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Tesla owners unite in Austria for epic Black Mountain meetup

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Tesla owners from eight countries took electric vehicles to new heights as they drove to the top of the highest mountain in Austria. Today with @TeslaClubAT we climbed the highest mountain in Austria with 60 Teslas from 8 countries and Supporting Peace, Love & Tesla @elonmusk #silencerallye @Tesla pic.twitter.com/DlnPgtxFR4.

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BMW to produce next-gen e-drives at Steyr engine plant; more than 600k units per year

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From 2025 onwards, the next generation of BMW e-drives will be manufactured in its engine plant in Steyr, Austria—with both production and development on site—with eventual annual production capacity of more than 600,000 units. The BMW Group’s largest engine plant: Steyr plant in Upper Austria.

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Volkswagen presents all-electric ID. XTREME off-road concept car

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Treffen event by and for fans of electric mobility is taking place for the second time this year and could become the green and sustainable event for electric mobility modelled on the GTI meeting at Lake Wörth (Austria). This year, ID.

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Owners host largest Tesla light show yet in Germany

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The light show was the closing event of the 2befair Elekrische Community EVent in Hamm, as created in a collaboration featuring Tesla Club Austria, the German owners’ club Tesla Fahrer und Freunde e.V., and the YouTube channel Tesla Light Shows.

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MAN Truck & Bus exploring 2nd life, recycling strategies for traction batteries

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In the event that the battery packs can no longer be used as traction batteries, they are forwarded to secondary applications. The battery packs originate from the first field trial with battery-electric distribution trucks from MAN, which began in Austria in 2018 and lasted three years. peak shaving, means balancing charging peaks).

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Waze adds speed limits feature, planned drives

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Waze is rolling out the new feature first in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, Tobago and Uruguay. Waze also recently introduced a planned drive feature for the iOS platform.

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car2go opening in Washington DC

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The company is holding public launch events on Saturday and Sunday. The events are free of charge and open to the public. For a limited time, all new members who use the promotion code CAPITAL will receive 30 free minutes of driving time, and currently the one-time $35 membership fee is being waived.