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Tesla releases insane story behind protester who crashed its booth at the Shanghai Motor Show

Tesla has released a long statement about the background behind the protester who crashed its booth at the Shanghai Motor Show earlier this month. It’s a lot crazier than we thought. Earlier this month, we reported on a Tesla owner protesting at the automaker’s booth at the Shanghai Motor show. She jumped on a display car to claim that Tesla’s “brakes are not working.” The owner was…
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Rivian’s Amazon vans begin deliveries in Colorado

The Denver metro area of Colorado is the next major city to see Amazon packages delivered by Rivian electric vans. The vans were spotted this past week across Denver and its surrounding cities, such as Boulder and Aurora. The capital of Colorado remains one of 16 cities…
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Tesla Cybertruck camper system receives $50 million in orders, and it doesn’t even exist yet

A third-party Tesla Cybertruck camper system has received over $50 million worth of orders even though the product doesn’t even exist yet. It shows just how excited people are for the new electric pickup trucks and the kinds of adventures you can do with it. Earlier this month, we reported that people already started selling third-party Tesla Cybertruck accessories even though the truck is not…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 29, 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. By the way, we will be out on Friday through Sunday. Our next recap will occur on…
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Canoo platform patent joins USPTO database; at least 50 more patents pending worldwide

A recent addition to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) database has revealed a patent application from EV startup Canoo for its proprietary platform technology. The application provisionally filed in September of 2019 outlines all the components within the Canoo platform as well as an image. A more in-depth search has revealed that the Southern California-based automaker has…
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Watch new electric Polaris Ranger UTV tow a fully loaded logging truck ahead of launch

As we’ve previously reported, Polaris is set to release a new version of the company’s electric Ranger UTV this year. Now a new teaser video is giving us a look at the prototype’s powerful towing capabilities. The new electric Polaris Ranger will be the first of many Polaris electric vehicles produced as part of a partnership with Zero Motorcycles. The new partnership is seeing Zero’s…
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