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Juiced Ripcurrent S electric bike gets big updates: Larger motor, docking battery, ‘Race Mode’ & more

San Diego-based Juiced Bikes already offered a seriously fun ride with the original . But now the company has unveiled an updated 2022 version that adds a number of new components. The fast and powerful e-bike’s upgrade list starts with a new motor that offers more power than ever for Juiced’s best-selling model. The new motor carries a 1,000W rating for its continuous power, but it can pull…
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As ‘Plug and Charge’ and ‘V2G’ tech standardizes, CEC says widespread deployment of ISO-15118 is imperative

The California Energy Commission (CEC) published a recent docket recommending widespread adoption of ISO-15118 chargers in order to support current and upcoming electric vehicle features. This includes nascent technologies such and Plug and Charge and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) capabilities. As EV adoption continues to progress, the standards in which these vehicles operate and replenish have also…
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Tesla offers free Supercharging around Ukraine for people fleeing the country

Tesla has started to offer free Supercharging in several countries around Ukraine for people fleeing the country following the Russian invasion. When regions of the world are hit by natural disasters, Tesla has been known to offer free Supercharging in those regions to give one less thing for people to think about when traveling away from danger. For example, Tesla offered free Supercharging to…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 26, 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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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: This $2,000 Chinese electric pickup truck

For all those folks out there that “don’t see color,” do I have an awesome electric pickup truck for you?! The fact that it only comes in pink could be a turn off for some, but not for you! And the sub-$2,000 price might just help push another few converts towards the coolest electric truck reveal since Chevy threw its name in the ring a last month. The only difference is, you can actually…
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