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Q2 earnings, Elon bets big on AI, cheap Tesla EVs, and Chevy EV lease deals

Baua Electric

On this, extra-dense episode of Quick Charge, we cover Tesla’s Q2 earnings call, Elon Musk talks cheap Tesla cars and cheaper 4680 batteries while promising to finally deliver on that new Roadster from 2017. While Tesla pushes back its Robotaxi launch, Google is powering ahead, beting $5 billion on Waymo’s expansion in to Texas.

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T&E study finds EU has replaced Russian oil barrel-for-barrel as continent fails to cut demand

Green Car Congress

The largest part of the export growth came from Texas, followed by Norway’s biggest field Johan Sverdrup and Brazil’s Lula field. It has been reported that these countries are importing Russian oil on the cheap and re-exporting it to the EU as jet fuel and diesel on the global market.

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks.

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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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Credit: BYD At the same time, many automakers including Tesla are racing to build their next-generation, mass-market EVs, set to first be produced in Texas as soon as 2025 , then later at an upcoming factory in Mexico , and eventually at a yet-unannounced third location. While BYD said just last month that it has no plans to enter the U.S.

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Tesla teases three new models, including the Model 2 small car and Model Q compact SUV

EV Central

Just two months ago reports on several newswires suggested the cheap Tesla Model 2 had been shelved. Both the Model 2 and Model Q have been scheduled to be produced at Giga Texas before being expanded to China, where Tesla hopes to ramp up its annual production to more than 5 million cars.

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Tesla building permits reveal unannounced ‘Lithium Lab’

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It’s no secret that Tesla has been diving head first into developing more dependable lithium supplies, even going as far as opening its own lithium refinery in Southern Texas. ” Tesla has yet to announce what this facility will be used for, but with the name “Lithium Lab,” there are a few likely possibilities.

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Tesla’s 3rd-largest individual shareholder suggests clever strategy for TSLA buyback

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He argued that the Fremont Factory, Giga Shanghai, Giga Texas, and Giga Berlin were like “money printing machines.”. Reasonably, Tesla buys back its cheap stocks pic.twitter.com/GVOWnUIaJ8 — KoGuan Leo (@KoguanLeo) May 19, 2022. So Tesla can buy back cheap stocks now. . “We

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