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If you wanted to order a 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E online in the US, you’re now out of luck

Despite it only being April, the 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E is no longer available for retail order due to high demand. Ford’s Mach-E page on its website now features the following notice for all Mach-E models, and Electrek confirmed the message intent with a Ford spokesperson: Due to high demand, the current model year is no longer available for retail order. Limited inventory may be…
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Tritium signs multi-year contract with BP starting with order of ~1,000 DCFC chargers

Tritium, a manufacturer of hardware and software for direct current fast chargers (DCFCs), announced it has entered into a multi-year contract with BP to supply EV chargers and services to its global network. Tritium is a DCFC manufacturer founded in 2001 that operates out of offices in the US and EU, bringing two decades of charging experience to EV networks around the world. This includes…
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Tesla goes full Apple and stops delivering cars with included charging hardware, now sold separately

Tesla changed its long-standing policy to deliver every vehicle with a mobile charging cable and instead, it starts selling them separately for $400 for level 2 charging and $275 for level 1. The move is reminiscent of Apple removing the included USB charging brick with the iPhone. With charging being one of the biggest concerns for electric vehicle buyers, it made sense for Tesla to include a…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 16, 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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Hitachi Energy is using its expertise to bridge gap between transportation fleets and utilities to ease the transition to electrification

During a recent live virtual event on LinkedIn, the Head of Hitachi Energy North America, Anthony Allard, and Hitachi America Chairman and CEO, Hicham Abdessamad, on promoting sustainability throughout all its segments. As a climate change innovator, Hitachi’s executives point out the impending challenges the transportation sector faces, and outline solutions the company provides to commercial…
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