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Nikola (NKLA) announces deal with GM to engineer and produce its electric/hydrogen pickup truck, and more

Nikola Motor (NKLA) announced a partnership with GM that will result in the latter engineering and manufacturing its upcoming Badger electric/hydrogen pickup truck, and maybe eventually its other vehicles. Before Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck last year, Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Motors, tweeted renders of a pickup truck that the company created and suggested that Tesla could use those for…
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GM partners with Uber to help drivers buy Chevy Bolt EV with deep discounts

GM and Uber announced a new partnership today to help drivers buy Chevy Bolt EV electric cars with employee discounts and new financing options. While GM once invested in Lyft, it is with rival Uber that they are now partnering to “help accelerate the rideshare industry’s transition to an all-electric, zero-emissions future by offering drivers on Uber’s platform special pricing on the…
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EGEB: A great breakthrough for solar panel recycling

Researchers discover an eco-friendly way to recycle silicon — used in solar panels — into nanoparticles. South Korea will increase the number of EVs from the current 110,000 to 1.13 million by 2025. A Scottish distillery has designed a “climate-positive” vodka made…
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Uber announces $800 million to accelerate transition to electric cars, but only aims for 100% electric by 2040

Uber announced its plan to accelerate the transition to electric cars with $800 million to help its drivers go electric. However, it only aims for 100% of drives to be electric by 2040. Earlier today, we reported on GM partnering with Uber to help drivers buy discounted Chevy Bolt EV electric cars. It is actually just one small part of a bigger announcement from Uber today about transitioning to…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 8, 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 confirms price range of its Air electric car from $80,000 to $169,000

Lucid has confirmed the price range of its Air electric sedan ahead of the full unveiling today. It will cost between $80,000 and $169,000 before incentives, depending on the configuration. The unveiling is set for 4 p.m. Pacific time and there’s a lot of information and the final production design that it is going to be unveiled at the event. Considering Lucid has already released a lot of…
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