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Tesla driver is charged with vehicular manslaughter after running a red light on Autopilot

January 18, 2022
A Tesla driver has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter after running a red light on Autopilot – this is likely the first time that a driver is charged with a felony for something that happened while using semi-autonomous driving features available to customers. The incident happened back in 2019 in Gardena, a suburb of Los Angeles, but it is now coming to light after legal…
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Blink to deploy Level 2 EV chargers at GM dealerships across North America

January 18, 2022
Blink Charging Co. announced it will be supplying its IQ 200 Level 2 EV chargers to participating GM dealerships across the US and Canada. Together with the help of facility services provider ABM, Blink will implement its EV chargers in the backs and fronts of GM dealerships, depending on their orders. Blink Charging Co. ($BLNK) is an international EV charging network operating over 30,000 ports…
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Airspeeder announces the first-ever eVTOL racing pilots for its upcoming EXA Series

January 18, 2022
Infant eVTOL racing league, Airspeeder, has publicly announced its first three pilots ahead of its remotely operated EXA Series of Grand Prix taking place in 2022, followed by a crewed racing series in 2023. The first three eVTOL pilots come from different racing backgrounds and represent a new future of “flying car” racing. Airspeeder is a newly formed electric vertical take-off and landing…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 17, 2022

January 18, 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 releases new Full Self-Driving Beta 10.9 software update, announces expansion in Canada

January 17, 2022
Tesla is starting to push a new version (10.9) of its Full Self-Driving Beta software update with some improvements, and Elon Musk announced an expansion of the test program in Canada. For more than a year now, Tesla has been slowly rolling out what it is calling “Full Self-Driving Beta” (FSD Beta), which is an early version of its self-driving software that is currently being tested by a…
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