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Exxon CEO says no new gas cars globally by 2040, goes wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing about CO2

June 26, 2022
Every new passenger car sold in the world will be electric by 2040, according to Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods, in an interview aired this weekend by CNBC. The interview also covered the company’s climate ambitions, putting a flashy coat of paint on an organization that is the world’s 5th largest historical polluter and has pushed climate denial at a high level for half a century. Exxon Mobil…
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Is it better to buy or lease an electric vehicle?

June 26, 2022
Electrek is brought to you , the cheapest, fastest, easiest way to get a Tesla Model 3. If you have a credit card, you can reserve a Tesla now.f for a limited time ().   So you’ve made the wise decision to go all-electric and get yourself your first EV. Nice. With…
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Quick Charge Podcast: June 25, 2022

June 26, 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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Tesla prepares to upgrade Gigafactory Shanghai to produce 21,000 EVs per week

June 24, 2022
Tesla is preparing to partly shut down Gigafactory Shanghai for a few weeks in order to upgrade the factory to a production capacity of 21,000 electric vehicles per week. After a forced shutdown due to COVID-19 restrictions in Shanghai and then supply chain issues limiting the production, Tesla is now preparing to do a voluntary shut down to at least part of the production in order to do some…
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Tesla relaunches $6,000 Enhanced Autopilot – gutting Full Self-Driving package in the process

June 24, 2022
Tesla has relaunched its Enhanced Autopilot option and pulled almost all the features from its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in the process. Over the years, Tesla has changed its Autopilot options and pricing so many times, it has been hard to follow. Ultimately, the automaker has ended up making the Autopilot’s Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control standard on its vehicles and…
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