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Tesla confirms Model Y production started at Gigafactory Texas, now working on final certification

Tesla confirmed that Model Y production started at Gigafactory Texas late in 2021, and now the company is working on “final certification” for the new version of the electric SUV being built at the new factory. It looks like Tesla didn’t actually miss its goal to start production at Gigafactory Texas by the end of 2021. The company confirmed its new Q4 2021 earnings report that it started…
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These are the latest big electric bike companies to pull in tens of millions in funding

It may be a new year, but many trends have stayed the course in the electric bicycle industry. Chief among them is a move we’re seeing where VCs and other investors have been tripping over each other to throw money at electric bike companies. Just today we’ve learned of two more big name electric bicycle manufacturers touting tens of millions of dollars in investments. The first is Cowboy, a…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 26, 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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Blink Charging announces partnership with Bridgestone to deploy Level 2 EV chargers at its retail auto centers

Blink Charging Co continues to expand its repertoire of US partners, as it announced it has partnered with Bridgestone Retail Operations to supply its IQ 200 Level 2 EV chargers at 25 Firestone Complete Auto Care and Wheel Works locations across the US. Blink Charging Co. ($BLNK) is an international EV charging network operating over 30,000 ports across thirteen different countries. In…
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Burned out: it’s looking more and more certain that the Chevy Bolt is dead

GM’s troubled Chevrolet Bolt and Bolt EUV models have been out of production for months, and more and more evidence points to the fact that Bolt production at GM’s Orion plant, if it ever does restart, won’t last long. GM revealed a $7 billion plan to take the EV fight to Ford and Tesla yesterday, announcing plans to overhaul its EV and battery cell production lines, create new jobs, and…
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