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GM says it will lead the electric revolution, but can we trust them?

GM CEO Mary Barra says the automaker is in position to lead the electric revolution. But considering GM’s past (and present) anti-EV efforts, can we trust that is the direction they are heading and with appropriate speed? For the past few years, GM has claimed to be “all-in” in electric vehicles. In a new post on LinkedIn titled “General Motors has what it takes to put everyone in an…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 26, 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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Coal CEO Bob Murray dies after filing for black lung benefits

Bob Murray, the board chairman of Murray Energy, the largest privately owned — and bankrupt — US coal operator, died on Sunday at age 80. He had announced his retirement less than a week before. Although no cause of death was officially given, Murray filed for black lung benefits — which he spent most of his career fighting — on October 1, as Electrek reported. In the black lung claim…
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Lordstown (RIDE) goes public as people bet on them delivering electric pickup with in-wheel motors

Lordstown Motors (RIDE) has officially gone public through a reverse merger and now people are betting on the startup delivering an electric pickup truck with in-wheel hub motors. It’s a technology that has never been implemented in a passenger electric vehicle for consumers before. Recently, we have seen a number of companies in the electric vehicle industry looking into going public by…
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Waymo to bring its autonomous driving technology to Daimler’s semi trucks

Waymo and Daimler have announced a new partnership to bring the former’s autonomous driving technology to the latter’s semi trucks. Recently, a widely shared report from Germany suggested that Mercedes-Benz is “giving up” on autonomous driving following the news of Waymo starting its self-driving, ride-hailing service in Phoenix, and Tesla releasing its Full Self-Driving Beta…
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