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Honda is quitting Formula One to focus on fuel cells and battery EVs

Honda has announced that it will withdraw from Formula One as an engine supplier, stating that it wants to focus more of its R&D towards fuel cells and battery electric vehicles instead of combustion engines. They will continue supplying Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Alpha Tauri until the end of the 2021 season. Honda says that this change in focus is intended to facilitate their…
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Tesla (TSLA) acquires German battery assembly line maker supplying BMW and Mercedes

Tesla is acquiring a German battery assembly line manufacturer supplying BMW and Mercedes-Benz, according to several reports. Over the last few years, Tesla has been on a buying spree of companies involved in manufacturing engineering and building machines for manufacturing, like Hibar Systems and Compass Automation. Now Tesla is reportedly adding another similar company as a subsidiary as it…
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Mercedes launches 500W full suspension electric scooter for greener last-mile trips

If you’ve been wanting to roll up in style with your own Benz, it might have just gotten quite a bit more affordable. Mercedes-Benz announced today the unveiling of their latest vehicle, which just happens to be a folding electric scooter creatively named the eScooter. The scooter was produced via a partnership with the Swiss company Micro Mobility Systems AG. Micro has been active in the…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 1, 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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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