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EGEB: Caterpillar will develop all-electric vehicles for a graphite mine

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Caterpillar agrees to develop all-electric mining machines for Nouveau Monde Graphite. Democratic Republic of Congo will build two solar farms in the copper- and cobalt-rich southeast. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so…
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Tesla Model 3 Long Range and Polestar 2 Long Range — which is better for an EV road trip? [Video]

In his debut episode for Fully Charged, Jack Scarlett joins Robert Llewellyn in rural Wales to see which of two popular electric cars — the Tesla Model 3 Long Range or the Polestar 2 Long Range — is best suited for a road trip. [This is an ongoing collaboration between Fully Charged and Electrek] Robert and Jack don’t do a straight comparison of the Tesla Model 3 and the Polestar 2, as…
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Google Chrome to offer ‘HTTPS-Only Mode’

For years now, Google has been one of the biggest proponents of using a more secure HTTPS connection everywhere possible. Google’s latest optional push, “HTTPS-Only Mode,” would make older HTTP websites inaccessible in Chrome. HTTPS was once a marker of a website’s safety and a security measure reserved only for websites with things that needed special protection like financial…
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Gmail and Google Chat now support custom statuses on the web

With Chat serving as a key part of the integrated Gmail experience, Google lets users quickly specify their activity status. In addition to the existing availability options, you’re now able to set a custom status in Gmail and Chat on the web. This month’s announcement…
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Nissan will build the UK’s first EV battery gigafactory

Japanese carmaker Nissan is expected to confirm this week that it will build the UK’s first battery gigafactory, according to Sky News. The factory will open in Sunderland in 2024, in the northeast of England, and it’s expected to produce enough batteries for 200,000 electric cars annually. Nissan battery gigafactory Nissan will partner with Chinese specialist Envision AESC to build the…
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