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Jimmie Johnson's Legacy Motor Club joins Extreme E, but Nascar champ will miss the first X Prix

Ahead of the start of Season 4 this week, Extreme E has closed out its competitive grid with the addition of its final team, led by seven-time Nascar Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson. Legacy Motor Club will make its Extreme E debut at the upcoming Desert X Prix event in Saudi Arabia, but Johnson won’t be there… but he has a pretty decent excuse. This week will bring the kickoff of Season 4…
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There's gonna be a Tesla ad full of lies at the Super Bowl but it isn't Elon's

There’s gonna be a Tesla ad full of lies that will play the Superbowl today, but it isn’t coming from Tesla. After years of resisting, Tesla has started to advertise over the last year. Recently, the automaker has ramped up its advertising effort with more ads on X and even video ads on Youtube. It doesn’t look like Tesla is quite ready to jump into the holy grail of advertising, Super…
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Tesla announces a new temporary discount on Model Y

Tesla has announced a new temporary price cut on Model Y in the US – a new strategy for the automaker. Over the last few months, Tesla has had many price changes in several different markets, but not in the US. Prices had finally stabilized in Tesla’s home market. But…
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Joby Aviation to launch eVTOL air taxi rides in UAE, granted six years of exclusive operations in Dubai

eVTOL developer Joby Aviation has signed a definitive agreement with the government of Dubai to begin air taxi operations in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), sweetened by the exclusive rights to aerial operations in the country’s capital for six years. Competition is starting to heat up in the eVTOL world as several major players in the segment move ever closer to commercial eVTOL operations…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 7, 2024

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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