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Ola’s 70 mph electric scooters selling like hotcakes, two every second

Ola’s S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters are off to a massive start after the first day of sales, with CEO Bhavish Aggarwal claiming that the company is selling two electric scooters every second. The original launch didn’t go quite as smoothly after a glitch in the order process delayed pre-orders by a week. But now that the company has relaunched with an improved ordering system, the Ola S1…
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Lightyear raises $110 million to bring its $170,000 ‘solar’ electric car to market

Lightyear, a startup developing electric solar cars, has announced a significant $110 million round of financing to bring its first vehicle to market. A lot of money is being raised in the EV sector right now. Lightyear first caught our attention because it spun out of Solar Team Eindhoven, a group of engineering students from the Technical University of Eindhoven (Netherlands) who have been…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 15, 2021

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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Here’s every electric vehicle that currently qualifies for the US federal tax credit

As sales of electric vehicles continue to surge, many new and prospective customers have questions about qualifying for federal tax credit on electric vehicles. Whether you qualify is not a simple yes or no question… well, actually it sort of is, but the amount you may qualify for varies by household due to a number of different factors. Furthermore, there are other potential savings available…
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Hyundai delays Ioniq 5 electric car launch in the US

Hyundai confirmed that it is delaying the launch of the Ioniq 5 electric car in the US by a few months. It’s a disappointment since the vehicle is expected to be disruptive. The Ioniq 5 is one of the most exciting new electric cars to launch in a long time. It comes with…
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Tesla starts testing its Full Self-Driving Beta software on Canadian roads

Tesla has started testing its Full Self-Driving Beta software on Canadian roads ahead of the wider release in the US. Last weekend, Tesla started pushing its new Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v10 software update to its early access fleet. Tesla FSD Beta enables Tesla vehicles to virtually drive themselves both on highways and city streets, but it is still considered a level 2 driver assist…
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