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Tesla’s communications with DMV over Full Self-Driving are released and they bring some confusion

Tesla’s communications with DMV over the release of its Full Self-Driving Beta have been released through a freedom of information request. Some of the comments made by Tesla to the DMV are bringing some confusion to people as they could be interpreted as contradicting what Tesla and Elon Musk are saying publicly. We look into it below. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has an…
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Quick Charge Podcast: March 6, 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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Elon Musk: Tesla to unveil updated Cybertruck next quarter as it focuses on production

Elon Musk is teasing Tesla unveiling an updated version of the Cybertruck next quarter as the automaker is focusing on bringing the electric pickup truck into production. Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck back in November 2019, but the vehicle isn’t expected to enter production until late 2021. Over the last year since the unveiling and leading to the start of production, Tesla has been modifying…
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Leave your bank and go green with Aspiration

We put a big focus on pushing news with clean cars, but what about financial institutions that are investing in the fossil fuels that we try to avoid? With all of the convenience of standard banking, is one way to ensure that your hard-earned and hard-saved money isn’t…
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: $1,000 for a 5-seater electric boat

Oh buoy, do I have a good one for you all this week! Who’s ready to set sail with the whole family on their very own electric boat for the cool price of just ?! Well, you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what I’ve got on deck for you in this week’s installment of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week series! While past entries in the series have featured such landlubbing vehicles…
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Elon Musk: Tesla is doubling the size of its Full Self-Driving beta program

Elon Musk says that Tesla is doubling the size of its Full Self-Driving Beta program with an upcoming new update. Another one following it could see the size of the test fleet increase by a factor of 10. Back in October 2020, Tesla started to push a Full Self-Driving Beta release to owners in the “Early Access” program, a group of Tesla owners who test early versions of Tesla’s new…
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