Electric Cars
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Simone Giertz has built a pickup truck based on the Tesla Model 3 electric car.
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US-bound Peugeot unveils 2008 subcompact SUV with EV option
One of the first modern Peugeots to potentially land in the U.S. is the 2008, a subcompact crossover SUV that's just been redesigned.
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Porsche CEO: EVs won't fully replace the combustion engine
Porsche's CEO doesn't think that the internal combustion engine will go extinct any time soon.
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Cadillac plans to have combustion engines go out with a bang
Cadillac isn't ready to go away from internal combustion engines just yet.
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GM might revive Hummer as electric SUV division
Insiders say GM is considering reviving Hummer as an all-electric brand to take advantage of booming off-road vehicle sales.
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VW guarantees EV battery capacity for 8 years/100,000 miles
Owners of VW's ID electric cars won't have to worry about their car's battery becoming a brick.
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The man who penned the McLaren F1 is helping Dendrobium with work on the technology firm's electric hypercar project.
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Here's how Rimac designs its supercars
We've arrived at episode three of four for Rimac's in-depth facility tour, and this one focuses on how the firm designs its supercars. To date, the firm has revealed two models to the world: the Concept_One and the C_Two. In the latest video, CEO and founder Mate Rimac takes us through the design...
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Production Byton M-Byte interior keeps concept's promises with 48-inch screen
Interior teaser shots of the production M-Byte electric SUV show the huge 48-inch dashboard screen from the concept vehicle, and more screens to boot.
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Honda E battery specs confirmed
The Honda E will pack a 35.5-kilowatt-hour battery good for 125 miles of range.
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Tesla Model X joins Australian police fleet
A Tesla Model X in the state of Victoria is the first electric police car in Australia.
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2019 Audi e-tron recalled for poor battery seal
The 2019 Audi e-tron has been recalled for a potentially defective battery seal that may allow moisture into the battery that could cause it to short circuit.
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With an auxiliary battery charge and sharing between vehicles, the Rivian R1T electric pickup will be more flexible with battery charging than other EVs.
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Toyota accelerates target for EV with solid-state battery to 2020
Toyota will launch 10 battery-electric cars within the first half of the next decade.
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Watch how Rimac builds its supercars
Rimac, the Croatian EV tech supplier and supercar maker, is back with the second episode of its in-depth facility tour. While the first episode looked at design and engineering processes, episode two is all about the manufacturing process. It's a marvel to see, knowing that Rimac started with CEO...
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Rivian R1T will feature optional slide-out kitchen
In May we saw EV startup Rivian show off a rather nifty R1T pickup-based concept at the Overland Expo West in Flagstaff, Arizona. The electric truck concept featured a slide-out kitchen, and apparently, the company plans to make it a production option. On Twitter, Rivian's official handle replied...
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Karma snags former Rolls-Royce designer Andreas Thurner
The man who penned the Rolls-Royce Ghost has been charged with designing Karma's next-generation EVs.
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NEVS buys developer of in-wheel electric motors
Swedish electric car startup NEVS is working a range of cars that could feature in-wheel motors.
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Karma is ready to grow from a startup to a major EV manufacturer rivaling Tesla.
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The mighty Mini Cooper S E electric car can tug a cargo plane
Mini hooked its upcoming Mini Cooper S E to a Boeing 777F cargo plane and pulled it a short distance to prove that small electric cars can be muscular.
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Volkswagen ID R obliterates EV lap record at Nürburgring
The Volkswagen ID R set a new electric car lap record at the Nürburgring with a time of 6:05.33, besting the Nio EP9 by more than 40 seconds.
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Karma shares how it designed and built the SC1 Vision EV concept
Karma, the automaker born from the ashes of the original Fisker, debuted two stunning concept cars during April's Auto Shanghai 2019. The Chinese-backed, California-based company wanted to give fans a little more insight into how it designed and built one of them, however. A series of videos detail...
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Tour the Rimac facilities with Mr. Rimac himself
Croatian EV tech supplier and supercar maker Rimac has seen a wild growth since the company truly began in 2011. Like all good startups, founder and CEO Mate Rimac began the company in his own garage. Today, Rimac's workforce sits at over 500 employees from just one guy in a garage. To mark Rimac's...
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A closer look at the VW ID R electric race car's charging system
For its Nürburgring electric car record attempt, the pair of batteries in the VW ID R race car are charged in about 20 minutes by two fast chargers that transfer electricity at a rate of 90 kw each.
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