Electric Cars
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The California city now claims that with 24 Tesla Supercharger connectors and 20 other connectors, it's the largest station in the nation.
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Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV: 5 geeky details show Ford's commitment to EVs
Ford's electric-vehicle chief, Mark Kaufman, revealed more details about Ford's upcoming electric vehicle that will make it different than anything else from the Blue Oval.
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Will Lordstown Motors outsell electric trucks from GM, Ford, and Rivian?
Lordstown Motors, which bought a former GM plant in Ohio, aspires to build electric work trucks at a rate that could pass other electric pickups.
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France is making EVs and plug-in hybrids the basis for $9 billion program
The program incentivizes plug-in vehicles but also calls on automakers to bring development and production of such vehicles into France.
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Tesla lowers prices on all but Model Y, appears to drop free Supercharging
U.S. market prices for the Tesla Model 3, Model S, and Model X all dropped by up to $5,000 overnight.
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Super-flat REE skateboard EV platform will get suspension help from KYB
REE is taking an aggressive approach toward building a flat skateboard platform—by putting as much in the wheel arches as possible.
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May sales data will point to a "new norm" about buyer priorities—and that definitely applies to electric cars and plug-in hybrids.
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Location is everything for high-power DC fast charging
Electrify America teases that deciding where to put chargers involves much more than dropping a pin wherever makes sense.
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Musk: Tesla Cybertruck won't be downsized, but smaller follow-up truck a possibility
Never mind what he says to Jay Leno. And suddenly there are potentially two Tesla Cybertrucks in the mix.
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Hyundai Kona Electric: The new favored police patrol car for Europe?
A number of European municipalities are choosing the Kona Electric for its long range, quiet performance, and lack of tailpipe emissions.
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Connected EVs could help power the grid: California utility studies how
Can electric cars help stabilize the grid? Another utility is planning to study this with a more hands-on approach.
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How the Sono Sion electric car will use every body panel as a solar panel
The Sono Sion solar electric car has more than a solar roof. Sono recently outlined some of the challenges of charging from all its body panels.
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Electric cars will drop in sales this year—just less compared to the vehicle market as a whole.
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Report: Tesla might be adding bidirectional charging capability to its vehicles (UPDATED)
Tesla might already be installing the hardware to permit bidirectional charging; when will it be enabled, and what for?
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Pop-up EV charging hubs deemed a success in UK trial
Chargers that rise from the sidewalk only when needed were a resounding success in a test in Oxford, UK.
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Nissan electric ambulance curbs the tailpipe emissions
Ambulances are a vehicle type that should probably go all-electric and zero-emissions, for the sake of lung health.
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GM battery chief: 600-mile EVs viable, million-mile battery in sight
The executive in charge of battery technology and EV development suggests that cell tech is moving ahead at a faster rate than anticipated.
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California will mandate more electric cars for Uber and Lyft: Here’s how
Huge portions of the Uber and Lyft fleets will be required to go electric—and it's up to those companies to figure out how.
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The company best known for vacuums, helmed by Britain's richest man, might still license its potentially game-changing solid-state battery tech.
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Polestar will deliver its electric cars in these cities first
Polestar Spaces aren't exactly like Tesla Stores, but the tech-oriented brand from Volvo and Geely aims to provide something close to that experience.
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Lightyear inks deal for production of long-range EV's solar roof
A producer is lined up for the key component on the Lightyear One electric car—its solar roof system.
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Very fast electric-car charging will require a new generation of cables—and cable cooling
One of the suppliers for DC fast charging cables is making sure that the cables aren't the bottleneck in future charging rates.
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First drive review: The 2020 Mini Cooper SE electric car realigns how I see EVs
We drove the new all-electric Mini Cooper SE around Downtown Denver to see how the future of Mini could be.
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2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E charging rates look competitive vs. E-Tron and I-Pace
Ford has verified that its upcoming Mach-E electric SUV will recover up to 61 miles of range in 10 minutes on 150-kw fast chargers.
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