Electric Cars
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With the iPhone maker Foxconn as contract manufacturer, Fisker is aiming for a minimum of 250,000 a year at the Ohio factory that used to crank out Chevy small cars.
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With Lordstown deal complete, Foxconn pivots to making EVs
Foxconn will also invest $100 million in a joint venture that will work with Lordstown Motors and engineer vehicles to be based on Foxconn’s MiH (mobility in harmony) platform.
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Rivian has received 10,000 more reservations, at an average $93,000, since its March price hike
Rivian has made a total of 5,000 trucks cumulatively. But it has 10,000 new preorders, for trucks costing an average $93,000, since raising prices on its trucks by as much as $12,000 in March.
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Volkswagen harvests Scout as an electric SUV brand
What Thing? VW is bringing back the Scout SUV badge as a fully electric SUV brand, with models due in 2026.
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Tesla recalls cars for overheating issue—of screens, not battery packs
Overheating could cause the screen to lag or restart. Since the rearview camera feed is displayed through the screen, this is considered a safety-critical issue.
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Freightliner eCascadia electric semi: Production version bows, will be made this year
The production eCascadia will be available with single or tandem e-axles, with battery packs ranging up to 438 kwh. The heavy-duty semi is still considered a short-haul truck, with a maximum range of 230 miles.
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The F-150 Lightning outdoes its gasoline counterpart in many respects—and charts new territory as a power broker.
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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning: 320-mile EPA range beats Rivian R1T, efficiency meets it
With the 131-kwh extended-range battery pack, the Lightning gets up to 320 miles of EPA range and delivers 70 MPGe combined.
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2025 BMW electric sedan could split 3-Series, while i5 and i7 preserve ICE form
SUVs aside, BMW will start truly diverging its EVs from the rest of its traditional lineup in 2025. But in the meantime, it sees no hurry in forfeiting its share of gasoline sales.
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Report: EV charger vulnerabilities might leave them open to hackers
One of the most obvious targets for hackers might be fleets, which they could potentially disable by disrupting nightly charging for delivery vehicles.
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Lordstown Endurance electric truck production needs more cash, even if Foxconn deal doesn't fizzle
A deal with Foxconn to produce the Endurance electric pickup is just days away from timing out. But even if it advances, Lordstown needs more cash. From where?
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Roush will assemble Bollinger Motors’ electric trucks in Michigan
The relationship does not include the B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup, which were indefinitely postponed as the company pivoted to larger commercial electric trucks.
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The E Tense Performance aims for a future in which brake dust and brake-pad replacements might be a thing of the past, and brake regen handles it all.
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California utility expands bidirectional EV charging pilots
Hundreds of residential and commercial customers will now be eligible to see how EVs might provide backup power during outages or help stabilize the grid.
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Long before Tesla or the Leaf, this Nissan electric car claimed a 155-mile range
A low 0.19 coefficient of drag, aluminum-intensive construction, low-rolling-resistance tires, fast-charging, a solar roof, and a heat pump were among the many innovations in this concept.
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Study: EV owners use automaker smartphone apps often but aren't so happy with them
Despite their high-tech image, Rivian and Lucid fell short in charging functionality, app speed, and general content, according to J.D. Power.
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Volta plans to build its futuristic-looking electric trucks in the US, teases truck-as-a-service offering
Volta plans to deploy a pilot fleet of 100 trucks for U.S. customer evaluation, starting in Los Angeles in 2023, then will make trucks in the U.S. with a partner in 2024-2025.
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Lucid raises prices effective June 1, but no price hike for reservation-holders
Lucid has more than 30,000 reservations, and still plans to make 12,000 to 14,000 vehicles at its Arizona plant in 2022.
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You'll get consistent road-trip fast-charging in about a half-hour with 150-kw CCS hardware—most of the time not much slower than the finicky performance on 350-kw hardware.
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Report: Tesla adds swiveling screen to yoke-equipped Model S
Tesla recently gave the Model S (and Model X) a significant interior update that included a steering yoke, but it hasn't confirmed the swiveling screen.
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Entire US Volvo lineup for 2023 is mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or EV
Volvo sees it as a step toward offering only pure electric vehicles by 2030 and being carbon-neutral by 2040.
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Fisker 550-mile electric sports car teased, due in 2024
The electric startup will show a prototype form of the sports car in August 2023, with production due in the second half of 2024.
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2023 Polestar 2: Single-motor up to nearly $50,000, 260-mile range expected for dual-motor
Polestar claims range improvements and a lower carbon footprint from the use of renewable energy in the manufacturing process.
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Electrify America claims more than five times the charging sessions in 2021 vs. 2020
Electrify America dispensed 41.4 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2021, which the company said powered 145 million miles of EV driving and offset 5.7 million gallons of gasoline.
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