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Tesla releases sneak peek of its Gigafactory Berlin’s ‘most advanced paint shop’ enabling new colors

February 10, 2022
Tesla has released a quick sneak peek of the paint shop inside Gigafactory Berlin, which the automaker has been taunting as “its most advanced paint shop” yet – and it should enable new colors. It’s literally has been years since Tesla has launched a new vehicle paint color. Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to offer a variety of colors, but the automaker decided to…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 9, 2022

February 10, 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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Tesla’s heat pump problem causing loss of heat explained in new NHTSA recall

February 9, 2022
The problem with the heat pump leading Tesla owners to lose heat in extreme cold and the subsequent software fix that Tesla issued has now been revealed in more detail in the new NHTSA recall. Last month, Electrek reported on Tesla owners losing heat in extreme cold as some heat pumps were failing. As we explained, it’s a problem that first emerged last winter with Tesla vehicles equipped…
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Lectric XP 2.0 Step-Through review: The best bang-for-your-buck electric bike gets even better!

February 9, 2022
I’ve long called the Lectric XP 2.0 the best bang-for-your-buck electric bicycle because it offers so much utility and performance for . And with the step-through version of the e-bike, Phoenix-based Lectric eBikes has made the popular two-wheeler more accessible than ever before. The Lectric XP 2.0 is the follow-up to one of the most well-known budget electric bikes of the last few years, the…
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Tesla says it expects lawsuit over ‘systematic racial discrimination and harassment’ from DFEH, calls it unfair

February 9, 2022
Tesla announced that it is expecting the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to file a lawsuit alleging “systematic racial discrimination and harassment” at Tesla. The company preemptively defended itself calling it “unfair and counterproductive.” The lawsuit hasn’t been filed yet, but Tesla warned about it in its 10k SEC filing, and now it has shared a blog…
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