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Joe Biden hits the ground running with a climate-crisis framework

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris were declared the winners of the US election on Saturday, and their climate change priorities have already been published on the Biden-Harris Transition website. Biden’s ready to go We excerpt the “executive summary” here: [Biden] is working to launch a national effort aimed at creating the jobs we need to build modern…
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Tesla scares Roadster reservation holders by removing car from website, Musk says it’s a mistake

Tesla gave Roadster reservation holders, who placed up to $250,000 deposits on the car, a scare by “removing the electric supercar from its website.” CEO Elon Musk says it’s just a mistake, but it’s actually still on the website — just not front and center anymore. When first unveiling the next-generation Tesla Roadster in 2017, Musk said that it will come to market in 2020. Tesla…
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Quick Charge Podcast: November 7, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Nio unveils 100 kWh battery with cell-to-pack design and lets owners upgrade if they want

Nio has unveiled today a 100 kWh battery pack with a cell-to-pack design, similar to what Tesla recently announced at battery day. The automaker is going to enable current owners to upgrade their battery pack — something quite rare in the industry. Previously, Nio was offering its electric vehicles with a 70 kWh or 84 kWh battery pack resulting in 410 to 510 km (255 to 317 miles) in the ES6…
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