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Tesla angers certified shops after it tries to recruit techs they paid to train on Tesla cars

Tesla is angering some Tesla certified repair shops after the automaker used its contact to try to recruit the technicians that those shops paid to train on Tesla cars. Tesla and body repair shops The automaker has had a difficult relationship with body shops. Tesla owners have been complaining about repair time after accidents for a long time, but it came back to the forefront of Tesla news in…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 30, 2021

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 produces 1 millionth battery pack at Gigafactory Nevada

Tesla employees have confirmed that the company has produced its 1 millionth battery pack at Gigafactory Nevada. Gigafactory Nevada was somewhat of a novel idea when it was first deployed. The plan was to build a giant factory in partnership with Panasonic, who would build battery cells, and Tesla would use those cells to build battery packs for its products at the same factory. The most…
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Europe’s electric bike companies REALLY don’t want you hacking your e-bike to go faster

Hot-rodding, hacking, or e-bike tampering – call it whatever you’d like. But Europe’s major electric bicycle companies are doing everything they can to prevent riders from finagling more speed from their e-bikes. Most e-bike companies in Europe have been against the practice of e-bike hacking for as long as they’ve sold e-bikes. But now the industry is getting more organized about…
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The US solar industry is infighting. Here’s why

There’s a tariff battle under way within the US solar industry. On one side are project builders that rely on imported materials, and on the other side are domestic manufacturers. Solar tariff battle In August, a group of anonymous US solar manufacturers that calls…
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Genesis GV60 electric SUV comes with great specs and fake engine noises

Genesis has revealed more details about its upcoming GV60, an upcoming electric SUV based on Hyundai’s E-GMP platform powering the Ioniq electric vehicles. Like the Ioniq 5, it comes with great specs, but also some dumb features like fake engine noises. Last month, Genesis unveiled the first images of the GV60. It’s an important vehicle for Hyundai’s luxury brand since it’s their first…
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