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Quick Charge Podcast: April 20, 2023

April 21, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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This US company's heat pump works below -22F

April 21, 2023
Atlanta-headquartered Rheem‘s heat pump has been given an “exemplary performance” nod in the US Department of Energy’s Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge. DOE launched the Heat Pump Challenge because, according to the program’s fact sheet, “additional efforts are…
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Scientists in Italy invented the first edible rechargeable battery

April 21, 2023
Scientists at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa have successfully created a completely edible, rechargeable battery. The researchers’ paper – “An Edible Chargeable Battery” – was recently published in the Advanced Materials journal, in which they described their proof-of-concept battery cell. If you haven’t yet heard of them, edible…
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Tesla finally brings its trip planner to its mobile app

April 20, 2023
Tesla has finally decided to bring its trip planner to its mobile app – something that Tesla owners have been wanting for a long time. I’ve always said that longer range is not the best solution to curb range anxiety; accurate range prediction and trip planning are the best solutions to remove range anxiety. We reported over the last year that Tesla has made great improvements to the former…
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Rivian R1T and R1S now qualify for (some) of the EV tax credit

April 20, 2023
After submitting updated documentation, the Rivian R1S and R1T models will, in fact, qualify for at least a portion of the EV tax credit. Rivian gains back a portion of the EV tax credit The Inflation Reduction Act, passed last August, provides up to $7,500 in tax credits for buying an electric vehicle. However, there are specific requirements the EV must qualify for to receive the credit. After…
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