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Porsche Taycan EV gains exclusive Apple Podcasts and Apple Music time-synced lyrics integration

Last year Porsche and Apple collaborated to integrate Apple Music streaming directly in the first all-electric Taycan. Now the German automaker and Apple are extending the partnership to bring new features to Porsche’s first electric vehicle. Apple Music’s time-synced lyrics feature will now be viewable on the passenger display inside the Porsche Taycan, and Apple Podcasts is directly…
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EGEB: Poland’s largest utility wants to dump coal

Poland’s largest utility, PGE, announces it wants to get rid of coal and become net zero by 2050. EU environment ministers will make the EU’s pledge to reach net zero by 2050 legally binding. 66% of US voters said they support Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan. Arcadia…
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Tesla battery supplier LG Chem prepares to triple cylindrical cell production, hints at own 4680 cell

LG Chem, who recently started supplying Tesla with cylindrical battery cells, announced that it is preparing to triple cylindrical cell production. The company even hinted that it would make its own battery cells like Tesla’s new 4680 cell. Most automakers making electric vehicles are using pouch cells. On the other hand, Tesla has pioneered the use of cylindrical battery cells in its electric…
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Tesla vehicles are starting to go into the new Boring Company Loop in Las Vegas

The first Tesla vehicles are starting to go into the tunnels of the new Boring Company Loop in Las Vegas for testing. It looks like they are getting closer to launching the new transportation system. A Boring Company Loop system consists of tunnels in which autonomous electric vehicles travel at high speeds between stations to transport people within a city. The first system is being deployed at…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 21, 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 releases new Model Y Shanghai factory pictures ahead of production start

Tesla has released new pictures of the Model Y factory at Shanghai Gigafactory ahead of the start of production. The start of Model Y production in Shanghai is considered critical to Tesla’s growth. There’s no doubt that the Chinese market has become extremely important to automaker and Tesla has taken full advantage of it by becoming the first foreign automaker to have a wholly-owned…
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