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Tesla Megapacks help alleviate UK’s hundreds of millions in grid balancing costs from the pandemic

A new project powered by Tesla Megapacks is helping alleviate the United Kingdom’s hundreds of millions of dollars in grid balancing costs that occurred from the pandemic. The pandemic has greatly changed electricity use as more people have stayed home and changed their energy use patterns. These changes are costing electric utilities in new grid balancing costs. In the UK, the National Grid…
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EGEB: Will the UK ban ICE cars by 2030?

The UK’s Labour Party wants the government to phase out ICE cars five years earlier than planned. Microsoft submerged a data center in the sea to keep energy and operation costs low. Green hydrogen will run ferries, trains, and buses in Scotland. Arcadia Power is…
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FREY EX Pro review: A 1.5 kW full-suspension electric mountain bike on steroids

There are two things that FREY doesn’t mess around with: quality and power. The Jinhua, China-based electric bicycle manufacturer lays into both, heavily. And nowhere is that more evident than in the FREY EX Pro electric mountain bike. FREY EX Pro eMTB tech specs: Motor: 1 kW continuous, 1.5 kW peak-rated Bafang Ultra mid-drive motor Torque: 160 Nm Top speed (tested): 59 km/h (36…
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Lucid beats Tesla Model S Plaid prototype on racetrack with its own tri-motor Air test vehicle

Lucid has reportedly beat the Tesla Model S Plaid prototype’s Laguna Seca racetrack record with its own tri-motor Air test vehicle. Last year, Tesla broke the fastest lap record for 4-door vehicles with a Model S at Laguna Seca racetrack,  The Model S in question was actually a prototype vehicle equipped with an early version of Tesla’s tri-motor ‘Plaid’ powertrain. They completed a…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 17, 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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VW plans to sell 500,000 ID.4 electric cars per year

VW is hyping the launch of the ID.4 electric SUV coming next week with new releases, and in a new interview with executives today, the automaker said that it plans to sell 500,000 ID.4 vehicles per year. Over the last month, VW has been hyping the launch of the ID.4…
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This hydrogen engine will help shipping meet EU CO2 targets

The first hydrogen-powered dual-fuel engine with a capacity of 1 megawatt has been launched by BeHydro, a joint venture between Belgian-based ABC and CMB. Engine builder ABC and container shipping line CMB’s BeHydro engine runs on a much higher proportion of hydrogen than previously achieved: Up to 85%, with the rest standard Marine Gasoil. Larger engines of up to 10 MW can also be…
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