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Joby Aviation delivers electric air taxi to the US Air Force ahead of schedule, part of $131M contract

September 26, 2023
eVTOL developer Joby Aviation is starting to make good on a massive contract signed with the US Department of Defense this year. The company is not only celebrating its delivery of Joby aircraft to the US Air Force, but it is also claiming to be the first company to deliver an all-electric air taxi to a customer in the entire country… and it did so ahead of schedule. Joby Aviation ($JOBY) is an…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 25, 2023

September 26, 2023
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…
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Ford pauses work, limits spending on $3.5 billion EV battery plant with CATL

September 26, 2023
Ford is pausing construction on its $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, with plans to limit spending for the time being. Ford pauses construction at planned EV battery plant Ford spokesperson T.R Reid told The Detroit News Monday, “We’re pausing work, and we’re going to limit spending on construction at Marshall until we’re confident about our ability to competitively…
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Solar and battery storage prices have dropped almost 90% in 10 years

September 25, 2023
The cost of solar power has fallen by 87%, and battery storage by 85% in the past decade, according to a new study – here’s why. Berlin-based scientific think tank Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) has released in the journal Energy Research & Social Science in which the researchers compared the corresponding findings from innovation reports with the…
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First look at Ukraine’s new electric combat kayaks with grenade launchers

September 25, 2023
Ukraine has a silent but deadly new weapon in its arsenal: electric combat kayaks  Over a year and a half into a defensive war against a Russian invasion, necessity has forced Ukraine to be extremely creative in the face of the enemy’s larger collection of war materiel. In the past, that has included electric bicycles custom outfitted with anti-tank middles, and now we’re getting our first…
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