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Premium electric bike maker Gocycle shakes up business model, drops prices on high-tech new e-bikes

June 1, 2022
UK-based premium electric bicycle maker Gocycle is redesigning the company’s retail model in a move to bring more value to both its retailers and its customers. The good news for the latter group is that the new model means much lower pricing on Gocycle’s most premium (and most expensive) fourth-generation e-bikes known as the G4 line. The move is centered around the company’s new Gocycle…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 31, 2022

June 1, 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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Tesla is getting the world’s largest casting machine, and it’s for Cybertruck

June 1, 2022
Tesla is getting the world’s largest casting machine, also known as Giga Press, and will be using it for for Cybertruck’s body. Over the last few years, Tesla has been heavily investing in casting and alloy technology to enable larger casted parts that have the capability to greatly simplify manufacturing. The company acquired several units of the biggest casting machine in the world. These…
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Rivian had a battery fire at its factory

May 31, 2022
A battery pack caught on fire in the testing area of Rivian’s factory in Normal, Illinois this weekend. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The incident happened on Saturday on the southwest side of the plant, where Rivian builds and tests its battery packs for its electric vehicles. The Normal Fire Department (NFD) quickly arrived on the scene and wrote in a press release: Normal…
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Ford F-150 Lightning loses about half its range when towing a 23-foot Airstream trailer

May 31, 2022
An early Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup did a real-world towing test with a 23-foot Airstream trailer. It showed a loss of about half the vehicle’s range. Last week, Ford officially started customer deliveries of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. Some early owners are already putting the electric pickup truck to the test. One F-150 Lightning Platinum owner from Michigan posted…
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