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Tesla is going to build a solar and Megapack farm to power a new Bitcoin mining facility

April 8, 2022
Tesla is going to build a solar and Megapack farm for energy storage that is going to power a new Bitcoin mining facility in partnership with both Blockstream and Jack Dorsey’s Blocks (formerly Square). Early in 2021, Tesla invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. Shortly after, the automaker started accepting the cryptocurrency as payment on new vehicles. However, a few days later, Tesla took a…
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Fiido X electric bike’s frame can apparently break in half, company issues recall

April 8, 2022
If you’ve got a Fiido X electric bike at home, now you have a pretty magnesium sculpture. That’s because the company has issued an urgent notice for owners to stop using the e-bike after a frame defect has been discovered that causes the bike to break in two. The Fiido X electric bike was first unveiled last summer before launching a successful Indiegogo campaign. There it raised over 1…
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DeLorean Motor Company teases reveal date and sleek image of its gull-winged EV, CEO divulges a full line of new models [Update]

April 8, 2022
Gas? Where we’re going, we don’t need gas. DeLorean Motor Company, the short-lived 1980s automaker behind the DMC DeLorean sports car turned pop culture staple thanks to the Back to the Future franchise, is returning with an EV model. The DeLorean EV concept has just recently been teased, but its official reveal has now been moved up three days alongside an enticing teaser image. April 7…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 7, 2022

April 8, 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 going to make a new futuristic-looking electric vehicle as a ‘dedicated robotaxi’

April 8, 2022
Elon Musk announced that Tesla is going to build a new futuristic-looking electric vehicle as a “dedicated robotaxi” – though there’s no clear timeline for the new vehicle. At Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event tonight, Gigafactory Texas was the real star of the show. CEO Elon Musk made clear that Tesla’s focus in the short term and in 2022 specifically is to scale operations to increase…
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