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Microlino launches Pioneer Series, a limited run of its ultra-sleek, not-a-car electric microcar

May 12, 2022
Microlino has just unveiled its Pioneer Series, a limited edition of 999 electric vehicles to be produced on its Turin, Italy, assembly line and destined for its earliest backers. The Microlino may look like a small electric car, but is actually classified as a quadricycle or L7e-class vehicle in most of Europe. First unveiled six years ago at the Geneva Motor Show, the Microlino has taken a…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 11, 2022

May 12, 2022
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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ABB signs global agreement to provide its full portfolio of EV charging technology to Shell

April 28, 2022
Global technology company ABB announced a global framework agreement with Shell to provide its technology to help the latter grow its EV charging network. This agreement builds upon a collaboration of the two entities that began in 2019 and will include ABB’s Terra 360 fast charger. ABB is a global technology corporation headquartered in both Sweden and Switzerland. Its two originating companies…
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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: A $500 self-balancing one-wheeled dorkmobile

April 9, 2022
I love electric vehicles as much as the next guy, and I’m particularly enthralled with personal electric vehicles. You know, the kind built for just one person: electric bikes, electric scooters, electric rideables, and such. I like to think I’ve embraced some of the more oddball designs out there, though I’m not sure I’ve faced anything as nutty as this self-balancing seated electric…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk buys near 10% stake in Twitter

April 4, 2022
A new SEC filing revealed that Elon Musk, better known as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, invested almost $3 billion in Twitter and now owns almost 10% of the social media platform. Musk, the richest man in the world, famously doesn’t have many investments. While most…
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First look: 2022 Volvo XC60 Recharge PHEV boosted to 35 EV miles

March 15, 2022
Volvo flew us out to sunny Palm Springs to test the relatively new C40 BEV. But the Gothenburg, Sweden-based company couldn’t help but give us a quick drive in the bigger XC60 Recharge plug-in hybrid while we waited. The mid-sized SUV got a nice upgrade this year to 35 miles of all-electric driving in its ‘Pure’ mode. That puts it into our “if you can commute without using gas, it’s an…
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