Electric Cars
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Interior teaser shots of the production M-Byte electric SUV show the huge 48-inch dashboard screen from the concept vehicle, and more screens to boot.
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Honda E battery specs confirmedThe Honda E will pack a 35.5-kilowatt-hour battery good for 125 miles of range.
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Tesla Model X joins Australian police fleetA Tesla Model X in the state of Victoria is the first electric police car in Australia.
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2019 Audi e-tron recalled for poor battery sealThe 2019 Audi e-tron has been recalled for a potentially defective battery seal that may allow moisture into the battery that could cause it to short circuit.
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Rivians will be able to charge each other, auxiliary battery packs confirmedWith an auxiliary battery charge and sharing between vehicles, the Rivian R1T electric pickup will be more flexible with battery charging than other EVs.
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Toyota accelerates target for EV with solid-state battery to 2020Toyota will launch 10 battery-electric cars within the first half of the next decade.
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Rimac, the Croatian EV tech supplier and supercar maker, is back with the second episode of its in-depth facility tour. While the first episode looked at design and engineering processes, episode two is all about the manufacturing process. It's a marvel to see, knowing that Rimac started with CEO Mate Rimac in a garage only a decade ago. Today, the company employs 500 people to help build components for customers and its own supercars. What's truly mesmerizing is to see how hands-on processes are inside Rimac. For example, Mr. Rimac takes viewers through the molding stage and how it selects...
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Rivian R1T will feature optional slide-out kitchenIn May we saw EV startup Rivian show off a rather nifty R1T pickup-based concept at the Overland Expo West in Flagstaff, Arizona. The electric truck concept featured a slide-out kitchen, and apparently, the company plans to make it a production option. On Twitter, Rivian's official handle replied...
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Karma snags former Rolls-Royce designer Andreas ThurnerThe man who penned the Rolls-Royce Ghost has been charged with designing Karma's next-generation EVs.
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NEVS buys developer of in-wheel electric motorsSwedish electric car startup NEVS is working a range of cars that could feature in-wheel motors.
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Karma expanding US reach, plans global launch by 2020Karma is ready to grow from a startup to a major EV manufacturer rivaling Tesla.
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The mighty Mini Cooper S E electric car can tug a cargo planeMini hooked its upcoming Mini Cooper S E to a Boeing 777F cargo plane and pulled it a short distance to prove that small electric cars can be muscular.
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The Volkswagen ID R set a new electric car lap record at the Nürburgring with a time of 6:05.33, besting the Nio EP9 by more than 40 seconds.
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Karma shares how it designed and built the SC1 Vision EV conceptKarma, the automaker born from the ashes of the original Fisker, debuted two stunning concept cars during April's Auto Shanghai 2019. The Chinese-backed, California-based company wanted to give fans a little more insight into how it designed and built one of them, however. A series of videos detail...
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Tour the Rimac facilities with Mr. Rimac himselfCroatian EV tech supplier and supercar maker Rimac has seen a wild growth since the company truly began in 2011. Like all good startups, founder and CEO Mate Rimac began the company in his own garage. Today, Rimac's workforce sits at over 500 employees from just one guy in a garage. To mark Rimac's...
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A closer look at the VW ID R electric race car's charging systemFor its Nürburgring electric car record attempt, the pair of batteries in the VW ID R race car are charged in about 20 minutes by two fast chargers that transfer electricity at a rate of 90 kw each.
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2020 Porsche Taycan spy shots and videoThe Porsche Taycan is now just months away from its debut, with the automaker confirming the covers will come off in September 2019.
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Opel's first car post GM is the 2020 Corsa-e electric hatchOpel has gone electric with its redesigned Corsa hatch, the first car developed entirely post the brand's sale by GM to to PSA Group.
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Audi's chairman confirmed that the small car would give way to an electrified version with a similar spirit.
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Apple reportedly made a bid for Tesla in 2013, might still be interestedOne could argue that Tesla is viewed as the Apple of the auto industry, even though the financial performance of each company is vastly different. But with the convergence of the auto and tech industries continuing to accelerate, could there be a case for the two companies to be merged? It seems...
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Additional colors for Honda E revealed as reservations openEuropean residents can now reserve a Honda E ahead of start of deliveries in spring 2020.
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Green cooking machine: Rivian R1T Overland concept sports a kitchenElectric vehicle startup Rivian showed the R1T Overland concept over the weekend with a fold-out kitchen and camp stove that can run on the vehicle's battery.
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Karma presents 2020 Revero GT in North America, announces battery-electric platformKarma is focused on extended-range electric cars at present but the company is readying a battery-electric platform for 2021.
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Decision on pure electric BMW i8 reportedly coming soonBMW is keen to bring an electric sports car into the fold to serve as the brand's halo model. It's something we've been hearing for a while but know the automaker is close to making a decision.
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