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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: $4,800 and 75 MPH Slingshot-style electric trike

Remember the good ol’ days of staying up all night playing Mario Kart, stuffing Cheetos into your face while red-shellin’ your friends from behind? Well, this awesome little three-wheeled electric vehicle I found from China makes me want to try the real-world adult version, maybe just without the snacks and shells. This oversized Hotwheels car is a surprisingly cheap electric trike that…
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Quick Charge Podcast: June 30, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Britain to end coal power a year early, in 2024

The deadline to phase out coal from Britain’s energy system has been brought forward by a whole year, to October 2024. Britain drops coal for energy early From October 1, 2024, Great Britain will no longer use coal to generate electricity, a year earlier than planned, Energy and Climate Change Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan announced today. Britain wants to demonstrate emissions reduction…
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Arcimoto and Lightning Motorcycles partner to build fastest-tilting 3-wheeled electric motorcycle

Arcimoto knows its stuff when it comes to three-wheeled electric vehicles, and Lightning Motorcycles is no stranger to breaking speed records. Now the two companies are combining their expertise in an attempt to build the fastest-tilting electric motorcycle in the world. The project is enabled by Arcimoto’s acquisition of Tilting Motor Works earlier this year. Tilting Motor Works developed the…
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