Volta Trucks partners with Sibros to bring real-time OTA data to its Zero fleet

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Volta Trucks and Sibros have partnered up to integrate the latter’s holistic data platform system for fleets into the upcoming 16-ton Volta Zero electric truck. By utilizing Sibros’ proprietary system complete with Over-The-Air (OTA) capabilities, Volta Trucks plans to optimize it fleet asset health, reduce EV downtime, and lower overall service costs.

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Tesla says Autopilot can now detect and slow down for emergency vehicles’ lights at night

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Tesla says that it has updated its Autopilot software to slow down when it detects the lights of emergency vehicles at night.

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Quick Charge Podcast: September 21, 2021

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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.

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Closer look at the battery behind SONDORS’ low-cost 80 mph electric motorcycle

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Electric bicycle company SONDORS has expanded into the larger electric mobility space with the announcement of a highway-capable electric motorcycle.

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GM unveils new electric motors that will power its future EVs, starting with Hummer EV

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GM has unveiled its latest series of new electric motors that will power its future electric vehicles, starting with the Hummer EV.

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London’s largest taxi firm to go fully electric by 2023 with 4,000 EVs

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Addison Lee, a London-headquartered private hire taxi and courier company, and the UK’s largest private vehicle hire firm, today announced that its entire fleet will become fully electric by 2023. Its current fleet currently stands at around 4,000 cars.

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Lotus unveils lightweight chassis for new family of performance EVs

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Following a recent announcement to introduce a new lineup of all-electric performance cars, Lotus has shared the chassis architecture the EVs will sit upon. The rear structure on this new architecture is 37% lighter than it is on the current Emira V6 and will support a new generation of Lotus performance cars with zero emissions.

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Specialized releases 3 new Full Power Turbo electric bicycles for road, city, and trails

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Specialized has been in the electric bicycle game since 2009, making them one of the earlier entrants among mainstream bicycle companies. With all those years building premium e-bikes, they’ve had plenty of time to refine their technology. Now the company is showing off the latest generation of Full Power Turbo electric bikes with updated models of the Turbo Vado and Turbo Como bikes, plus a new model known as the Turbo Tero.

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The craziest electric cars coming in the next 5 years [Video]

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The Munich Motor Show 2021 was fantastically packed full of crazy concepts, futuristic designs, and curiously cool EVs. We know that many of these concept designs won’t make it to production, but they are indications of what’s coming, and that’s something to get excited about.

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Ford recalls Mustang Mach-E over risk of glass roof falling off after mocking Tesla for same issue

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Ford has issued a recall of 5,000 Mustang Mach-E electric SUVs in Canada over a risk of the glass roof and windshield potentially coming loose and falling off.

Ironically, the automaker mocked Tesla for the same problem just a year ago.

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