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Saleen launches shady financing effort and teases modified Tesla vehicles again

Saleen Automotive has launched a new shady financing effort to bring the company back from the dead, and the legendary car tuner is dangling modified Tesla vehicles in the process again. Saleen’s troubled history Saleen is a California-based car tuning company founded by Steven Saleen, a former racing driver turned CEO. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it found some success tuning Ford…
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What does sustainable lithium mining look like?

Lithium is a vital component of EV batteries, and Winnipeg, Canada-headquartered Snow Lake Lithium says it’s committed to operating a fully renewable and sustainable lithium mine. What does that mean? Sustainable lithium mining in North America North America is home to just one active lithium mine, the Silver Peak mine in Clayton Valley, Nevada, and only recently, due to rising electric…
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Quick Charge Podcast: July 5, 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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Fisker asks extra $5,000 nonrefundable deposit from its Ocean reservation holders

Fisker is asking its Ocean reservation holders to shell out an extra $5,000 in a nonrefundable deposit for a “pre-order” when holders have already made a reservation with a deposit for the Ocean electric SUV. This week, Fisker has launched what it calls its “Pre-Order” program for the Ocean, its first vehicle since relaunching the Fisker after the original startup went bankrupt almost a…
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