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Hankook to launch iON family of tires specifically designed to deliver more range and a quieter ride to premium EVs

March 16, 2022
Hankook is the latest tire company debuting its own line of EV-specific tires – more specifically, tires for premium EVs. Hankook Tire’s new iON family will debut later this year and will include both winter and summer options for Europe, as well as an all-season EV tire for North America. Hankook Tire & Technology is a South Korean tire company founded over 80 years ago whose name…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 15, 2022

March 16, 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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Ahead of an electric motorcycle, Kawasaki shows off an electric goat robot with a human rider

March 15, 2022
If I didn’t know better, I’d think Kawasaki was doing everything it could to delay giving the world a new electric motorcycle. Instead of an awesome two-wheeler, Kawasaki just rolled out a four-legger in the form of a goat robot. Well there’s a brand new sentence. Kawasaki unveils robotic goat The new robot is known as the Bex, which appears to be short for Ibex, a type of North African…
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Volvo and Starbucks team up on Chargepoint DC fast charging network test from Seattle to Colorado

March 15, 2022
One area of the EV experience that traditional automakers seem to have little thirst for is the DC fast charging network that recharges their cars over long drives or in cities where Level 1/2 charging is inaccessible. Volvo is now exploring its own DC Fast Charging network of sorts, and it’s teamed up with charging heavyweights Starbucks and Chargepoint to do so… Sure, Volkswagen owns…
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An electric bicycle with a driveshaft? Honbike launches futuristic-looking Japanese folding e-bike for US/EU

March 15, 2022
The multiple award-winning Honbike is just about as steep of a departure from typical electric bicycles as I can find. Having tested hundreds of different e-bikes, the Honbike is unique in so many different ways that it marks a refreshing new entry to the market. Now launching on Indiegogo, we got to test out the revolutionary new driveshaft e-bike ahead of time to let you know if it’s worth a…
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