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Study shows there’s a gender gap in electric scooters, and it’s a safety concern. Here’s why

July 21, 2022
A new study released by electric scooter sharing company Dott shows that there’s a significant gender gap in the electric scooter market, and it’s exactly what you think it is: men greatly outnumber women in electric scooter ridership. According to Dott’s latest study, 71% of its electric scooter riders are men, with the remaining 29% of female riders comprising barely a quarter of the…
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Tesla (TSLA) announces it sold most of its Bitcoin

July 21, 2022
Tesla (TSLA) announced today that it sold most of its Bitcoin, about 75%, during the last quarter. The automaker didn’t elaborate on the reason. Early in 2021, Tesla invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. Shortly after, the automaker started accepting the cryptocurrency as payment on new vehicles. However, a few days later, Tesla took a step back with crypto by removing the Bitcoin payment option.
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Quick Charge Podcast: July 20, 2022

July 21, 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. Aventon’s award-winning  set a standard for upright cruiser ebikes with new upgrades and design features. Check out the full line on Aventon’s . New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through…
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New Jersey achieves milestone of 4 GW of installed solar power

July 21, 2022
New Jersey recently surpassed 4 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar power, enough to provide electricity to over 500,000 households annually, according to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. New Jersey, which has 3.27 million households and is in the top 10 states for solar, now has more than 157,000 solar installations statewide, and it expects to double its solar capacity in the next four…
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