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Tesla is vindicated over fire after salvaged car buyer reveals video showing how fire originated

Tesla has vindicated after a Model Y was wrongly blamed for a fire that happened earlier this year in Texas. A video emerged showing that the fire didn’t originate from the electric vehicle. In March, a fire started at a residence in Dallas. Smoke was visible from downtown and the media reported that it originated after a brand new Model Y “exploded.” Many insinuated that the cause of the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: August 25, 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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Tesla releases new version of its mobile app with UI refresh and tons of new features

Tesla is releasing today version 4 of its mobile app and it has a significant user interface refresh as well as a ton of new features. The Tesla mobile app has been an important asset for the automaker. Owners managed most of their ownership experience through the app. It serves as a key to unlock Tesla vehicles, manage climate control, and much more. In more recent years, the automaker has also…
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Tenways e-bike review: a new, affordable belt drive electric bike for urban riders

Tenways has just launched a new belt drive e-bike known as the CGO 600. We got a chance to test one out pre-launch to determine whether the nascent brand’s urban electric bicycle was worth a look. Spoiler alert: It’s worth much more than a look. Right off the bat, you should know that Tenways is launching its CGO 600 electric bike via a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. That’s not a bad…
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World’s first autonomous, 7MWh electric cargo ship to make voyage with zero crew onboard

A Norwegian company called Yara International claims to have created the world’s first zero-emission ship that can also transport cargo autonomously. The Yara Birkeland electric cargo ship was first conceptualized in 2017 but now looks to make its first voyage with no crew members onboard later this year in Norway. Yara International is a Norwegian company that was founded in 1905 to combat…
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