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We’re closing out this week with Anker’s newly launched SOLIX Spooktacular Halloween Sale lineup leading the pack with our top picks, exclusive savings, and FREE gifts, like expanded 4,096Wh C2000 Gen 2 Power Station at $1,519. We also spotted new low prices on ENGWE’s L16 Utility e-bike (single or dual batteries) with a $99 FREE bundle starting from $649, as well as the restocked Greenworks 80V 20-inch Cordless Snow Blower at its $450 low, and the new Jackery Red Cross HomePower 1000 Plus V2 and 2000 Plus V2 Power Stations at lows from $669. There’s also the first discount on…

Tesla has started building Optimus on the high volume line it set up inside its Fremont factory, and the company says the robots coming off it are the first that meet the bar for a real product. “The bots coming off this line are the first production-quality bots that we have manufactured,” Tesla wrote in its third quarter shareholder letter, adding that it has “proven that the current manufacturing process for Optimus is suitable for a commercial product.” The line sits in space that built the Model S and Model X until this spring. Tesla cleared the…

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Volvo expects the EX60 to become one of its best-selling vehicles ever, with over 50,000 orders already in Europe. But as demand builds, Volvo is struggling to ramp up production. Volvo EX60 orders top 50,000 as production lags behind After reporting third-quarter earnings on Friday, Volvo said the EX60 has been “a big success” so far, receiving over 50,000 orders in Europe since production began in April. However, the company has built only around 5,000 units so far because of “new industrial technology,” Volvo said, such as the EX60’s cell-to-body structural battery design and manufacturing changes required for its new…

Logan K. Carter/ Jalopnik A Super El Niño is coming! A Super El Niño is coming! Though that may sound like a young Spanish Superman is on his way, the reality is far more ominous. It’s a weather system that’s caused by warmer-than-average water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean which tend to bring warmer-than-average temperatures in northern states, and wetter-than-average conditions across southern states. As such, we asked you, our wise audience, to share your best wet weather driving tips with the class, and y’all left the comments section dripping with great advice. This is a roundup of a handful of…

Cyberbeast / Source: Tesla.com Tesla has officially cancelled the Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand. Reservation holders are getting emails today telling them their orders are void and their deposits will be refunded. Australians started putting down A$150 to reserve the electric pickup in November 2019. That’s almost seven years of waiting for a truck Tesla now says it won’t build for them. “Plans… have been discontinued” The email, which reservation holders started sharing on social media and Reddit this morning, is short. “After careful consideration, plans to produce Cybertruck for Australia and New Zealand have been discontinued,” Tesla wrote.…

Consulting firm AlixPartners found that, structurally, Chinese EV Manufacturers are on a totally different planet. Source link

CapMetro’s Austin transit fleets electrified two public bus lines and opened two new park-and-ride facilities featuring overhead pantograph-style wired charging equipment to help Austinites breathe a little bit easier. Originally announced in June, CapMetro’s two new park-and-ride stations are now open. Dubbed the Goodnight Ranch and Expo Center facilities debuted alongside the agency’s Rapid 800 and 837 electric bus routes, adding upgraded passenger amenities and end-of-line charging infrastructure to support its growing fleet of electric transit buses. At CapMetro’s main bus depot, infrastructure partner Camber Charging supplied and installed two 1,440 kW charging systems connected to 48 industrial dispensers. The…

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General Motors says artificial intelligence and advanced simulation tools are dramatically shortening the time needed to develop new vehicles, with some projects now taking around half as long as before. At GM’s Forward event in New York, executives explained how the company has moved away from a traditional development process in which designers, engineers and manufacturing teams worked largely in sequence. Its new concurrent engineering approach allows several areas to be developed simultaneously. General Motors says it can compress around 100 days of testing into a single day and evaluate powertrain, ABS, stability control and thermal systems in a simulator…