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Elon Musk spurs rumor of potential Tesla factory in UK with new visit

Elon Musk stopped by England earlier this week, and it spurred the rumor of a potential Tesla factory in the country due to the timing of land search. Last year, we reported on local reports in the UK that Tesla was working with the government to look for a site to build an “electric vehicle (EV) research, development, and manufacturing plant.” The Department for International Trade (DIT)…
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Close look at rare Tesla Roadster outing ahead of production version

We got a good look at the new Tesla Roadster, which is currently being displayed at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, in a rare new outing ahead of the new production version of the electric supercar. As we reported last week, Tesla is bringing the new Roadster prototype on a rare outing at L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum. Tesla hasn’t been bringing out the new Roadster prototype often…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 19, 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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EGEB: GE finalizes contracts for phase 3 of world’s largest offshore wind farm

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): GE will provide 87 Haliade-X 14 MW for the third and final phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm. Rhode Island gets more than 100 megawatts of solar as it works toward 100% clean electricity by 2030. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers…
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These light, thin, flexible solar panels ‘peel and stick’ to roofs

Singapore-based Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced that it will commercially release its Maxeon Air solar panels this summer. The company says the Air solar panels are frameless, thin, lightweight, and conformable, with efficiency and performance the same as standard solar panels. Thin, flexible, stick-on solar panels Basically, the Air is a solar panel sticker, or, as Maxeon describes it…
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