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GMC Hummer EV electric pickup design leaks in ad ahead of unveiling

The design of the GMC Hummer EV pickup truck has leaked in an ad ahead of the unveiling event later today. Update: GM has now fully unveiled the truck. Check it out here: GM unveils Hummer EV: 350-mile electric supertruck with $80,000 super price tag GM is preparing to unveil the GMC Hummer EV, which it describes as an electric “supertruck”, tonight at 8 PM ET. The automaker has been teasing…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 20, 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 starts Full Self-Driving Beta rollout, Elon Musk says it ‘will be extremely slow and cautious’

Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is starting the rollout of its Full Self-Driving Beta update, which the CEO says “will be extremely slow and cautious.” We have been expecting the update for a while now. Over the last few months, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla working on “a significant foundational rewrite in the Tesla Autopilot.” He has been teasing the new core change to Autopilot…
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GM sells out first-year production of GMC Hummer EV electric pickup in an hour

GM says that it has sold out, or more appropriately reserved out, the Edition 1, or the first year of production, of its new GMC Hummer EV electric pickup in just an hour. But how many trucks are we talking about here? Last night, GM officially launched its GMC Hummer EV, an all-electric “supertruck” with up to 350 miles of range and a starting price of $80,000. Prior to the launch of the…
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Volvo XC40 Electric starts $20,000 more expensive than gasoline-powered version

Volvo has now confirmed the price of the XC40 Recharge, the electric version of Volvo’s best-selling small SUV, and it shows the problem with automakers launching electric versions of existing cars. The XC40 Recharge is the first Volvo-branded all-electric vehicle. It went into production earlier this month with some interesting features: Volvo also confirmed the following specs for the XC40…
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