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Electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks will be cheaper than diesel trucks by 2035

The US Department of Energy today released a study showing that by 2035, electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks will cost the same as or less than diesel trucks. And by 2030, nearly half of electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks will be cheaper to buy, operate, and maintain than diesel trucks. Battery electric trucks are expected to become cost competitive for smaller trucks before 2030…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 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…
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VW goes ahead with $2 billion new factory to produce upcoming Trinity high-efficiency long-range electric car

Volkswagen has green-lighted a new $2.2 billion investment to build a new factory in Wolfsburg, Germany. The new factory will be used to produce the upcoming electric vehicle developed under the “Trinity” project, a high-efficiency electric car. Trinity has been touted as VW’s next flagship electric car built from the ground up to be easier and cleaner to manufacture, and achieve a high…
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NIO begins ET7 test drives ahead of deliveries in China beginning March 28

Chinese automaker NIO has officially begun initial test drives for its electric luxury ET7 sedan. Chinese customers had their drive experiences at the NIO House in Hefei, Anhui province, ahead of ET7 deliveries scheduled for the end of this month. NIO ($NIO) is a publicly-traded EV automaker founded in China in 2014. Since then, it has quickly established itself as one of the leading…
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GM partners with POSCO on $400 million factory to produce cathode material for EV batteries

General Motors announced an expansion of its supply chain for its ambitious electric vehicle production plans with a new cathode factory in partnership with POSCO in Quebec, Canada. Over the last few years, GM announced several upcoming new battery cell factories under its new Ultium Cell partnership with LG Energy. Those factories are going to require a brand new large-scale supply chain. The…
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