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GM pokes fun at Tesla Cybertruck in strange Hummer EV Easter egg

GM has decided to poke fun at the Tesla Cybertruck with a strange Easter egg in the newly delivered GMC Hummer EV pickup truck’s software. We have seen GM poke fun at Tesla before when launching new electric vehicles. For example, before the launch of the Chevy Bolt EV, GM released pictures of one of its prototypes driving in front of Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto. Later, when it was…
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Coal production will rise to its highest-ever levels in 2022, says IEA

Coal production is forecast to reach an all-time high in 2022, and then after a couple of years, plateau as demand flattens, according to the latest annual market report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), released today. After falling in 2019 and 2020, global power generation from coal is expected to jump by 9% in 2021 to an all-time high of 10,350 terawatt-hours, according to the…
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The Rivian R1T is Electrek’s 2021 vehicle of the year

This pickup truck has everything – faster than most sports cars, a roomy interior with lots of storage and extras, and it can go off-road where no other production vehicle can go. It’s the first time electrification has hit the off-road pickup in a meaningful way, and it proves why electric is king both on-road and off. Last year’s Electrek vehicle of the year was the Juiced HyperScorpion…
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Extreme E races at the Jurassic X Prix in England for inaugural season finale

Extreme E is back this weekend for the fifth and final race of its inaugural season, this time on the Jurassic Coast in southern England. Each Extreme E venue is picked to bring awareness to one aspect of environmental damage humans are doing to the Earth. In the case of the Jurassic X Prix, the focus is on erosion caused by rising sea levels and biodiversity loss caused by human incursion into…
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