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BMW to bring 2 new Mini electric crossovers to market

October 30, 2020
BMW announced that it will release several new all-electric vehicles under the Mini brand in the next few years, including electric crossovers. When BMW had an announcement about the future of the Mini, we had a feeling that they could announce the brand is going all-electric. The announcement fell short of that, but they still made a bigger commitment to electric vehicles: In future, MINI will…
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These futurists say we can achieve 100% green energy by 2030

October 30, 2020
Independent think tank RethinkX, which “analyzes and forecasts the speed and scale of technology-driven disruption,” has released a report that says that most of the world is technologically capable of achieving 100% wind, solar, and storage electricity grids in 10 years. Green energy disruption RethinkX is led by Stanford University futurist Tony Seba, who, for example, declared at the…
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Fiat Chrysler announces Ram electric pickup truck coming

October 30, 2020
Fiat Chrysler, a lagger when it comes to electrification, confirms that it plans to make an electric Ram pickup truck. Almost every automaker under the sun is planning to make an electric pickup truck: Tesla Cybertruck Rivian R1T Ford F-150 Electric GMC Hummer EV Lordstown Endurance We have noted Fiat Chrysler’s absence in the all-electric pickup truck space. The automaker has notoriously been…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 28, 2020

October 30, 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 brings back radio (yes, radio!) for $500 with infotainment retrofit

October 30, 2020
Tesla has decided to offer a radio retrofit as an option with its infotainment retrofit after complaints from some owners. It’s not cheap at $500. In recent years, Tesla has launched several new features that require more computing power and even with Tesla’s famous over-the-air software updates, owners of older vehicles couldn’t get those features. We are talking about features like Tesla…
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