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EPA doubles electric school bus funding to almost $1B after overwhelming initial demand

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that the agency will almost double its funding for electric school buses to close to $1 billion after school districts from all 50 states applied for rebates. Electric school buses are quickly taking over streets around the US as school districts and state leaders see how they can benefit the communities they serve in. According to…
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Tesla AI Day 2022: Watch and get all the news

Tesla is holding its AI Day 2022 tonight in Palo Alto, California, and Electrek has you covered with the livestream and all the news coming out of the event. What is Tesla AI Day? It depends on who you ask. If you ask Tesla fans, it’s the event where the automaker is…
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Watch how Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwalls survived in a hurricane

Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall owners are showing how their energy products fared in Hurricane Ian after it hit Florida. Yesterday, Hurricane Ian hit Florida, and the state is still accessing the loss of lives and damages that the storm left behind. At least 10 people lost their lives in Florida, but the death toll is unfortunately expected to rise as officials sort through the chaos. As for the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 29, 2022

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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Elon Musk sets expectations for Tesla AI Day 2

Elon Musk has set some expectations for Tesla AI Day 2, which we now know is going to feature “lots of technical detail and cool hardware demos.” While it has been a long time since Tesla had a proper product unveiling event, the company started to hold somewhat…
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VW CFO says it’s well-positioned for EV transition after Porsche listing, will a PowerCo IPO be next?

After the historic public listing of Volkswagen’s sports performance brand, Porsche, the automaker’s chief financial officer (CFO), Arno Antiliz, says VW is ready and well funded to execute its EV strategy. He also mentions the possibility of listing its battery unit, PowerCo, to free up even more funds and accelerate battery cell development. Porsche made its highly anticipated public…
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