Massive Tesla recall, massive self-driving haul truck, and a massive new wind farm

In today’s massive new episode of Quick Charge, Tesla issues a massive 1.8 million EV recall to keep their hoods from flying open, Liebherr puts out a massive, 264-ton electric haul truck, and a massive 2.2 MW wind farm gets one step closer to reality.

We’ve also got a record-setting, 8 second 1/4 mile pass, a 1300 hp Chinese supercar, and a new, virtual power plant that’s powered by Ford and Sunrun. Enjoy!

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• Tesla pushes software fix to 1.8 million EVs to prevent hood from flying open
• Tesla Model S Plaid achieves new record 8.56-sec quarter mile
• BYD’s first electric supercar enters production: Ferrari beware
• Chevy’s Blazer EV is headed for Brazil to combat surging BYD
• Toyota sales slide as aggressive price cuts by BYD, Chinese EV makers take effect
• Sunrun launches the US’s first vehicle-to-home power plant using customer-owned Ford F-150 Lightnings
• Liebherr and Fortescue partner on world’s first autonomous electric haul truck
• A 2.2 GW Maryland offshore wind farm just took a big leap forward

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