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As Texas hits 112F, here's how big battery storage is keeping the grid online

As the brutal heat wave in Texas continues, Electrek spoke with Julia Souder, CEO of the global nonprofit Long Duration Energy Storage Council, about how big battery storage is helping to keep the Texas grid online. Electrek: How is big battery storage helping to keep the Texas grid up and running in the extreme heat? Texas is experiencing another historic heat wave. Solar, wind, and…
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Uber is buying 100 Tesla Model Ys to deploy in Tokyo

Uber announced that it is buying 100 Tesla Model Y electric vehicles to deploy in Tokyo as part of a new program. In 2020, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles to be delivered over the next year. Shortly after, Hertz announced that on top of adding Tesla vehicles to its rental fleet, the company…
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Close look at Tesla's massive Megacharger for its Tesla Semi electric truck

We get a closer look at Tesla’s Megacharger and its massive charge connector for the Tesla Semi electric truck as the automaker deploys a mobile station. While Tesla has gotten a lot of attention by opening up its charging connector, the NACS, there’s actually another charging connector that it is deploying – the Megacharger. Tesla started production of the Tesla Semi late last year, but…
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The New York Times attacks e-bikes while ignoring the real danger all around us

The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their riders: cars. The first article lays out a number of recent tragic deaths of…
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