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The SEC probe into Elon Musk and Tesla is reportedly about suspected insider trading with Musk’s brother

The Wall Street Journal is out with a new report that Elon Musk’s lawyer warned about and reveals that the SEC probe into Musk and Tesla is reportedly about a suspected insider trading violation involving Musk’s brother. As we reported yesterday, things are escalating quickly between Musk and the SEC since a lawyer for the former sent a letter to the court accusing the latter of harassing…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 24, 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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US offshore wind auction attracts a record $2B in bids, and it’s not even done yet

On January 12, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would hold an offshore wind energy auction for more than 488,000 acres in the New York Bight. It’s still under way, and bids have now collectively reached around $2 billion. This is the first offshore wind lease sale in over three years, and is the first offshore wind energy…
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Tesla Model Y convinces another police department to go electric, believes it will save $4,000 a year in maintenance alone

Tesla Model Y has convinced another police department, Sykesville Police, to go electric and the maintenance cost was the difference-maker. Tesla vehicles have become the go-to EV for police departments around the world. Many have started adding Tesla Model 3s to their fleets, like the NYPD most recently, and now, the Model Y is starting to gaining momentum. Last year, Fremont police and the…
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Paris’s great experiment will ban cars in much of the city, instead opting for bikes, scooters, legs

In a bid to clean up the city and reduce the chokehold of traffic congestion, Paris plans to ban cars from much of the historic part of the French capital. The plan was announced by the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo, though its expected 2024 implementation represents a two-year delay from the creators’ original goal. Vehicles banned under the new rules will include most private vehicles used for…
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