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Watch Ford F150 Lightning electric pickup’s rocket acceleration with President Biden behind the wheel

We now have a first look at the Ford F150 Lightning leaks ahead of the unveiling this week, thanks to US President Joe Biden, who test drove the electric pickup truck. Last week, Ford announced that the new F150 electric, which is now called Lightning, will be unveiled tomorrow, May 19. Electrek already got a preview of the vehicle, but we can’t talk about it until the embargo lifts…
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Gogoro’s international footprint grows with major deal to expand battery swap stations into China

The question used to be, “When will Gogoro finally expand internationally?” Now the better question has become, “Where will Gogoro go next?” The world leader in battery swapping has just announced that its latest international expansion involves a major partnership with two of China’s largest motorbike companies. With over 185 million battery swaps in its native Taiwan, Gogoro’s…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 17, 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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Elon Musk gets called out by UFC fighter over Tesla delivery delay

UFC fighter Beneil Dariush surprised many on Saturday night when he decided to call out none other than Elon Musk after his victory. The fighter wasn’t happy about his delayed Tesla delivery. For those of you who are not aware, I’m a giant fan of mixed martial arts and it’s not every day my two passions meet and I get to write about it on Electrek. On Saturday, the UFC held a pay-per-view…
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Wind giant Vestas says it can now fully recycle turbine blades

Danish wind turbine giant Vestas has announced today that it, along with a coalition of industry and academic leaders, has figured out how to fully recycle wind turbine blades. Fully recycling wind turbine blades As Electrek previously reported at the end of April, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and Norwegian offshore wind developer Aker Offshore Wind worked out how to recycle…
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