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Ford shares plans for several more EVs in Europe and a JV to build a massive commercial vehicle battery plant in Turkey

American automaker Ford Motor Company, has outlined plans to expedite its push for EVs in Europe, promising nine all-electric models by 2024, seven of which are new to a lineup that already includes the Mustang Mach-E followed by the E-Transit next quarter. Vehicles from commercial unit Ford Pro, and the recently announced Ford e, combine to further expand Ford EV adoption in Europe. Although…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 14, 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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Ford to release second electric car based on VW’s MEB platform

Ford and VW announced that they are expanding their electrification partnership, and the former is going to release a second electric car based on VW’s MEB platform. A few years ago, Ford and VW announced an interesting partnership where the former would use the latter’s MEB electric vehicle platform to release an electric car in Europe. We later learned that the vehicle would be a crossover…
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Tesla is increasing solar prices as supply chain costs are rising

After achieving the best prices in the solar industry, Tesla has significantly increased solar panel installation prices as supply chain costs are causing pressure on the whole solar industry. Last year, solar rooftop installations saw their first increase in price since 2014. While deployment increased, Solar Energy Industries Association said that supply chain constraints pushed solar prices…
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Autonomous freight company Einride introduces its first ever ‘Remote Pod Operator,’ creating an entirely new career in shipping

During a presentation at SXSW, autonomous freight technology company, Einride, has publicly introduced its first “Remote Pod Operator,” Tiffany Heathcott. Heathcott is a trucking-veteran that will bring her driving expertise within the truck to her remote operating station, representing a potential paradigm shift of how we safely and efficiently transport cargo. Einride describes itself as a…
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