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Home EV charging spend will exceed $16B globally by 2026, says study

The global spend on electric vehicle charging at home will exceed $16 billion in 2026, up from $3.4 billion in 2021, according to a new report by UK-based digital technology research firm Juniper Research. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 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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Aptera’s beta SEV beat a Tesla Model 3 and Audi R8 GT Spyder in a drag race

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors posted a video that puts the beta version of its upcoming SEV against an alpha version, a Tesla Model 3, and an Audi R8 GT Spyder in a desert drag race. While its a very close race (for the Audi at least), the Aptera appears to just barely edge the competition in a quarter-mile sprint. Aptera Motors is a San Diego-based startup that specializes in solar electric…
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Jaguar will use NVIDIA AI for self-driving in future vehicles starting 2025

Jaguar Land Rover is partnering with NVIDIA to use their DRIVE Hyperion 8 platform for future vehicles. NVIDIA’s system will power autonomous and driver assistance systems and will render visualization of the vehicle’s environment. Jaguar is one of the earliest automakers planning to go all-electric, stating that all newly introduced vehicles will be all electric starting in 2025. It looks…
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Videos from inside Tesla Gigafactory Texas leak and show production lines

Several Tesla employees and contractors at Tesla Gigafactory Texas posted videos on Snapchat from inside the factory – giving us a rare look at the production lines. Things are ramping up at Gigafactory Texas. Tesla recently confirmed that the first ‘builds’ of new Model Y vehicles were produced at the factory late last year. We also recently reported that Tesla is aiming to deliver those…
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