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Tesla’s stock (TSLA) takes a beating amidst confusion over Twitter acquisition – is Elon selling?

April 28, 2022
Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is currently taking a beating and losing over $150 billion in value amidst the confusion around Elon Musk’s Twitter(TWTR) acquisition. The main question on investors’ minds is: is Elon Musk selling Tesla stocks? After a few weeks of back and forth, Twitter’s board of directors approved the acquisition on Monday, and Tesla’s stock has been in a freefall ever since.
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Volkswagen Group and BP partner to deploy up to 8,000 EV chargers across EU/UK

April 28, 2022
Volkswagen has announced a strategic partnership with BP to expand the latter’s EV charging network across the EU and UK, beginning immediately. The first of 4,000 Volkswagen Flexpole chargers planned for Germany and the UK began service today, and the partnership allows for up to 4,000 more to be installed in other EU countries – all by 2024. Volkswagen’s global ID. family of EVs…
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GMC Hummer EV pickup trucks are now selling for $250,000

April 28, 2022
The GMC Hummer EV pickup is hitting the sweet spot of hype and scarcity that is sending the price of new units in auction surging to now over $250,000 per truck. The demand is high for electric pickup trucks. Virtually every electric pickup program is sold out for years. Even those already in production, like the Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning have enough pre-orders to cover their respective…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 27, 2022

April 28, 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…
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Breaking: Florida governor Ron DeSantis vetoes awful solar net metering bill

April 28, 2022
Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R) vetoed a bill, which the state’s Republican-majority House and Senate passed, that would have slashed rooftop solar credits in the state. It would have denied many homeowners net metering in the Sunshine State, and harmed its solar industry. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar…
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