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Once you go electric, you don’t go back: survey shows less than 1% of EV owners want to go back to gas

A new survey shows that once you go electric, you don’t go back as less than 1% of EV owners want to go back to gasoline-powered vehicles. The poll was conducted amongst UK electric vehicle (EV) drivers using Zap-Map. 2,000 electric car drivers responded to the survey, which showed that the vast majority won’t be going back to gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles: “The results are strong…
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Tesla offers 3 months of free Full Self-Driving package as unprecedented end-of-quarter incentive

Tesla is offering three months of a free Full Self-Driving (FSD) package as an unprecedented end-of-quarter incentive to deliver more vehicles, according to sources. Over the years, Tesla has come up with several incentives to encourage buyers to take delivery by the end of a quarter in order to boost its earnings. This quarter is unprecedented. As we have been reporting over the last few weeks…
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Quick Charge Podcast: December 29, 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 Model S/X refresh back in the spotlight as hacker finds updated interior with selfie camera in code

The possibility of an upcoming Tesla Model S/X refresh is back in the spotlight as a hacker finds a reference to an updated interior with a selfie camera in a software update. Rumors of a possible Model S and Model X design refresh have been increasing lately — especially since Tesla announced that the Model S Plaid is going to require several important changes. Last month, we also reported…
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Graphcore raises $222 million to scale up AI chip production

Graphcore, a Bristol, U.K.-based startup developing chips and systems to accelerate AI workloads, today announced it has raised $222 million in a series E funding round led by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board. The investment, which values the company at $2.77 billion post-money and brings its total raised to date to $710 million, will be used to support continued global expansion and…
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