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EGEB: New York State’s first offshore wind farm leaps forward

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): New York State approves a power cable for Deepwater Wind South Fork offshore wind farm. Virginia nonprofit Give Solar works with Habitat for Humanity to provide solar for Habitat homeowners. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…
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Cupra Tavascan electric SUV will begin production in 2024

During its annual press conference, Cupra announced it will launch its Tavascan electric SUV concept into production in 2024. The Tavascan will be the Cupra’s second consumer EV after the Cupra Born begins production at the end of this year. Cupra is officially short for SEAT Cupra, S.A.U. and exists as a high-performance subsidiary of Spanish automaker SEAT. SEAT has been wholly owned by…
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ALYI finally releases video showing its new electric motorcycle, and it looks nothing like expected

Alternet Systems (ALYI) has finally released the first video of its BMW R71-inspired electric motorcycle, and it looks exactly nothing like what we had expected. If there’s a BMW R71 in its roots, then it is deep down there. First, a bit of background here: Alternet has been threatening to produce an electric motorcycle for years now. In fact, I first covered the announcement of the plans…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 20, 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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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: $900 electric drift trike, with a sidecar!

What could be a worse idea than flying around corners at high speeds on an unstable tricycle with intentionally low traction wheels? How about adding a high torque motor and doing the whole thing with a small child tied down next to you? This electric drift trike with a sidecar makes it possible to share the joy (or abject terror) of a drift run with the closest pint-sized passenger. And…
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