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Mercedes-Benz places billion-dollar EV battery bet on LG

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The world’s biggest car companies are revealing their long-term vision for the road ahead, and that vision is entirely electric. Despite some news reports suggesting a temporary slowdown in EV sales, German automaker Mercedes-Benz just secured a massive, seven-year battery supply deal with Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES), suggesting that its commitment to EVs is not slowing down at all… Read more…

Electric motorcycle sets new world record… on top of an active volcano

Electric motorcycles are already known for their instant torque and quiet performance, but now one electric dirt bike has proven it can do something gas bikes can’t: breathe where combustion engines can’t. Stark Future and Swiss mountaineer-rider Jiri Zak just made history by setting a new high-altitude world record on the world’s highest active volcano, riding a fully electric Stark VARG EX up to an astonishing 6,721 meters (22,051 feet) above sea level. Read more…