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Arcimoto CEO claims Elon Musk crashed their three-wheeled electric vehicle

Tesla may be leading the world in four-wheeled electric vehicles, but CEO Elon Musk might still have a thing or two to learn about electric three-wheelers. His first experience test riding an Arcimoto FUV electric car ended with him crashing it into a brick wall, claims Arcimoto’s CEO Mark Frohnmayer. Elon Musk crashed Arcimoto into brick wall Frohnmayer explained in a recent interview with…
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Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta wider release coming in just a few weeks, it’s both scary and exciting

According to the latest timeline, Tesla could be just 2 weeks away from its wider release of its Full Self-Driving Beta. The prospect of the software update going to more people is both scary and exciting at the same time. Last month, Tesla started to release its first Full Self-Driving Beta software update to a limited group of owners to test the feature. The feature enables autonomous turns…
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Quick Charge Podcast: November 28, 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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Tesla-powered classic 1966 VW Microbus delivers electric van life and you can win it

A salvaged Tesla powertrain is now powering a classic 1966 VW Microbus for people who want to combine nostalgia with their electric van life. The electric van is up for grabs in this sweepstakes on Omaze. Volkswagen’s 1960s microbus has become iconic and it turns head to this day, especially in the “van life” community. The German automaker is bringing it back as an electric van with the…
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Battery startup backed by VW and Tesla cofounder JB Straubel QuantumScape (QS) goes public

QuantumScape (QS), a battery startup backed by Volkswagen and Tesla cofounder JB Straubel, went public with a bang today. The stock is already up more than 50%. QuantumScape is a San Jose-based battery company founded 10 years ago by Jagdeep Singh, a computer scientist and cofounder of Infinera Corporation, a major telecom component supplier, and Tim Holme, a Stanford-educated mechanical…
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