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Tesla receives greenlight to build 2,000 Model Y bodies at Gigafactory Berlin ahead of final approval

January 10, 2022
Tesla has received a special approval from the Brandenburg State Environment department to build 2,000 Model Y bodies at Gigafactory berlin ahead of the much-coveted final 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 the…
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KYMCO’s new ‘Like 125 EV’ electric scooter holds up to 5 batteries, entering EU market at €1,200

January 10, 2022
Taiwanese scooter giant KYMCO has just announced a new version of its latest electric scooter, the Like 125 EV. And it’s soon headed to the European market where it will be priced at a steal. KYMCO’s Like scooters are popular in Europe as affordable, low-power commuters. The Like 125 EV is an electric version of the popular scooter, and KYMCO has just announced an updated model for 2022. The…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 8, 2022

January 9, 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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Video: Crypto-Mining Daymak Spiritus EV takes its first test drive

January 8, 2022
Daymak revealed the first “production-look” prototype of its 85 mph, light-electric three-wheeler, the Daymak Spiritus, back in October. At the time, it was thought to be a static display piece – but now? It’s a runner, and we’ve got video. The video was posted with the description “The Spiritus 3-Wheel All Electric Car first drive test,” by Mike Chow, Vice President of R&D at…
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World’s largest floating solar farm comes online with wind and storage

January 8, 2022
Beijing-headquartered electric power company Huaneng Power International (HPI) has completed the world’s largest floating solar project in Dezhou, which is in Shandong, an eastern Chinese province on the Yellow Sea. The 320 megawatt (MW) project is the largest floating solar farm to come online to date. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your…
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