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Texas-based electric motorcycle and side-by-side electric ATV startup partners toward progress

November 3, 2020
Austin, Texas-based Volcon Motors is an electric powersports company that has set out to manufacture electric motorcycles and electric side-by-side utility terrain vehicles (UTVs). And thanks to a set of new partnerships, the new startup is getting some early help to achieve its goals. Volcon has announced a pair of partnerships with leading component companies. The startup will be working with…
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Quick Charge Podcast: November 2, 2020

November 3, 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 going to expand Full Self-Driving to Canada and Norway next

November 3, 2020
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is going to expand its Full Self-Driving beta software to Canada and Norway. As we have been reporting extensively over the last few weeks, Tesla has started pushing an early beta (alpha really) of its “Full Self-Driving” software. The update adds autonomous turns in intersections and auto lane changes on city streets. Combined with Navigate on Autopilot, drivers…
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BMW reportedly working on a higher performance MINI Cooper SE

November 3, 2020
The all-electric MINI Cooper SE will get a high performance “GP” version, according to BMWBLOG. While no specific details are available yet, BMWBLOG claims their “extremely reliable source” says the car has been green-lit and is currently in development. Despite the lack of details, the “GP” designation suggests a focus on performance. A base model 2021 gas Mini Cooper offers 134hp…
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Here’s what happened when a country let people trade in old cars for electric bikes, scooters

November 2, 2020
Believe it or not, a cash-for-clunkers plan helped get old and polluting cars off the road, replacing them with efficient and traffic-reducing personal electric vehicles like e-bikes and e-scooters. Shocking, right? Trading in old cars for new electric bikes Perhaps it’s not so shocking for Lithuanians, who jumped at the opportunity to swap their old cars for new e-bikes. The program was…
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