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Drive Electric Earth Day continues this weekend, with in-person outdoor events around the US

Plug in America, the Sierra Club, and the Electric Auto Association are hosting their annual Drive Electric Earth Day event where advocates educate attendees about EV ownership. While most events will take place on April 23-24, Earth Day weekend, events have been running all month, with over 180 events scheduled across the US (and a couple in Canada and New Zealand). A few events will take place…
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Vintage Electric’s new high-voltage electric ‘bicycle’ line can hit speeds of 40 mph

California-based Vintage Electric builds beautifully styled, high-power electric bicycles unlike any other on the market. And just to make sure they retain their crown of individuality in the power department, they’ve stepped it up another notch with the highest performance e-bikes they’ve made yet. These new e-bikes tout a 72V electrical system for extreme speed and power. To be fair, the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 18, 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.  Check the battery before buying a used EV & monitor your battery…
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Electric motorcycle maker CAKE shows off more teaser images for 3 upcoming models, sets release date

Sweden’s premier electric motorcycle manufacturer CAKE shared more images of the company’s upcoming new release and set the launch day for this Wednesday. The new images follow on the heels of an announcement last week that CAKE was working on something new. Now we know that it’s actually three somethings new. As the company revealed today on its social media pages, there are three new…
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Tesla Megapack project with 730 MWh of capacity is now up and running on PG&E’s network

PG&E announced that they have turned on their giant Tesla Megapack project with 730 MWh of capacity, and the electric grid company expects that it will “enhance the overall reliability of California’s ever-changing energy supply.” We first learned of the project at PG&E’s Moss Landing substation when it submitted it to CPUC and the company was in talks with Tesla in 2017. It…
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