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Fiat Chrysler announces Ram electric pickup truck coming

October 30, 2020
Fiat Chrysler, a lagger when it comes to electrification, confirms that it plans to make an electric Ram pickup truck. Almost every automaker under the sun is planning to make an electric pickup truck: Tesla Cybertruck Rivian R1T Ford F-150 Electric GMC Hummer EV Lordstown Endurance We have noted Fiat Chrysler’s absence in the all-electric pickup truck space. The automaker has notoriously been…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 28, 2020

October 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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Tesla brings back radio (yes, radio!) for $500 with infotainment retrofit

October 30, 2020
Tesla has decided to offer a radio retrofit as an option with its infotainment retrofit after complaints from some owners. It’s not cheap at $500. In recent years, Tesla has launched several new features that require more computing power and even with Tesla’s famous over-the-air software updates, owners of older vehicles couldn’t get those features. We are talking about features like Tesla…
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Tesla releases new Autopilot accident data report showing slight improvement

October 29, 2020
Tesla has released its latest ‘Vehicle Safety Report’, which looks into the different accident rates per mile of its vehicles on and off Autopilot. The latest data shows a slight improvement. Since 2018, Tesla has been trying to create a benchmark for its improvement in Autopilot safety by releasing a quarterly report that compares the number of miles per accident on Autopilot versus off…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 26, 2020

October 29, 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 (TSLA) launches new ‘Energy Plan’ to offer low electricity rates with solar and Powerwall VPP

October 29, 2020
Tesla (TSLA) has launched its new “Tesla Energy Plan” to offer new low charging tariffs to customers in the UK by creating a virtual power plant with solar and Powerwall. Earlier this year, we reported on Tesla taking its first step in becoming an energy provider in the UK. The company aimed to use its “Autobidder” platform to take advantage of distributed energy assets to provide new…
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