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Elon Musk shares stunning drone footage showing progress at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin

Elon Musk has released some stunning drone footage showing the progress that Tesla has made at Gigafactory Berlin. There’s now a giant structure that will soon house Model Y production. Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Tesla’s 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 new…
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Merchants Fleet to buy 12,600 Electric delivery vehicles from GM’s BrightDrop

Merchants Fleet, the US’ fastest-growing fleet management company, is working with BrightDrop, the new business started by General Motors (GM), to procure a hefty 12,600 EV600s. The all-new EV600 is lightweight and purpose-built for the efficient delivery of goods and services over long ranges. What does BrightDrop do? This is how GM describes BrightDrop, which launched it to “electrify…
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Tesla Model S Plaid becomes quickest car ever, sets stage for even more insane Plaid+/Roadster

Tesla’s new updated Model S Plaid is becoming the quickest car ever made, and it set the stage for an even more insane new Roadster coming next year. Tesla Model S Plaid Tesla dropped so much news at the same time last week that it was hard to digest, including the fact that Tesla launched the new quickest car ever made. The automaker originally launched the Model S Plaid in September of last…
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Quick Charge Podcast: February 1, 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 Semi electric truck production prototype spotted ahead of launch

A brand new Tesla Semi prototype has been spotted between Tesla’s Fremont factory and Gigafactory Nevada ahead of the start of production. Tesla Semi When unveiling Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the electric truck would be available in 2019. After a few delays, Tesla talked about “low-volume production in late 2020, but the timeline was later pushed to 2021. Last summer, CEO…
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