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EGEB: In EU electricity first, renewables overtook fossil fuels in 2020

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Renewable energy overtook fossil fuels as the EU’s main source of electricity for the first time in 2020. These are the top 10 most sustainable companies in the world, according to the 2021 Global 100 index. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now…
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Tesla loses man who produced some of the ‘best engineering’ Elon Musk has seen

Tesla lost engineering director Joseph Mardall, who has helped produced “some of the best engineering” Elon Musk has seen in a long time. Tesla Model Y heat pump With Model Y last year, Tesla introduced several new design improvements, and its new heat pump is one of the main ones. A heat pump is a device that transfers heat energy from a source of heat to what is called a thermal…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 23, 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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Awesomely weird Alibaba electric vehicle of the week: $4,000 electric pickup truck

Alibaba is one of the best places around to find the coolest and sometimes weirdest electric vehicles in the world. As part of a new series known as Awesomely weird Alibaba electric vehicle of the week, we’re taking a look at some of our favorites. This week’s feature is a small-yet-mighty electric pickup truck designed for utility and off-road usage, though it may even be street legal as an…
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