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Quick Charge Podcast: June 6, 2022

June 7, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Aptera raises $40 million to bring solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production

June 6, 2022
Aptera announced that it raised $40 million to bring its solar electric car with up to 1,000 miles of range to production later this year. A lot of people got into electric vehicles for their efficiency, and there’s nothing more efficient than Aptera’s solar electric vehicle (SEV). Thanks to an extremely lightweight three-wheel design and a drag coefficient (Cd) of only 0.13, the Aptera SEV…
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Qiantu unveils K20 $13,000 two-seat electric car

June 6, 2022
Qiantu has unveiled a new two-seat electric car with up to 500 km (300 miles) of range and a starting price equivalent to just $13,000. We reported on Qiantu’s all-electric roadster K50 when they unveiled the vehicle in China back in 2016. The company is a subsidiary…
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Solid Power begins solid-state battery pilot before testing with Ford and BMW in late 2022

June 6, 2022
EV-scale solid-state battery cells have come one step closer to reality in Louisville, Colorado, where Solid Power announced it will begin pilot manufacturing of solid-state cells. The completed installation of the production pilot line will allow Solid Power to produce silicon anode, solid-state battery cells for internal testing before delivering them to automotive partners BMW and Ford to…
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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in June 2022

June 6, 2022
Here at Electrek, we have spent countless hours performing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bicycles. Through the thousands of miles at this point, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bikes on the market for just about any budget. Below you’ll find some of the top e-bikes we’ve…
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