Electric Cars
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The Porsche Taycan is now just months away from its debut, with the automaker confirming the covers will come off in September 2019.
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Opel's first car post GM is the 2020 Corsa-e electric hatch
Opel has gone electric with its redesigned Corsa hatch, the first car developed entirely post the brand's sale by GM to to PSA Group.
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Audi TT is dead, electric successor inbound
Audi's chairman confirmed that the small car would give way to an electrified version with a similar spirit.
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Apple reportedly made a bid for Tesla in 2013, might still be interested
One could argue that Tesla is viewed as the Apple of the auto industry, even though the financial performance of each company is vastly different. But with the convergence of the auto and tech industries continuing to accelerate, could there be a case for the two companies to be merged? It seems...
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Additional colors for Honda E revealed as reservations open
European residents can now reserve a Honda E ahead of start of deliveries in spring 2020.
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Green cooking machine: Rivian R1T Overland concept sports a kitchen
Electric vehicle startup Rivian showed the R1T Overland concept over the weekend with a fold-out kitchen and camp stove that can run on the vehicle's battery.
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Karma is focused on extended-range electric cars at present but the company is readying a battery-electric platform for 2021.
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Decision on pure electric BMW i8 reportedly coming soon
BMW is keen to bring an electric sports car into the fold to serve as the brand's halo model. It's something we've been hearing for a while but know the automaker is close to making a decision.
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Swiss startup Piech to follow up electric sports car with GT-4 coupe and GT-X SUV
The Swiss electric car startup Piech announced the GT-4 coupe and GT-X SUV to follow the Mark Zero electric sports car and released early sketches. Look for them in about three years.
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Venturi first to sign up for Extreme E electric SUV racing
Formula E plans to launch the Extreme E off-road racing series featuring electric SUVs and Venturi, a Formula E competitor, is the first company to get onboard.
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Usain Bolt's mobility company unveils an EV
Since stepping down from the Olympic spotlight in 2017, sprinter Usain Bolt, who is still the fastest in the 100- and 200-meter events, has turned to investing, and one of his first endeavors is U.S.-based electric mobility company Bolt Mobility. On Thursday, Bolt unveiled a prototype for an...
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Mercedes estimates plug-in hybrids and EVs will be half of sales by 2030
Mercedes-Benz on Monday announced the ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral by 2039. That's 20 years away or less than three product cycles, which for an automaker the size of Mercedes is a short time to transform its entire operations. Key to reaching the goal will be expanding the number of...
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Hyundai N is developing an electric sports car that will leverage technology from Rimac. The new car is due by 2020.
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Aston Martin Rapide E electric sport sedan takes on Monaco street circuit
Aston Martin used the backdrop of Monaco for the first public demonstration of its Rapide E electric sport sedan.
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VW's ID R Nürburgring challenge is homework for future electric R model
Volkswagen is using its ID R race car for more than breaking records; it’s helping set the stage for a fully electric production model from its R performance division.
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2020 Honda e spy shots
Honda unveiled an adorable electric city car a couple of years back in the form of the Urban EV concept, and the production version has been spotted.
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VW ID 3 electric car tallies 10,000 pre-orders in 24 hours
Ten thousand European customers put down deposits of more than $1,200 within 24 hours for the VW ID 3 hatchback after Volkswagen started taking orders on Wednesday.
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Workhorse in talks with GM to buy Ohio plant for electric pickup truck
GM is in talks to sell an idled plant in Ohio to Workhorse for production of an extended-range electric pickup truck.
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Vacuum cleaner giant Dyson plans to launch an electric car in 2021 and new patent drawings hint at its design.
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VW confirms electric hatch as the ID 3 as order books open
Volkswagen's family of ID electric cars is coming, and the first model has been confirmed as the ID 3, a Golf-sized hatch with at least 200 miles of range.
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Honda e: A minimalist name for Honda's minimalist EV
Honda surprised us all with the cute Urban EV Concept at the 2017 Frankfurt International Motor Show. Now the production version is almost here.
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VW Group reportedly drops electric sports car platform, mulls Bentley sale to cut costs
The Volkswagen Group will no longer develop its SPE dedicated electric sports car platform and may also sell off Bentley as it looks to allocate resources to more profitable areas.
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Maserati will never become an EV brand to rival Tesla
Although it is heavily investing in EV technology and plans to launch several battery-electric models in the coming years, Maserati won't completely move away from cars with gas engines.
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Get a closer look at the Volkswagen ID R's battery technology
Find out how Volkswagen changed the ID R electric time attack special for the car's assault on the the Nürburgring-Nordschleife's lap record for EVs.
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