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California bans gas-powered lawn equipment and other “small off-road engines”

California will ban “small off-road engines” (SORE) primarily used in gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers and lawnmowers, in a law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom this weekend. The bill, AB 1346, directs California’s Air Resources Board to draw up regulations which will go into place by 2024. It bans the sale of new SOREs, but does not seem to ban their operation. The law will…
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Tesla Gigafest Berlin on the ground [Gallery]

Ich bin ein Berliner. These are the famous words with which John F. Kennedy won the hearts of the Berlin population in 1963. Tesla has the same goal. Hearts need to be won in Germany. The stakes are high. Like a gigantesque alien spaceship, the new Gigafactory emerged from…
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Swiss electric bike brand FLYER coming to US, joining more European e-bike companies

The Swiss electric bicycle company FLYER has announced that it is entering the North American market with several of its popular e-bike models. While not as well known yet in the US, the company has been active in Europe for over 25 years. With over two and a half decades of e-bike building experience, FLYER was one of the first names in the game when e-bikes were still little-understood…
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Mustang Mach-E GT Performance first drive

I recently got the opportunity to experience the upcoming GT versions of Ford’s Mustang Mach-E electric crossover. This included extensive rides with the Mach-E GT and GT Performance, as well as a couple of laps around an autocross track – plenty of time to test out the performance and unique features the new GT has to offer, as showcased in a video below. In November of 2019, Ford Motor…
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Tesla (TSLA) takes over HP’s campus in California despite moving HQ out of state

While Tesla is moving its headquarters out of California, CEO Elon Musk made it clear that the automaker would still grow in the state. He wasn’t lying, since Tesla is now taking over a large part of HP’s campus in Palo Alto. Last week, Musk announced that Tesla is officially moving its headquarters to Texas. It was confirmed after a year of rumors following the CEO’s complaints about…
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