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First look at Tesla’s new center console in 2021 Model 3 refresh

October 10, 2020
After the news of Tesla’s 2021 Model 3 refresh earlier this week, we now get a first look at Tesla’s new center console coming with the update. Earlier this week, we learned that Tesla is releasing a Model 3 refresh with several updated features. The new vehicle is listed as a ‘2021’ model year, which is a rare actual model year change for Tesla, and it is starting to roll off the line…
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Tesla batteries to power a passenger boat

October 9, 2020
Two Swedish companies announced that they are using Tesla batteries to convert a passenger boat to electric propulsion for some eco-friendly sight-seeing. Eco Sightseeing, a company offering electric boat tours in Sweden, and El & Marinteknik, a specialist in electric…
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NIU stock price jumps 12% after selling quarter-million electric scooters last quarter

October 9, 2020
The leading electric scooter company NIU has been on a tear lately, which has been reflected in its soaring stock price. Today, the Beijing-based company released a positive Q3 sales numbers update. The company’s stock, which is listed on the NASDAQ, jumped to an all-time high of $26.42, a daily increase of over 12%. NIU announced that the company had sold 250,889 electric scooters in Q3 of…
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EGEB: Anheuser-Busch will make low-carbon beer cans

October 9, 2020
Beer giant Anheuser-Busch will make Michelob Ultra cans using hydroelectricity. HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, says it will become net zero across its customer base by 2050. Greater Boston’s MBTA will source 100% of its forecasted electricity from green energy. Arcadia…
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Waymo One’s fully driverless rides opening to public in Phoenix

October 9, 2020
Since 2017, Waymo has offered a limited access to a sometimes “fully driverless” ride-hailing service, Waymo One, to select residents of Phoenix. Starting today, Waymo’s fully driverless rides will gradually become available to all customers in the Phoenix area. As explained on the official Waymo blog, the company has gradually expanded fully driverless — meaning there’s no backup driver…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 8, 2020

October 9, 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 is doing a Model 3 refresh and we’ve seen it

October 9, 2020
Tesla is making an update to Model 3, which is significant enough that people other than Elon Musk would call it a refresh, and we’ve seen it. Electrek can confirm some of the new features. Over the last few months, we have heard a lot of rumors about a Model 3 update. It…
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Audi teases electric e-tron GT production version, releases ‘progressive’ sound of the supercar

October 9, 2020
Audi is teasing the production version of its e-tron GT electric supercar and unveiling the ‘progressive’ sound of the vehicle. The vehicle is an exciting entry in the EV space and a collaboration with Porsche leveraging their expertise with the Taycan. Audi unveiled the prototype back in 2018 and now it is getting ready to start production. Today, the German automaker teased the production…
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