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Tesla claims Model Y AWD is 'most efficient SUV ever,' but it's not even Tesla's most efficient SUV

May 2, 2023
Tesla claims that its Model Y AWD is the “most efficient ‘SUV’ ever built,” but it’s not even Tesla’s most efficient SUV ever made. As we previously reported, Tesla has been way more active on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the platform. While the company would previously only use the social media platform to share news and events, it now more often tweets far less important events or…
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Quick Charge Podcast: April 29, 2023

May 2, 2023
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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Weird Alibaba: You can buy your own electric school bus from China

May 2, 2023
In yet another entry of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week that takes us into new territory, this week it’s time to grab your backpack and lunch money for your first day of school. Or at least your first day out and about on a new electric school bus. That’s right, this awesome electric school bus could be yours… if you want to bring it over from China. Electric school…
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Podcast: Tesla inventory problem, Musk deep fakes, the Bolt EV is dead, and more

May 1, 2023
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla’s inventory problem, Musk’s deep fakes self-driving comments?, the Bolt EV getting killed, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on  – except for this week, we are doing it on a Thursday due to a scheduling conflict. As a…
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DefenseNews

Defense industry reports improving post-COVID supply chain

May 1, 2023
WASHINGTON — More than three years after the COVID pandemic began to upend supply chains around the world, some defense executives say they are starting to see signs of recovery. But supply delays and shortfalls are still posing serious challenges to some major programs. The lockdowns and other tumult prompted by the worldwide spread of COVID in early 2020 disrupted the flow of materials, parts…
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