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VW announces the launch of its electric minibus on March 9

January 6, 2022
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has confirmed that the VW ID.BUZZ, a new electric version of the brand’s iconic minibus, will launch on March 9. We have been teased about VW relaunching its famous minibus as an electric vehicle for years now. The German automaker unveiled the ID.BUZZ electric microbus in Detroit back in 2017. At first glance, it looked like just one more cool electric vehicle…
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Tech pecs and pricing revealed for NIU’s innovative new electric bike ahead of US/EU launch

January 6, 2022
The electric mobility company NIU has several interesting electric motorcycles and scooters headed to the US and Europe this year, yet the company’s new BQi electric bicycle has drawn just as much attention recently. And now we’re finally getting pricing and tech specs as NIU displays the new e-bike models at CES 2022. The BQi showcases a novel frame design, incorporating a step-through…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 6, 2022

January 6, 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…
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Tesla unveils its giant Megapack battery project in Texas

January 6, 2022
Tesla has unveiled its giant new Megapack battery project in Texas in a new Youtube video. It’s one of the biggest yet. Texas is having to rethink its electric grid after bad weather last winter put so much pressure on the grid that it pushed it to the brink of failure. The strain resulted in many regions having rolling blackouts, and a lot of people are rethinking their energy…
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Nikon more than doubles the dual-format burst performance of the Z9 with 1.10 firmware update

January 6, 2022
Nikon has released a firmware update for its Z9 full-frame mirrorless camera that increases the camera’s burst length for dual-format capture, more than double the rate possible in the Z9’s 1.00 firmware. According to Nikon, firmware version 1.10 for the Nikon Z9 allows photographs to be captured at 20 frames per second (fps) for up to eight seconds when shooting in ‘NEF/RAW…
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