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VW plans new ‘Trinity’ flagship electric car that will ‘revolutionize Volkswagen’

VW plans to produce a new flagship next-generation electric car called “Trinity” that CEO Herbert Diess says will “revolutionize Volkswagen.” VW is looking to next-generation electric vehicles Volkswagen started building an electrification effort beyond compliance electric cars and focusing on full-fledged mass volume electric vehicles built on its new MEB platform The first one of those…
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TikTok star criminally uses Tesla Autopilot and posts video evidence

A TikTok star used Tesla Autopilot in an illegal way and posted video evidence of it – showing the dangerous normalizing of abusing the feature. To top it off, the young man’s mother was helping him film the whole thing. Tesla Autopilot Tesla Autopilot is a term to englobe several automated driver assist features inside Tesla vehicles, like traffic-aware cruise control and Autosteer (active…
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The day has come: The US rejoins the Paris Agreement

Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden wasted no time in rejoining the Paris Agreement to fight climate change. The US will officially once again become part of the 189-country agreement in 30 days. Biden signed executive orders on his first day in office that signal…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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2020.48.30/2020.48.35: What’s new in the latest Tesla software update?

We are just a couple weeks removed from Tesla’s “lit” holiday update (2020.48.26) and now have further improvements to share. This past week, certain Tesla drivers began to report a new software update available for download. So what’s new in Tesla’s latest release notes for 2020.48.35? Let’s break it all down for you below. Tesla release notes 2020.48.30/2020.48.35 Given Tesla’s…
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