News: Battery swap works: Nio completes 1.2 million swaps in a SINGLE WEEK

Battery swap works: Nio completes 1.2 million swaps in a SINGLE WEEK

While oil prices and range anxiety dominate Western EV headlines, Nio’s battery-swap system in China keeps reaching new milestones that prove the technology can rival a traditional refueling infrastructure at scale, performing 1.2 million battery swaps over t…

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News: Wheel-E Podcast: 7-seater e-bike, solar-powered scooter, more

Wheel-E Podcast: 7-seater e-bike, solar-powered scooter, more

This week on Electrek ’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bikes from Gazelle, Ride1Up, and SixThreeZero, a solar-powered elect…

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News: Tesla files permit for Semi service center in Las Vegas as ramp begins

Tesla files permit for Semi service center in Las Vegas as ramp begins

Tesla is preparing a dedicated Tesla Semi service center in Las Vegas, according to a new building permit filed with Clark County, Nevada. It’s one of the first concrete signs of the service network Tesla needs to support its electric Class 8 truck, which onl…

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News: Tesla leaned on Dutch regulator to ease its FSD review, emails show

Tesla leaned on Dutch regulator to ease its FSD review, emails show

Tesla spent months pushing the Dutch vehicle regulator RDW to scale back its review of “Full Self-Driving (Supervised),” including disputing a €365,000 bill, according to emails obtained by Reuters. RDW later approved the system and is now asking the EU to do…

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