Electric Cars
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High-need districts will be prioritized, but funds will be offered through lottery system to other schools for buses and charging hardware.
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Mercedes teases Rivian-style tank turns from upcoming EQG electric SUV
Mercedes' G-Turn sounds a lot like Rivian's Tank Turn, allowing the vehicle to rotate within a space not much greater than its own length.
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Ford recalls some Mustang Mach-E EVs for software-related issue—with OTA remedy
By the time most affected owners get the required notice of recall, delivered in the mail, their car will likely already be fixed.
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Survey: Shoppers trust legacy automakers over Tesla, find all EV offerings lacking
More than one third of respondents favored buying an EV from an established automaker, while 41% were undecided. It suggests there's plenty of opportunity in the EV space.
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Lunaz upcycled electric garbage trucks are a model for reuse, carbon reduction vs. new
An offshoot of the firm that produced some stellar EV versions of classic British cars is now aiming to upcycle diesel trash trucks and turn them electric.
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EVs are avoiding about 3% of global oil demand—a fifth of Russia's total exports
Electric vehicles adopted over the years are helping relieve the strain felt by a ban on Russian oil, and it's a sign that a shift of power away from Big Oil is indeed happening.
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The plant isn’t expected to start building vehicles until the first half of 2025, but it's more than a niche operation and has a location good for export.
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GM patent: Electric trucks could charge other EVs during fast-charging, with dual ports
A GM patent filing points to a potential future setup that could charge at 800V with one port, at 400V with two ports simultaneously, or charging on one while connecting a load to the other.
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Renault Scénic Vision EV concept: Fuel-cell range extender enables smaller, lighter battery
The roomy people-mover gets nearly 500 miles of range from a battery pack the size of a base Nissan Leaf—thanks to an additional hydrogen fuel cell.
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Mercedes Vision AMG electric sports car concept previews performance brand's EV future
The Vision AMG uses axial-flux motors from wholly owned subsidiary Yasa, but it keeps to a cab-rearward design.
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Kia sees electric vans as key products for mobility, autonomous tech
The vehicles manufactured at this factory will be what Kia calls "Purpose Built Vehicles" (PBVs), which is the automaker's term for electric commercial vehicles—only they look far from utilitarian in the traditional sense.
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Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 recalled for rollaway concerns
It's a software fix, but these two cousins, built on a leading-edge dedicated EV platform, aren't yet capable of receiving an over-the-air remedy.
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The EV charging network is committing to buy enough renewable energy to offset its use and create new solar generation.
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GM-based Prologue electric SUV teased: First Honda EV for widespread US availability
Honda calls the Prologue its “first volume Honda EV,” and notes that Honda-engineered EVs will start arriving in North America in 2026
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Electric Mercedes G-Class SUV is due to get high-energy-density silicon anode battery chemistry
Sila claims its high-silicon anode material can increase energy density by 20% to 40% over current lithium-ion cell chemistries—meaning more range without larger battery packs.
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Review: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV is trimmed down and boosted up the luxury ladder from Ioniq 5
The 2023 Genesis GV60 offers up a luxurious, tech-savvy EV experience, but a big price tag and wobbly suspension give us pause.
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Stella Vita electric RV aims to get the most miles from solar
With solar panels, aerodynamics, and lightweight materials, the RV only needed two charging stops en route across Europe. Is such a design the future of the eco-conscious RV or van life?
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VW's Scout EV brand a surprise to dealers: Will it try to bypass them for Tesla-like sales model?
Volkswagen reportedly didn't approach its U.S. dealers ahead of the decision to create its Scout SUV brand—which leads to all sorts of questions about how it plans to sell these EVs.
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The first electric vehicle from Cadillac also promises to be exceptionally quiet, luxurious, and fast-charging.
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Analysis: Amid high gas prices, EV operating cost advantages have grown stronger
Electricity costs are also less volatile than oil prices, so EV operating costs are more likely to remain stable over time.
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Bigger batteries in EVs could lead to colossal boost in particulate emissions—from tires, study suggests
Emissions Analytics performed chemical analysis of hundreds of new tires and now concludes tire-wear particulate emissions are 1,850 times greater than tailpipe particulate emissions.
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Fully electric RVs are coming—with steeper range and charging challenges than electric cars
Electric RVs are going to need high-power DC fast-charging, in some quite different places than electric cars, pickups, and SUVs.
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2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV bows in Redline Edition, while rest of Bolt EV lineup carries over
The Bolt EUV Redline Edition gets gloss black 17-inch wheels with red accents, a black and red Bolt EUV badge on the rear hatch, and other accents.
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Panasonic: Tesla pushing for faster development of 4680 cells
Tesla's top cell supplier has been scouting locations in the U.S., although it plans to initially build the new format in Japan.
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