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US Postal Service more than doubles EV order yet again – but it’s still ordering mostly gas vehicles

July 21, 2022
The US Postal Service has clearly been reading Electrek and our disdain for its previous decisions not to implement more EVs across its upcoming fleet of mail delivery vehicles. In a recent pivot towards sustainability, the USPS has more than doubled its number of electric vehicles for a second time. However, even after its intention to buy “as many BEVs as are commercially available,” the new…
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Nothing OS 1.1.0 for Phone (1) brings Tesla integration, NFT widgets, July patch, plus bug fixes

July 21, 2022
Nothing OS 1.1.0 — the first major OTA update for the newly release Nothing Phone (1) — is now rolling out with Tesla integration, NFT widgets, July 2022 security patch, plus much more. The startup has wasted no time in getting the support ball rolling for its first device and Nothing OS 1.1.0 weighs in at around 120MB, the update provides a sizable number of bug fixes for the mid-ranger. One…
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Tesla (TSLA) reports massive increase in production capacity across all factories

July 20, 2022
Tesla (TSLA) is reporting a massive increase in production capacity across all its factories, closing in on a 2 million vehicle annual production capacity. While Tesla had a tough Q2 2022 due to its forced factory shutdown at Gigafactory Shanghai, we knew that the automaker took the opportunity to increase capacity everywhere during that time. With the release of its Q2 2022 financial results…
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ROAM launches production-ready Air electric motorcycle with two swappable battery packs

July 20, 2022
Swedish-Kenyan mobility company ROAM has launched its first production-intent model of electric motorcycles designed for both urban and rural terrain in Africa. The ROAM Air arrives as the first fully adapted electric motorcycle for the commercial market in all of Africa and hopes to create a new standard in clean transport across Nairobi and beyond. ROAM was founded in 2017 under its original…
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