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Rivian R1T first impressions: Teleport from sports car to luxury to off-road

When the Rivian rolled up to our house for delivery last week, it was the first Rivian I had seen in the wild. WOW, I was pleasantly surprised by its striking and imposing look. Like the Lucid Air I saw in Santa Clara, the Rivian R1T just looks like it’s from the future.  If you are a sci-fi fan that enjoyed Star Trek, then you are familiar with the teleportation device that, with the press of…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 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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Tesla sends out ‘Cyber Rodeo’ invites for Giga Texas opening

Tesla has started to send out invites to an event called ‘Cyber Rodeo’, which is going to be the grand opening of Gigafactory Texas in Austin – a big moment for the company and its manufacturing expansion in the US. Just a few days after launching GIgafactory Berlin with the first deliveries of the first European-made Tesla vehicles, the automaker is now inviting people to the opening of…
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Addmotor M-430 e-bike review: A surprisingly powerful and easy to ride fat-tire electric cruiser bike

The Addmotor M-430 may not look like much of a performance e-bike, but the don’t judge a book by its cover adage holds with electric bikes as well. Believe it or not, this relaxing-looking cruiser e-bike is actually a peppy ride when you open it up. That’s not something we often associate with cruiser bikes. Generally they’re more for the low-and-slow crowd, offering a comfortable ride in…
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Tesla issues another over-the-air recall on a small number of cars in the US

Tesla has had to issue another “recall” that is actually just another over-the-air software update on a small number of cars in the US. Lately, Tesla has had to issue a lot of recalls, but most of them were minor issues that were fixed by simple over-the-air software updates. For example, the automaker issued a recall that was reported as a “massive” recall on over 800,000 vehicles due…
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