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6 ways electric car drivers can save money on home charging

October 14, 2021
Do you plug your car in as soon as you get home from work at the end of the day? Raise your hand. (I just asked my husband to raise his hand.) OK, we have to stop doing that, because it’s peak period – which means a higher electric bill. More than a quarter – 28% – of EV drivers charge their cars as soon as they get home, instead of waiting for the cheapest time to plug in. (That stat is…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 13, 2021

October 14, 2021
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 secures large supply of nickel from New Caledonia for battery production

October 14, 2021
Tesla has signed a new supply agreement in order to secure a large amount of nickel from New Caledonia for battery production. Over the last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been pushing for nickel producers to boost production as he expects the resource could become a bottleneck for battery production. It’s likely the reason why the automaker decided to get involved, as one of the world’s…
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An electric school bus helps power grid in a first for this New England utility

October 14, 2021
The utility company National Grid has leveraged an electric school bus to help meet peak demand for electricity for the first time, in Beverly, Massachusetts. The National Grid supplies electricity to Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. Vehicle-to-grid school bus The Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus equipped with a Proterra bidirectional battery charging…
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Apple seeds iOS 15.1 beta 4 to developers ahead of public release

October 14, 2021
Update: iOS 15.1 beta 4 is now available to public beta testers as well. The iOS 15.1 beta process continues today as Apple is now rolling out iOS 15.1 beta 4 to developers. This comes one week after the last update, which added ProRes support and a new Auto Macro toggle for iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max users. With Apple having scheduled a special event for next week on October 18, we…
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