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Battery giant and Tesla supplier CATL falls on limited profits due to higher material costs

CATL, the largest EV battery manufacturer and a major supplier for Tesla, saw its stock fall after reporting limited profits due to higher battery material costs. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd., better known as CATL, has been the largest producer of batteries for electric vehicles for five years in a row. In recent years, it grew with Tesla by supplying most of the batteries for the…
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Tesla to supply up to 8 MWh of Powerpacks for SpaceX’s Starbase solar farm

Tesla is going to supply up to 8 MWh of Powerpacks for SpaceX to expand its solar farm at Starbase in Boca Chica. It’s the latest of many collaborations between Tesla and SpaceX. SpaceX has a solar farm at its Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. It consists of 1 MW of solar power and 3.87 MWh of energy storage capacity. New documents uncovered by CNBC show that SpaceX plans to expand the solar…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 4, 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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Check out this solar electric RV that is both a camper and an electric boat… and an e-bike

Electric campers have a certain charm to them, being able to explore the open road powered by the free sun rays beaming above you. But what if you could combine that freedom with the versatility of an electric boat and an electric bike? That’s exactly what Aigars Lauzis sought to capture when he designed the BeTriton electric camper. It may not be the first three-wheeled electric RV we’ve…
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Fisker announces new electric GT with ‘longest range of any production EV’

Fisker announced today Project Ronin, the company’s third electric vehicle – a new electric GT with what it claims will be the “longest range of any production EV.” While Fisker has announced its third EV, it has yet to bring its first one to market. The Fisker Ocean is the vehicle that Fisker Inc. – Henrik Fisker’s latest EV startup – is most known for. The company has promised a…
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