Electric Cars
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A company based in Canada by the name of Dubuc Motors has announced plans for a four-seat electric sports car that it hopes to start selling in 2016. MUST SEE: Ferrari LaFerrari FXX K Revealed Dubuc is calling its electric car the Tomahawk and right now it’s still in the prototype stage. The company is seeking investors for the project and hopes to have the first cars on sale for less than $100k by the aforementioned 2016 date. Dubuc hasn’t released full details for the Tomahawk just yet but says the car will feature a dual-motor drivetrain (a motor at each axle) creating an...
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Porsche ‘Pajun’ Mid-Size Sedan To Feature Tesla Model S-Rivaling Electric Variant: Report
It was in 2010 that Porsche first announced plans for an all-electric car, which it followed up a year a later by rolling out a battery-powered prototype based on its Boxster sports car. Since then, Porsche has been testing the waters for electrified performance cars, starting initially with...
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Fisker Karma coming back with 2012 specs & upgrades thanks to new owner Wanxiang
Ifthe idea of a V-8-powered Karma wasn’t your speed, you may be pleased to hear that Fisker is looking to gear back up for production of the hybrid form of the car under its new owner, Wanxiang. ALSO SEE: McLaren 650S Spider Crashes Into Guardrail In Austria The new Karma will be built with...
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Struggling NEVS Shows Off Saab 9-3 Electric Prototype
Saab can't seem to catch a break. Tossed like a hot coal in General Motors' restructuring, its prospects unchanged by Spyker's purchase and now struggling under Chinese-Swedish firm NEVS, watching the story unfold is like watching an old friend on their death bed. NEVS, or National Electric...
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Opel Plans Ampera Successor, New EV May Offer 200-Mile Range
General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] European division Opel has confirmed it will drop the Ampera extended-range electric car when the car's global twin, the Chevrolet Volt, is replaced next year by all-new model. That doesn’t mean Opel is giving up on electric cars, as the...
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Tesla Gen 3 sedan to be called Model 3, debut in 2016
Tesla has confirmed via its Twitter account that the car due after the Model X SUV will be called the Model 3. The car will be based on the Californian firm’s third-generation platform and will be shown for the first time in 2016, ahead of a sales launch in 2017. Further information was...
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Tesla Motors has a very clear plan of action over the next few years. First, it must continue selling its Model S sedan, not just in the States but Europe and China too. Then, it will roll out the Model X crossover. And finally, it will launch a smaller, more affordable electric sedan based on its 'Gen 3' platform (Gen 2 is the Model S/X and Gen 1 is the original Roadster). As the smaller sedan's launch draws closer, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is drip-feeding further details on what its third-generation car will be like. Among the latest details are that Tesla wants to price it "realistically"...
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Tesla Shares Patents To Spur Electric Car Development
Tesla CEO Elon Musk views patents as a brake on the success of electric cars,
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Korea’s Spirra Sports Car Gets Electric Version For Europe
The South Korean sports car known as the Spirra, built by Oullim Motors, is about to launch on the European market. However, instead of the usual mid-mounted, twin-turbocharged V-6, the Spirra sold in Europe will be fitted with an electric powertrain. According to Autovisie, a Dutch businessman by...
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NCE Plans Tesla Model S Coupe And Two-Door Convertible Conversions
Newport Convertible Engineering will chop the doors as well as tops of Tesla Model S electric cars.
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BMW Solar Charging Carport Concept Is Stunning Functional Art
So you have a new BMW i3 or i8 in your driveway, and you’re loving the freedom the electric-drive capability gives you—but you’d like to be even greener? BMW DesignworksUSA has the answer with its stunningly simple, high-tech solar carport. MUST SEE: 2015 BMW i8 Production Mega...
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Every Audi Model Getting e-tron Option, One Per Year
The term 'e-tron' will soon be as familiar in Audi's range as TDI or quattro, as the German automaker makes plans to offer a plug-in version of every one of its cars by 2020. Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler announced the launch of the China-only A6 L e-tron, a...
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About two years ago, Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler announced that it was forming a new electric car brand for the Chinese market with its local partner BYD. The new brand was called Denza and it combined Daimler’s expertise in vehicle engineering, safety technology and quality production with BYD’s leading battery technology. Well, at this week’s 2014 Beijing Auto Show, the first production Denza was revealed. It’s a small electric hatch slightly larger than the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, and it has a driving range of 186 miles on a single charge of its lithium iron...
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2015 Ford Focus debuts at 2014 New York auto show
Following the debut of the 2015 Ford Focus in hatchback guise at last month’s 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Ford has now revealed the 2015 Focus sedan and 2015 Focus Electric. The full range is on show this week at the 2014 New York auto show and will reach showrooms later in the year. Changes to...
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Tesla Challenges Lemon Law King's Model S Reliability Claims: Video
The first lemon-law suit involving Tesla Motors has been filed in Wisconsin.
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Tesla Model S...Convertible? Newport Takes Top Off Popular EV
Few motoring experiences beat the thrill of driving a convertible along your favorite road, and owners of Tesla's first electric car, the Roadster, would surely agree. The electric car firm doesn't currently offer a convertible in its one-car range, but Newport Convertible Engineering out of...
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Detroit Electric Production Confirmed For Holland, Not Detroit
You'd be forgiven for thinking a car company called Detroit Electric would produce its cars in, or at least near, Motor City itself. After all, the car bearing the same name was produced there back in the early 1900s. But these days things aren't so simple. Modern day Detroit Electric will produce...
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Tesla's Fire Fix: Model S To Get Titanium Battery Shield
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has announced a fix for the Model S electric sedan to prevent future debris-related fire incidents, of the kind reported towards the end of last year. In two separate incidents, contact with road debris punctured the car's large underbody battery pack, later causing it to...
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Cadillac's last advert for its ELR range-extended electric coupe was... polarizing, to put it mildly. Called "Poolside", its lead character is either loved or hated depending on what kind of American you see yourself as. Actor Neil McDonough portrayed a man who'd probably sell his own mother if it meant getting the life, job and car he wanted, and left us wondering whether actual ELR buyers would want to associate with such a character. DON'T MISS: LIT Motors C1: The Car-Like Motorcycle That Can't Fall Down Its latest advert for the car is a little more informative. Not as interesting, nor...
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Unplugged Performance wants to become tuner of Teslas, starts with Model S
A new group is looking to bring some more style to the world of the Tesla Model S. They're called Unplugged Performance, and they're based right near one of Tesla Motors's [NSDQ:TSLA] Supercharger stations in Hawthorne, California. It seems like the goal is to provide a range of products for the...
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LIT Motors C1: The Car-Like Motorcyle That Can't Fall Down
Imagine, a vehicle that drives like a car, but balances itself on two wheels. Too late--LIT Motors already did it, back in 2012. DON'T MISS: Size Matters 2: The Jumping/Drifting Semi Truck Is Back At Work In New Video As this BBC video demonstrates, the all-electric LIT Motors C1 electric...
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Local Motors Plans To 3D Print A Car
Steel stamping and production lines? That's so last-year--what you really want is a 3D printed car. MUST SEE: 1969 Mustang Shelby GT500 Cobra Jet Found In Pristine Condition: Auction The concept is nothing new, but finding a printer big enough to deal with car panels isn't an easy tax. It's one...
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Grandpa Makes Electric Lambo For Grandson's School Run
When you're very small, the concept of grandparents doesn't really mean much. You get that they're your parents' parents, but beyond that they're just the crinkly, friendly people you see now and then, suppliers of extra presents come birthday or Christmas time. But you'd sure as heck warm to them...
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Should the next presidential limo be a Tesla?
The Secret Service is gearing up for an all-new presidential limo, to replace the venerable but sometimes challenged Beast. There are a number of requirements placed on those wishing to build the next limo, not least of which is that it must be an American company. Tesla Motors is an American...
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