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Tech pecs and pricing revealed for NIU’s innovative new electric bike ahead of US/EU launch

January 6, 2022
The electric mobility company NIU has several interesting electric motorcycles and scooters headed to the US and Europe this year, yet the company’s new BQi electric bicycle has drawn just as much attention recently. And now we’re finally getting pricing and tech specs as NIU displays the new e-bike models at CES 2022. The BQi showcases a novel frame design, incorporating a step-through…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 6, 2022

January 6, 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 unveils its giant Megapack battery project in Texas

January 6, 2022
Tesla has unveiled its giant new Megapack battery project in Texas in a new Youtube video. It’s one of the biggest yet. Texas is having to rethink its electric grid after bad weather last winter put so much pressure on the grid that it pushed it to the brink of failure. The strain resulted in many regions having rolling blackouts, and a lot of people are rethinking their energy…
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Watch Tesla Model S Plaid take on Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle in quietest drag race ever

January 6, 2022
A Tesla Model S Plaid lined up for a drag race with a Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle earlier this week in the first known case of this EV matchup. The race was brought to us by the YouTube Channel Tesla Plaid Channel, whose owner frequently takes his Tesla Model S Plaid to the races. We’ve actually seen a race between a Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle and a Tesla…
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Check out BMW’s color-changing iX Flow at CES

January 6, 2022
CES 2022 has been packed with EV announcements – from Sony’s Vision-S 02 to the Chevy Silverado EV – but at BMW’s booth we got a look at something different, a color-changing e-ink wrapped BMX iX Flow. BMW’s iX is a high-end electric sports vehicle with over 500hp…
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These new, affordable electric heat pumps can easily replace gas boilers

January 6, 2022
Fossil fuel heating is bad for the environment and super expensive right now: Three Democratic legislators wrote a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today asking them to protect consumers from unfairly high energy costs. Geothermal heating is fantastic, but it’s not yet widely available – and it’s still financially out of reach for many. Enter Swedish energy giant Vattenfall…
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