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Quick Charge Podcast: May 18, 2022

May 19, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Tesla starts to offer Giga Texas Model Y to some customers for faster delivery

May 18, 2022
Tesla has started to offer its new Giga Texas-built Model Y to some customers as an option to accelerate delivery. At the Cyber Rodeo event last month, Tesla delivered its first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles. We noted that it was strange that Tesla didn’t reveal any details, like specs and pricing, about the new version of the electric SUV. It is equipped with the new 4680 battery cells and…
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Goal Zero’s Yeti 1000 Core portable power station hits new low at $800, more in New Green Deals

May 18, 2022
Are you ready to go on a long hike and head off-grid for a bit this spring or summer? Well, be sure to have Goal Zero’s Yeti 1000 Core portable power station in the trunk to keep your gear running without gas or generators. It’s on sale for $200 off right now at a new all-time low of $800, delivering 60W USB-C PD, three USB-A, two 120V plugs, and more. Plus, it can sustain 1,200W of output and…
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Tesla increases top speed of Autopilot with ‘Tesla Vision’ to 85 mph

May 18, 2022
Tesla has started to push a new software update to increase the top speed limit of Autopilot for vehicles with ‘Tesla Vision’ to 85 mph. It is almost a year to the day that Tesla announced the transition to its “Tesla Vision” Autopilot without radar. The idea was that it would transition to only using camera-based computer vision in its Autopilot system instead of using inputs from both…
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