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Macwheel Wrangler 600 e-bike review: Can you get a good electric mountain bike for $850?

December 30, 2020
The Macwheel Wrangler 600 is an electric bike from an up-and-coming budget brand found on Amazon. Today we’re going to find out if you can get a decent ride out of a budget electric mountain bike. Macwheel Wrangler tech specs Motor: 500W rear hub motor Top speed: 40 km/h (25 mph) Range: Up to 48 km (30 mi) Battery: 48V 10Ah (480 Wh) Weight: 29.8 kg (65.7 lb) Frame: Aluminum Tires: Kenda…
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Once you go electric, you don’t go back: survey shows less than 1% of EV owners want to go back to gas

December 30, 2020
A new survey shows that once you go electric, you don’t go back as less than 1% of EV owners want to go back to gasoline-powered vehicles. The poll was conducted amongst UK electric vehicle (EV) drivers using Zap-Map. 2,000 electric car drivers responded to the survey, which showed that the vast majority won’t be going back to gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles: “The results are strong…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 29, 2020

December 30, 2020
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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VW unveils prototype autonomous charging robot for electric cars

December 29, 2020
VW has unveiled an actual working prototype of an autonomous charging robot for electric cars – something that it has been conceptualizing for years. Last year, we reported on VW unveiling the idea of a charging butler robot concept for electric cars. They had the vision of a robot equipped with a DC charging system that would be able to grab battery packs, connect to them, and bring them parked…
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