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An ‘Apple Car’ EV? What we know and how we got here

Apple has gifted the world with a library of devices that have since become household names, many of which we use daily. There’s the iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro, and AirPods; but when you think Apple, Car is not the first word to come to mind. That might soon change as recent news has breathed new life into over ten years of rumors surrounding Apple’s attempt at an electric car. Here’s…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 31, 2020

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 stock (TSLA) pushes to new all-time high as people who bet against it lost $38 billion in 2020

Tesla’s stock (TSLA) is pushing a new all-time high as short sellers, people who bet against it, have lost $38 billion in 2020. That’s more than on any other stock by a wide margin. Tesla (TSLA) Short Sellers Short selling is the process of selling shares of a company by borrowing them with the hope of buying it back lower and pocketing the difference. Along with put options, it’s the most…
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Electrek’s ebike of the year is the 33mph Juiced HyperScorpion

The year 2020 wasn’t horrible for everyone. For the companies that make electric bikes, a convenient, inexpensive, and fun way to avoid public transportation, business was so good that supply chain shortages made their products hard to find. Many companies we spoke with had record years. It’s the move of ebikes into micromobility that has been the bigger trend for 2020, and our ebike of the…
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Tesla Semi: new manufacturing process job listed at Gigafactory Nevada for electric semi truck

Tesla is now listing a new manufacturing process job at Gigafactory Nevada for the Tesla Semi, the automaker’s upcoming electric semi truck. Tesla Semi When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which are class 8 trucks with 80,000-lb capacities, will have 300-mile and 500-mile range options for $150,000 and $180,000…
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