Royal BAM announces ‘world’s first’ fully electric road paver and massive 270 kWh batteries

Dutch civil engineering company Royal BAM has announced a fully-electric asphalt spreading road paver, which will save more than 93,000 kilograms of CO₂ and 115,000 grams of nitrous oxide emissions compared to its bio-diesel counterparts.

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Varla Pegasus review: Flying at 28 mph on a full-suspension electric scooter

The Varla Pegasus is one of those rare electric scooters that strikes a nice balance between higher-than-average performance and a reasonable price tag. And having spent a couple weeks so far putting the scooter to the test, I can confirm that it has the right combination of performance and value to fit a wide range of riders.

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Elon Musk: Tesla is prioritizing product development of Optimus humanoid robot in 2022

Elon Musk announced that Tesla is going to be shifting its product development to make Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot also known as Optimus, a priority in 2022.

This is quite a surprising change of strategy.

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Ola plans electric scooter and electric car R&D center based in the UK, investing $100M

India-based Ola Electric made a splash with its high performance and low cost S1 Pro electric scooters, which are now taking India by storm. With its sights set on global expansion, the company announced today that it is opening a new R&D center in the UK for both two-wheeled and four-wheeled electric vehicle development.

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Rivian paused production earlier this month to hone its manufacturing processes, hoping to ramp up output to 200 EVs a week

American automaker Rivian reportedly halted its production lines in Illinois to fix some issues and streamline its manufacturing processes. After a difficult start to R1T production amidst COVID-19 and supply chain shortages, Rivian looks to hit higher output targets, aiming for 200 deliverable EVs a week.

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These are the latest big electric bike companies to pull in tens of millions in funding

It may be a new year, but many trends have stayed the course in the electric bicycle industry. Chief among them is a move we’re seeing where VCs and other investors have been tripping over each other to throw money at electric bike companies.

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Quick Charge Podcast: January 26, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple PodcastsSpotifyTuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

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Tesla delays Cybertruck production due to supply chain constraints; new timeline is vague

Tesla confirmed today that it is delaying the start of Cybertruck production as supply chain issues, especially the chip shortage, would limit volumes significantly. The new timeline is now quite vague.

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Tesla unveils fleet of new ‘Tesla Semi’ electric trucks

Tesla has quietly unveiled a fleet of new ‘Tesla Semi’ electric trucks as part of its new financial result report.

Yet, there’s no word on the status of production and customer deliveries.

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Tesla confirms Model Y production started at Gigafactory Texas, now working on final certification

Tesla confirmed that Model Y production started at Gigafactory Texas late in 2021 and now the company is working on “final certification” for the new version of the electric SUV being built at the new factory.

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