Electric
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Cadillac’s ELR has been on the market for a little over a year but an updated version of the car could be revealed very soon. It’s no secret that the ELR hasn’t been selling well but some worthwhile updates are coming, according to a report out this week. Edmunds, citing Cadillac spokesman David Caldwell, is reporting that the ELR will receive some "engineering enhancements" for the 2016 model year. No details of the updates were mentioned but they could be related to features destined for the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Volt. The ELR shares its powertrain with the current Volt...
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Formula E Electric Car Championship Starts Tomorrow
Tomorrow, motorsport enters a new era with the first ever sanctioned electric car race set to take place. We’re talking about the new Formula E Championship, whose inaugural season gets underway tomorrow in Beijing and will feature 10 events hosted all around the globe. The final race will...
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Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Autonomous Tech Coming In Three Years
Earlier this week, General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] announced it will launch a Cadillac model for the 2017 model year that will be capable of driving autonomously in certain situations. Of course, many other automakers are planning similar technology, including the new kid on the block, Tesla...
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Watch The Tesla Model S-Based Saleen Foursixteen Burn Rubber: Video
Whether you like it or not, the performance car of the future will feature some form of electrification for its drivetrain. And in some cases, there won’t be any internal combustion engine whatsoever. That doesn’t mean the aggressive sound performance cars are known for will be...
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Tesla Picks Nevada For Gigafactory Site: Official
The competition for Tesla Motors' massive battery Gigafactory is over.
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Tesla Model S Drivetrain Warranty Extended to 8 Years, Matching Battery Pack
Tesla will extend the Model S warranty to eight years and unlimited mileage for the 85-kWh version.
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After first announcing plans for an electric car last December, Saleen Automotive has finally revealed its zero-emission project, a modified version of the Tesla Model S dubbed the Saleen FourSixteen. Saleen, made famous by a string of high-performance Ford Mustangs as well as its own S7 supercar, revealed the FourSixteen over the weekend at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. DON'T MISS: One-Off BMW i8 Sells For $825,000 At Pebble Beach The car is based on the range-topping P85 version of the Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] sedan and features enhanced performance, technology, and design...
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Tesla Looks To Hire Hackers To Beat Hackers
The technological advancement of vehicles means the risk of hackers infiltrating myriad electronic systems becomes ever greater. For car companies, the onus is on them to ensure their vehicles are secure—preventing their customers becoming a target for the less salubrious members of society...
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Renovo Coupe Is All-Electric Beauty... And The Beast: Video
Silicon Valley is typically considered to be on the cutting edge of the technological world. Still, it's not exactly the type of place you'd expect to find a car company that's mindful of the past. Those exist in places like Southern California and Detroit, and that's it. Well, that thinking would...
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Loryc Electric Speedster Is A Whole New Kind Of Retro
A name from the 1920s is back to build electric cars.
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Tesla Model S-Based Saleen FourSixteen Heads To Pebble Beach
Saleen's modified Tesla is called the FourSixteen.
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Why Your Electric Car May Talk To Your Utility Behind Your Back: It'll Save You Money
Cars are remarkably dumb and uncommunicative objects. They only started having any situational awareness of what's around them--other vehicles in the blind spot, for instance--a few years ago. And they still don't talk to each other. Electric cars--which usually pioneer a whole lot of...
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Panasonic will provide funding and equipment for Tesla's massive factory.
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Tesla Model S Hacked In Chinese Contest
As cars become increasingly computerized, it's hard to ignore that, like your home computer, it's a target for hackers all around the world. Chinese computer security conference SyScan recently promised a $10,000 reward to anyone who had the skills to hack into Tesla Motors' [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S...
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Nürburgring Proves Too Much For Tesla Model S: Video
Standard road cars used to be rather hopeless at tackling race circuits. Tires and brakes overheat, vast expanses of asphalt can make even brisk cars feel quite slow, and road-biased suspension means cornering felt like negotiating the Pacific ocean in an inflatable raft. MUST SEE: Lamborghini...
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Mahindra Racing's Bruno Senna Talks Formula E: Video
The inaugural season of Formula E electric car racing is now just a couple of months away from the opening race in Beijing, and testing of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E race car common to all teams is well underway at Donington Park in the U.K. In the video above, former Formula One driver Bruno Senna...
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nanoFLOWCELL-Powered Quant e-Limo Approved For German Road Trials
So many companies claim to have developed the future of road car propulsion that those making genuine strides run the risk of being ignored. Luckily, German firm Quant is avoiding such a fate, as its innovative 'flow-cell'-powered vehicle has just been approved for real-world testing by the German...
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Tesla Hacking Contest Features $10,000 Prize
Think you have what it takes to hack into a Tesla Model S electric car? If you're attending the SyScan conference in Beijing next week, then you'll be eligible to have a go—and there's a $10,000 prize in it for the winner. DON'T MISS: Video Emerges Showing Lamborghini Gallardo Destroyed By...
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When it comes to electric vehicles, both BMW and Mercedes-Benz have, to some extent, got the hard part out of the way. Each has designed and produced, and started selling its own lineup of electric cars. As far as infrastructure is concerned though, automakers have been keen to work together and spread costs, rather than competing directly. The latest such partnership between BMW and Daimler, Mercedes' parent company, aims to develop the concept of wireless charging for electric vehicles. Each automaker sees it as the next step forward for the electric vehicle industry. MUST SEE: Lamborghini...
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Exagon Furtive-eGT Electric Sports Car Revealed In Production Trim
French electric sports car startup Exagon, a spinoff of the Exagon Engineering motorsport firm, first presented its Furtive-eGT in concept form at the 2010 Paris Auto Show. Exagon started taking orders for the car soon after the debut and since then a handful have reportedly made their way into...
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Stolen Tesla Police Chase Ends In Massive, Fiery Wreck, Splits Model S In Half: Video
The Tesla Model S is, undeniably, the best electric car to date. It has also been the subject of some fear-mongering about fire. But looking at the scenes of destruction from a police chase of a stolen Tesla Model S in West Hollywood last night (video below), it’s hard to imagine any car that...
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First Formula E Test Sees Sebastien Buemi Top The Charts: Video
All-electric formula racing is coming soon, in the form of the FIA’s Formula E Championship. The first official test for the series and the cars was held today at Donington Park in the U.K. Above is a video showing earlier testing on a very wet day. Fastest in the new Spark-Renault SRT_01E...
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Detroit Electric Announces Further Details, U.K. Production
The reborn Detroit Electric is becoming a truly global automaker—at least in terms of its conception and production. The firm still lists its headquarters in Motor City itself, but now has a European base in the Netherlands and has announced that production will take place in Leamington Spa...
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Ford’s 1.0-Liter EcoBoost Gets Engine Of The Year Gong, Ferrari Takes Performance Title
Ford’s 1.0-liter EcoBoost three-cylinder engine has been named 2014 International Engine of the Year for an unprecedented third consecutive year. The tiny engine, which is already available in the Fiesta and coming soon to the Focus, managed to beat designs from the likes of Ferrari, McLaren...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran