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Electric Airstream concept is the RV industry’s ‘iPhone moment’

January 19, 2022
Thor industries just revealed its new electric Airstream concept, and made every other RV on the market – even the ones announced a few short hours ago – seem like antique relics of a distant past. The new “eStream” travel trailer revealed today is the iPhone on January 9, 2007, and everything else is … well, everything else. We knew what was coming, we just didn’t know what was…
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Embraer trademarks Energia name for electric, hybrid aircraft line

January 19, 2022
Following an initial refusal by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer has filed trademark applications covering its upcoming Energia family of new low-emission and zero-emission electrified aircraft. Originally refused over a “likelihood of confusion” (with the Energica electric motorcycle company, presumably), Embraer has filed to trademark the Energia…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 18, 2022

January 19, 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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E-bikes are the latest hot fashion as luxury brands rush to partner with electric bike companies

January 18, 2022
It’s a sign of the times (albeit a strange one) that electric bicycles are quickly expanding beyond mere transportation alternatives into fashion gear. Thanks to interest from many luxury brands, e-bikes are quickly becoming hot fashion items. Beginning well over a decade ago, electric bicycles spent years as niche transportation and recreation vehicles, providing many of the same benefits of…
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Elon Musk to visit Tesla Gigafactory Berlin next month, hinting at start of production

January 18, 2022
Elon Musk confirmed that he will be visiting Tesla Gigafactory Berlin in “mid-February” – hinting at the potential start of production, which is still awaiting government approval. Over the last year, Tesla has run into a lot of red tape while trying to get approval to start production at Gigafactory Berlin, a giant new factory located near Berlin in Brandenburg. The bottleneck right now is…
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