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GM’s Nikola (NKLA) deal in jeopardy as tone changes, opens door to walk away from the deal

The Nikola (NKLA) and GM deal might be in jeopardy as the latter changes its tone and opens the door to walking away from the deal. As we have been reporting over the last few weeks, Nikola is currently in hot water after a recent report from Hindenburg Research made several allegations exposing deception by Nikola and its founder Trevor Milton, including several claims corroborated in previous…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 30, 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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Lucid gets closer to Tesla Model S Plaid’s racetrack record — though with caveats

Lucid Motors has achieved a new personal record getting closer to Tesla Model S Plaid’s own record at the Laguna Seca racetrack with its own tri-motor electric performance vehicle. But there are caveats. The Laguna Seca racetrack is becoming the scene to develop the highest performance electric car and consequently, the highest performance production car ever. Last year, Tesla completed a lap…
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Could this smart electric motor change the world?

Turntide Technologies, which manufactures the Smart Motor System, “the world’s first sustainable electric motor with digital DNA,” announced a recently completed $33 million funding round with support from the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund. Amazon’s Climate Pledge…
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Tesla (TSLA) achieves record delivery volume as quarterly expectations jump

Tesla (TSLA) has achieved record delivery volumes last week, according to sources familiar with the matter, as quarterly delivery expectations are jumping to record highs. Last weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk thanked his team for “great work on deliveries”: Thanks Tesla Team for great work on deliveries! For new owners, we super appreciate accommodating us on delivery timing! Definitely one of…
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EGEB: Shell cuts up to 9k jobs in oil demand slump

Royal Dutch Shell will cut up to 9,000 jobs by 2022 due to the pandemic and lack of oil demand. Turntide’s Smart Motor System has the potential to reduce global electricity consumption by 25%. Sustainable technology company Furrion launches a solar cooler that also packs a…
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Tesla reduces Solar Roof price, updates website

Tesla has slightly reduced the price Solar Roof prices and updated its webpage for the product with new information. In October of last year, Tesla launched version 3 of its Solar Roof tiles, which is now also known as Solarglass, and it saw a significant price decrease through optimization and faster installation. We posted a Tesla Solar Roof V3 real quote comparison showing that the price…
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