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Tesla (TSLA) could sell 20 million electric cars per year, says out-of-touch Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs says that Tesla (TSLA) could sell up to 20 million electric cars per year in a new note to clients. I am extremely bullish on Tesla and EVs, but they got it wrong. Goldman Sachs’ Tesla (TSLA) Note Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney is out with a new note to clients today about Tesla. The firm is turning positive on the automaker and significantly increased its price target from…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 2, 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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BMW confirms higher-performance John Cooper Works electric Mini

Last month we reported on rumors that BMW had greenlit development of a high-performance “GP” version of the electric Mini. Today BMW announced that the car is indeed being worked on, but it will be designated as a “John Cooper Works” model, a name reserved for the brand’s highest-performance, track-ready vehicles. We didn’t get any specific information, other than the fact that…
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Audi announces an acceleration of its electric vehicle investments to $12 billion through 2025

Audi released its new budget that goes through 2025 and announced that it is accelerating its electric vehicle investments to $12 billion. The Volkswagen group as a whole has been accelerating its investments into electrification, but Audi has been leading the way in some regards. With the e-tron electric SUV, Audi was the first Volkswagen brand to release a next-generation electric vehicle. Now…
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VW ID.3 completes 17,500-mile trip — showing what electric car charging infrastructure can enable

A due of German drivers completed a two-month, 17,500-mile (28,198 km) trip in a VW ID.3 electric car. The trip was used to show the capacity of the charging infrastructure, and they set a new world record while doing it. That world record is for the “longest continuous EV drive through a single country.” Rainer Zietlow and Dominic Brüner spent the last 65 days traveling across Germany…
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