TSLA) crashes after insider report that new orders in China are free-falling

Tesla’s stock (TSLA) crashed in mid-afternoon after a report came out claiming that an inside source confirmed new orders are free-falling in China, an important market for Tesla. The reported in question came out of The Information, and it is behind a paywall. Based on an unnamed source, the publication claimed that Tesla’s net new orders fell to 9,800 last month, which is significantly…
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