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Tesla rumored to have ‘massive delay’ at Gigafactory Berlin, but the report is pretty weak

There’s a report going around in Germany about Tesla having a “massive delay” at Gigafactory Berlin, which is critical to the automaker’s growth in Europe, but the report is pretty weak. Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is arguably the automaker’s most important project of 2021. The company is not launching the Model Y in Europe until the vehicle is produced at the…
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Low-cost SONDORS electric motorcycle seen real-world riding in first range test video

A recently shared video is giving us our first look at the SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle performing real-world riding. It also finally provides us with some insight into the affordably priced electric motorcycle’s real-world range. The highly anticipated SONDORS Metacycle electric motorcycle was unveiled earlier this year. The bike’s (relatively) low price of $5,000 combined with its…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 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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Tesla reintroduces Enhanced Autopilot with some FSD features in Europe and China

Tesla has reintroduced the Enhanced Autopilot packaged in Europe and China with some features that were in the more expensive Full Self-Driving package. Over the last few years, Tesla has changed its Autopilot options and pricing so many times, it has been hard to follow. Finally, the automaker ended up making the Autopilot’s Autosteer and Traffic-Aware Cruise Control standard on its…
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How the US plans to capture the EV battery market

Electric vehicle sales seem to be growing by the minute in the US. Although they still only have a tiny corner of the auto market cornered, astronomical valuations of industry leaders like Tesla offer a glimpse at the potential of a virtually nascent market. In order to…
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A closer look at Tesla’s latest semi electric truck prototype

We recently reported that Tesla has built a new semi electric truck prototype, maybe the first in three years, ahead of the start of production later this year. Now we get a closer look at the Tesla Semi, as it was spotted at a truck stop. New Tesla Semi prototype As we reported earlier this week, a new Tesla Semi prototype was spotted being transported in Sacramento. It’s the first time we…
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