EVgo announces Toyota bZ4X customers will receive one year of free EV fast charging

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US public charging network, EVgo, has announced a commercial agreement with Toyota Motor North America to provide upcoming bZ4X customers with one year of free charging on its network. Toyota is EVgo’s latest automotive partner as it looks to continue to expand its public charging network and expedite EV adoption for US consumers.

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Kobalt’s 80V Max electric chainsaw ditches gas at $349, more in New Green Deals

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One thing that gas has held over electric tools in the past is power, but Kobalt’s 18-inch 80V Max electric chainsaw aims to tackle that. With the power of a 50cc gas engine, this chainsaw can handle cutting up to 500 4x4s per charge, making it quite versatile. Coming in at $349, this electric chainsaw is perfect for getting your yard cleaned up this spring. We also have a wide selection of Tesla, Greenworks, and other e-bike discounts in today’s New Green Deals, so you won’t want to miss that either.

Head below for other New Green Deals that we’ve found today, more on why going electric for your yard tools like the mower on sale is important, and of course Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

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Ford CEO calls out NIO and Tesla as the competition ‘it must beat,’ denies rumors of splitting ICE and EVs into separate businesses

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Ford’s Chief Executive Officer, Jim Farley, recently spoke during a virtual auto tech conference held by Wolfe Research, in which he spoke about Ford’s plans for the future. During the webcast, the Ford CEO specifically named Tesla and NIO as its biggest competitors, vowing to beat them. He also denied previously reported rumors about Ford’s plans for spinoffs to increase value.

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US offshore wind auction attracts a record $2B in bids, and it’s not even done yet

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On January 12, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) would hold an offshore wind energy auction for more than 488,000 acres in the New York Bight. It’s still under way, and bids have now collectively reached around $2 billion.

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Tesla is rumored to be building new factory adjacent to Gigafactory Shanghai to double production to two million cars

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A new report claims that Tesla is starting work on building a new factory adjacent to Gigafactory Shanghai in order to double production capacity to two million cars annually.

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Tesla might be cracking on the yoke steering wheel and planning to offer an option for a regular round wheel

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When Tesla introduced the controversial yoke steering wheel, CEO Elon Musk surprised many when he said that the automaker didn’t even plan to offer the option for a regular round steering wheel.

According to an update in the latest software, it looks like Tesla might be changing its mind on that front.

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Paris’s great experiment will ban cars in much of the city, instead opting for bikes, scooters, legs

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In a bid to clean up the city and reduce the chokehold of traffic congestion, Paris plans to ban cars from much of the historic part of the French capital.

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Harley-Davidson’s electric motorcycle brand LiveWire plans to sell 100,000 bikes by 2026

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Harley-Davidson has set out future sales goals for its LiveWire sub-brand that manufacturers and sells its all-electric motorcycles, aiming for a towering 100,000 units by 2026.

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Faraday Future shares drive footage of its first production-intent FF 91 ahead of testing

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Southern California EV startup, Faraday Future, unveiled a pre-production version of its long fabled FF 91 EV. This EV marks the beginning of pre-production ahead of engineering validation and certification testing, as the vehicle approaches start of production in Q3 of 2022.

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USPS is trying to greenwash its plan to spend billions on gas guzzlers

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The USPS issued a “record of decision” today stating that it has finished its environmental review and responded to the EPA’s concerns and will go through with its plan to spend up to $11.3 billion on gas-guzzling, 8.6 mile-per-gallon vehicles to replace the aging USPS delivery fleet.

However, if you read the USPS press release summarizing the decision, you wouldn’t know that – since the press release makes no mention of the USPS’s plans to buy polluting, fossil-powered vehicles, and repeatedly only mentions electric and electrified vehicles.

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