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Himiway updates its popular 28+ mph Escape Pro moped-style electric bike with higher performance

Himiway, a popular electric bicycle supplier, has updated its Himiway Escape electric moped into the new , touting new improvements in design and performance. The 750W-rated Himiway Escape uses a step-through style frame that is reminiscent of classic mopeds from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. It is also often said to take inspiration from other popular electric bicycles, though the e-bike industry is…
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Tesla Semi shows up at its future home of Gigafactory Texas with more Model Ys and possible new colors spotted

A new drone flyover of Tesla Gigafactory Texas shows a lot of activity, including a Tesla Semi, a lot more Model Y vehicles, and even some potential new colors. The new activity comes ahead of the Cyber Rodeo event. On April 7th, Tesla is going to hold an event at Gigafactory Texas in Austin called ‘Cyber Rodeo‘. It is expected to be the factory’s grand opening, including the official…
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Tesla (TSLA) is up on record deliveries despite Giga Shanghai extending its shutdown

Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is up in pre-market trading on Monday after releasing new record delivery numbers this weekend, despite investors learning that Gigafactory Shanghai is unable to restart production today. As we reported on Saturday, Tesla released its Q1 2022 delivery and production results and beat its all-time delivery record with 310,000 EVs despite a difficult quarter. One of the main…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk buys near 10% stake in Twitter

A new SEC filing revealed that Elon Musk, better known as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, invested almost $3 billion in Twitter and now owns almost 10% of the social media platform. Musk, the richest man in the world, famously doesn’t have many investments. While most…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 2, 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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KYMCO’s Ionex swappable EV batteries to share power between electric motorcycles and streetlights

KYMCO Chairman Allan Ko recently shared new plans from the company’s electric vehicle developments, including the debut of the KYMCO Ionex Smart Streetlights system. Once employed, the system would see connected streetlights and traffic lights in smart cities tied into the brand’s swappable EV battery stations. The Ionex brand is the Taiwan-based motorcycle maker KYMCO’s electric vehicle…
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