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Harley-Davidson pauses production for two weeks on all models except for electric motorcycles

May 21, 2022
Milwaukee-based motorcycle company Harley-Davidson is feeling the sting of supply-chain issues that have plagued major manufacturers for years. Now the company has been forced to pause production across all of its various motorcycles, with the exception of its LiveWire electric motorcycles. And it’s not just production that is pausing. Shipments are also halted. As the company explained, it took…
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Elon Musk announces that Tesla is building a ‘hardcore litigation department’ – Timing is strange

May 21, 2022
Elon Musk announced today that Tesla is building a “hardcore litigation department” to “directly initiate and execute lawsuits.” The timing of the effort is strange since it comes right after an allegation of sexual misconduct against the CEO. Musk made the announcement on Twitter: Tesla is building a hardcore litigation department where we directly initiate and execute lawsuits. The…
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Biden administration kicks off $5 billion electric Clean School Bus program

May 20, 2022
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan are today launching the Clean School Bus program, a part of President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, from a high school in Falls Church, Virginia. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 authorizes the EPA to offer rebates to replace diesel school buses with what the EPA calls…
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Podcast: Tesla (TSLA) falls on ESG and Elongate, FSD Beta update, Cadillac Lyriq pricing, and more

May 20, 2022
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed Tesla (TSLA) falling amid an issue with ESG and the Elongate scandal, a FSD Beta update, the Cadillac Lyriq pricing, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post…
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