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New electric bike with massive battery claims to be able to climb Mount Everest on a single charge

July 28, 2022
Colorado-based Optibike is one of the oldest electric bicycle companies in the United States, and so they know a thing or two about building high-performance e-bikes. But the new Optibike R22 Everest seems to go above and beyond what anyone could have asked for, claiming to have enough battery to climb Mount Everest on a single charge. There may not be any good charge spots at the summit, but that…
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Rivian (RIVN) announces 6% cut in its workforce to focus on production ramp

July 28, 2022
Rivian (RIVN) announced this week that it is laying off 6% of its workforce in order to focus on its electric pickup truck production ramp. Over the last few months, many tech companies have announced layoffs in reaction to the changing economy that points toward a recession. In the EV industry, Tesla announced it is laying off about 10% of its salaried employees – though we reported that it…
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Apple stops signing iOS 15.5 following iOS 15.6 release

July 28, 2022
Apple on Wednesday stopped signing iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5, exactly one week after the company released iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 to all users. As a result, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users can no longer downgrade from iOS 15.6 to iOS 15.5, which may affect users waiting for jailbreak. iOS 15.5 was released on May 16 with minor improvements to Apple Cash and Apple Podcasts, plus other bug…
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Quick Charge Podcast: July 27, 2022

July 28, 2022
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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