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A new wind farm in Kansas trailblazes with light-mitigating technology

Danish renewables giant Ørsted just brought a 200-megawatt (MW) wind farm online in Kansas, and it’s the first in the state to feature light-mitigating technology. The 200-megawatt (MW) Sunflower Wind is in Marion County, Kansas, northeast of Wichita, and it’s going to generate enough renewable energy to power more than 70,000 homes annually. Governor Laura Kelly (D-KS) said: Sunflower Wind…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 28, 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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Lucid expands into Porsche and Mercedes-Benz home turf with new EV studio

California-based Lucid Motors will take on Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW on their home turf with its new EV retail studio in Germany. Lucid’s new EV retail space is located in the heart of Düsseldorf on the famed Königsallee, a shopping boulevard known for its flagship brands, including Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and others. The location is Lucid’s second in Germany and fifth in…
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Tesla embarrasses all automakers with these two charts

Tesla has a well-known lead in the US electric vehicle market, but these two new charts help visualize that lead to a degree that should embarrass all other automakers in the US. For over almost a decade now, Tesla has been the EV market in the US. My Grammarly is asking me…
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Honda previews its first electric SUV arriving in 2024 with estimated range, pricing

We are finally getting a sneak peek of Honda’s first 100% electric SUV arriving next year, the Honda Prologue. With pre-sales starting later this year, here’s what you can expect regarding pricing and range. Honda unveils its first 100% electric SUV Honda unveiled the Prologue last October, co-developed by General Motors. The Japanese automaker has high hopes the Prologue can spearhead…
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Northvolt chooses Quebec for its next battery gigafactory – a giant $5 billion project

Northvolt has announced that it has selected a location in Quebec, on the south shore of Montreal, to build a new $5 billion battery gigafactory. Northvolt is a battery startup founded by two former Tesla executives who worked on Tesla’s first Gigafactory in Nevada with Panasonic. The company planned to recreate the “gigafactory” concept of having a giant battery factory producing in the…
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