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Tesla battery researcher shows new test results pointing to batteries lasting over 2 million miles

October 19, 2020
A Tesla battery researcher showed updated test results pointing to batteries lasting over 15,000 cycles or the equivalent of over 2 million miles (3.5 million km) in an electric car. Last year, we reported on Jeff Dahn and his lab, who are under contract to do battery research for Tesla, releasing an interesting paper that shows how the latest Li-ion battery technology can produce batteries that…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 17, 2020

October 18, 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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Tesla pushes new software update increasing range of existing vehicles

October 17, 2020
Tesla is pushing a new software update that is increasing the range of its existing Model Y vehicles after updating the range of new vehicles in its lineup. As we reported earlier today, Tesla has improved the range of almost all of the new vehicles in its lineup thanks to new efficiency improvements. Now, Tesla is bringing these new improvements to owners of current Model Y vehicles in a new…
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EGEB: Skyscraper-sized wind turbines coming from MHI Vestas

October 16, 2020
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S is building giant offshore wind turbines to compete in the energy market. Does your state’s governor’s mansion host solar? (Hint: Only three out of 50 do.) The US Southeastern states invest in EV manufacturing, but they’re not using what they make. Arcadia Power is committed to making clean energy work for the planet and Americans’ bank accounts — all without…
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