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First pictures of the VW ID.6 electric SUV leak

The first pictures of the VW’s upcoming ID.6 electric SUV have leaked, giving us the first look at the production version of the German automaker’s next electric vehicle. VW ID.6 electric SUV The VW ID.6 is going to be Volkswagen’s next electric vehicle based on the MEB platform. It is expected to be based on the ID. ROOMZZ concept unveiled back in 2019. The ID. ROOMZZ was a concept for a…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 3, 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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Amazon officially starts using Rivian electric van to make customer deliveries

Amazon has officially started using the first Rivian electric vans to make customer deliveries in Los Angeles. Rivian and Amazon In 2019, Rivian took a $700 million round of funding led by Amazon, and at the time, they were discussing opportunities to work together. A few months later, we learned that one of those opportunities is building an electric delivery van for the online retail…
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Panasonic plans to deploy Tesla 4680 battery cell production later this year

Panasonic confirmed that it plans to set up Tesla 4680 battery cell production at GIgafactory Nevada later this year. They expect higher revenue from the Tesla partnership. Tesla’s call for higher battery production When Tesla unveiled its plan to produce its own new tabless battery cell in a bigger format with a new chemistry using its own machinery designed in-house last year, some people…
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Tesla opens its new Supercharger factory

Tesla has started production at its brand new Supercharger factory in Shanghai, and it is expected to greatly accelerate the growth of the Supercharger network. Tesla Supercharger Factory Originally, Tesla was producing its Supercharger stations in Fremont…
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Harley-Davidson unveils 5-year plan, including new division for electric motorcycles

Harley-Davidson has just unveiled its new five-year plan known as The Hardwire. And while some old-school motorcycle media had previously speculated that Harley-Davidson would drop electric motorcycles, they couldn’t have been more wrong. For anyone who has actually ridden the LiveWire electric motorcycle and talked with the Harley-Davidson execs who were responsible for bringing that project…
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