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Tesla is ‘ironing out a few bugs’ in big holiday update, Elon Musk says it’s still coming

December 24, 2020
Elon Musk has been teasing an important software update coming for Tesla owners during the holidays. With only a week left in the year, Tesla owners are getting anxious to see it, but Musk confirms it is still coming and Tesla is just “ironing out a few bugs.” Tesla is consistently pushing new over-the-air software updates to its fleet with improvements to existing features and brand-new…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 23, 2020

December 24, 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…
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Nikola (NKLA) kills deal to make electric garbage trucks because it’s too hard?

December 24, 2020
Nikola (NKLA) announced that the company and a partner have canceled a deal to make electric garbage trucks and the reason they gave is basically that it is too hard. Earlier this year, Nikola, which is better known for its electric-hydrogen trucks, and Republic Services, a large US-based waste disposal company, announced that they would work together to “design and build an industry-first…
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Rivian powers party in the woods with its electric pickup truck

December 24, 2020
Rivian is showing some fun things you can do with its R1T electric pickup truck by powering a party in the woods with the truck. The Rivian R1T is likely one of the most anticipated vehicles set to go into production next year. It was one of the very first serious electric pickup truck programs to be unveiled, and many industry watchers are regarding it as a more “normal pickup” electric…
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How COVID derailed this futuristic electric bicycle, and then it got back on track

December 23, 2020
The Xone electric bicycle developed under new brand Exxite by the Barcelona-based e-bike company Rayvolt was one of the most futuristic and innovative electric bicycles unveiled last year. But its announcement and crowdfunding campaign couldn’t have come at a worse time, just months before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Many new e-bike announcements and crowdfunding campaigns we’ve seen over the…
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