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Mercedes-Benz is installing a 100 MW wind farm on its test track

Mercedes-Benz has hired a contractor to install a 20-turbine wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, Germany. German wind farm developer UKA has been awarded a long-term contract worth “hundreds of millions” to install the 20 wind turbines by 2025, and bringing the wind farm online is planned for 2026. Once up and running, it will cover around 20% of Mercedes-Benz’s annual electricity…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 25, 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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Tesla Model Y is now the world's best-selling car, first EV to do so

The Tesla Model Y was the world’s best-selling car in Q1 2023, marking the first time ever that an EV has achieved this feat, according to industry analyst JATO Dynamics. Model Y sales have been growing around the world for the last few years, putting the car on the trajectory to become the world’s best-selling vehicle. The feat was first predicted even before the car came to market, as Tesla…
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Tesla Roadsters that don’t even work are about to sell for almost $1M

A trio of Tesla Roadsters that don’t even work by all evidence are about to sell for almost $1 million. Is this a sign that this rare electric car is becoming a collector’s item? Earlier this month, we had this story about three brand-new original Tesla Roadsters having been found sitting in a shipping container in China for over a decade going viral. The early electric vehicles were never…
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VW's rideshare arm using Apex.AI software to enable autonomous robotaxis using ID.Buzz EVs

Volkswagen Group’s rideshare mobility company MOIA announced it is using Apex.AI’s software development kit to create and implement its own passenger management system to enable a network of autonomous ID.Buzz EVs. MOIA is a branch of Volkswagen Group founded in 2016 with a specific focus on rideshare technologies and fleet management. We first covered the company when it began developing an…
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