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Quick Charge Podcast: January 29, 2022

January 30, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $499 super-basic electric snowmobile

January 29, 2022

When it comes to snowmobiles, there’s kind of a set way to do things. They’re effectively trikes with a pair of skis up front and a single wide track in back. But this new take on old-school snowsports seems to have reinvented the idea of just what a snowmobile can be.

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Union Pacific orders ten Wabtec FLXDrive battery-electric locomotives, the largest investment by a North American railroad

January 29, 2022

North American railroad Union Pacific announced it has purchased ten FLXDrive battery-electric locomotives from manufacturer Wabtec. The purchase marks the largest number of FLXDrives placed in a single order for Wabtec, as well as the largest investment in battery-electric…

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Tesla launches ‘TeslaMic,’ a microphone for in-car karaoke

January 28, 2022

Tesla has launched a new product: a microphone called ‘TeslaMic’ designed for its in-car karaoke system. It’s only available in China for now. Today, Tesla started pushing its ‘Chinese New Year’ software update in China. Like in the rest of the world, Tesla often bundles up features for a bigger end-of-the-year software update that most often includes some fun features. For the Chinese…

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Tesla doesn’t expect constraints in 4680 battery cell supply this year, current production capacity unknown

January 28, 2022

Tesla gave an update on the status of its in-house production of the 4680 battery cell. The company didn’t want to confirm a production capacity, but it did say that it doesn’t expect to have supply constraints from it this year. In 2020, Tesla unveiled its new 4680…

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BYD introduces a unique looking electric school bus for the US with vehicle-to-grid capabilities

January 28, 2022

Chinese mobility manufacturer BYD has introduced its new “Type A” electric school bus to transport up to thirty US students at a time. Furthermore, the new zero-emission bus is ADA capable up to 800 lbs and can travel 140 miles on a single charge. What may be most…

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Come and get it – order books open for new flagship 48-mile Range Rover PHEV, full EV coming in 2024

January 28, 2022

Land Rover confirmed prices and opened orders for its new Extended-Range Plug-in Hybrid model and exclusive Range Rover SV, which should be good for up to 48 miles of all-electric, über-fashionable roving down Rodeo Drive. Since the newest Range Rover was launched outside the Royal Opera House in London, more than two million people have built their dream Rangie on the company’s online…

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Here’s why EV charging infrastructure is an opportunity for utilities – and how sticking with fossil fuels could make them obsolete

January 28, 2022

Electrek‘s Michelle Lewis spoke with head of Enel North America Enrico Viale about why clean energy is better and cheaper than fossil fuels, and why modernizing the grid and battery storage are vital for EV charging and renewables implementation. UnderstandSolar is a free…

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The future is now: After nine years, it’s time to say goodbye to the BMW i3

January 28, 2022

After a production run of nine years and more than 250,000 units sold, the BMW i3, BMW’s first “I” brand EV, will cease production later this summer. Even so, the quirky little compact can go out with its head held high, because the electric future it predicted is…

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Podcast: Tesla impresses with earnings/disappoints with product roadmap, new Cybertruck prototype, and more

January 28, 2022

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s Q4 earnings and product roadmap update, new Cybertruck prototype, and more. Remember to also subscribe to Electrek Quick Charge Podcast hosted by Mikey G and Electrek’s new Wheel-E 2-wheel podcast with Micah and Seth. The show is back live every Friday…