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Elon Musk: Tesla is waiting for inflation to ‘calm down’ before finally reducing EV prices

July 15, 2022

Elon Musk says that Tesla is waiting for inflation to “calm down” before it can finally start reducing the prices of its electric vehicles, which have increased 20-30% over the last two years. Early in the electric vehicle revolution, one of the main complaints was the cost. EV enthusiasts counter the argument with the claim that cost would go down with volume and as battery cost would…

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Podcast: Tesla plug as a standard, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Taiga Orca electric jetski, and more

July 15, 2022

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss a push to make the Tesla plug standard, the launch of the Hyundai Ioniq 6, the Taiga Orca electric jetski, and more. Aventon’s…

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Polestar CEO shares pricing for upcoming Polestar 3 and 4 SUVs expected to compete with Porsche

July 15, 2022

Following a completed SPAC merger and fruitful first half of 2022, Polestar continues to ingrain itself in a growing EV market as a genuine contender. Although we won’t see the official debut of the Polestar’s next EV until October, CEO Thomas Ingenlath has shared the…

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1,500 Tesla Powerwall owners have already joined the new virtual power plant in California

July 15, 2022

PG&E announced that more than 1,500 Tesla Powerwall owners have already decided to joined the new virtual power plant it launched in partnership with Tesla in California. A virtual power plant (VPP) consists of distributed energy storage systems, like Tesla Powerwalls, used in concert to provide grid services and avoid the use of polluting and expensive peaker power plants. Last…

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Two-thirds of new renewables were cheaper than coal in 2021 – IRENA

July 15, 2022

In 2021, 163 gigawatts (GW) – nearly two-thirds – of new renewable power added was cheaper than the cheapest coal-fired power plants in G20 countries, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The G20, or Group of Twenty…

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VinFast receives $1.2B in incentives from North Carolina to build US plant, the largest economic package in state history

July 15, 2022

Earlier today, before its simultaneous opening of six stores in California, VinFast announced it has received a massive incentives package to build its EV manufacturing facility in North Carolina. $1.2 billion (with a “b”) to be exact – the largest incentive package in…

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New episodes of Quick Charge Podcast are available Today

July 15, 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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The real reason Joe Manchin is sabotaging the US clean energy plan [update]

July 15, 2022

Coal investor and US Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) opposes his own political party’s clean energy program. And since not a single Republican will support the infrastructure bill that contains the program, Manchin has disproportionate power to sink the US plan to…

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Elon Musk does the impossible and manages expectations on Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving update

July 14, 2022

Elon Musk, who is known to hype Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software updates with adjectives like “fire” and “mind-blowing,” surprises by actually managing expectations on Tesla’s upcoming v11 FSD Beta software update. FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles…

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Canoo to supply its Multi-Purpose Platform to the US Army for ‘analysis and demonstration’

July 14, 2022

EV startup Canoo continues its occupation of the news cycle this week with an announcement that the United States Army has selected Canoo’s Multi-Purpose Platform for analysis and demonstration as it looks to incorporate scalable EV technologies into its programs. Canoo ($GOEV) was founded in 2017 by two former employees of Faraday Future who helped develop several EV concepts the startup…