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The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV has received largely positive reviews for the production version unveiled last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And as the first affordable 200-mile electric car, expected to go on sale before the end of this year, it will likely reset consumer expectations of what an electric car can be. But having a long-range electric car is just one piece of the puzzle. DON'T MISS: To Be Successful, Electric Cars Need Intercity Fast Charging: Opinion Another is the need for a pervasive DC quick-charging network so that car can be used outside its home radius...
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Faraday Future Shows FFZero1 Concept, But What Did We Learn?
Mysterious startup carmaker Faraday Future has now revealed the FFZERO1 concept, a supercar built to demonstrate the flexibility of its modular electric-car architecture. The Variable Platform Architecture, or VPA, is essentially a skateboard design with a flat battery pack, a motor on one or both...
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BMW i Future Interaction Concept At CES Hints At i8 Spyder (Again)
BMW showed a second i8 convertible concept at CES.
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Volkswagen Budd-e Concept: 373-Mile, All-Electric Van Signals The Future
On the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Volkswagen has revealed the Budd-e concept, a vehicle that follows up on some of the purpose and utility of the Microbus, yet looks to the next decade, as a compelling template for an all-electric family vehicle. The Budd-e Concept, in many ways...
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CES Preview: VW Budd.e Concept, Chevy Bolt EV, Faraday, Ford Mystery, And More
The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show will be a big one for cars.
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Long-Range Electric VW 'Budd.e' Concept To Debut At CES (UPDATED)--Video
The rumor of an electric Volkswagen Bus concept to be shown at next month's Consumer Electronics Show first appeared in September, just before the VW diesel emission scandal erupted. In the wake of a pledge to boost its vehicle electrification efforts, Volkswagen has now confirmed that it will show...
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Mild-hybrid systems could proliferate as carmakers work to improve fuel economy, supplier Delphi says.
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Faraday Future Electric Car Concept Coming To 2016 CES
Faraday Future plans to launch an electric production car in 2017.
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2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV: Production Version To Appear At CES
The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV will appear in production-ready form at CES, a new report says.
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New VW Bus Concept Coming To CES, Electric Power For Production Version?
Volkswagen is reportedly considering a new version of its classic Type 2 "Bus."
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CES 2015: 3 Things We Learned From Mercedes, Ford, Audi, Toyota & More
The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show took over Las Vegas this week, and more than ever, we’ve been given a glimpse into how the automotive industry may evolve and advance, technologically. We scoured the convention halls in Sin City—trust us, with all the techies in town, the biggest sin...
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Tesla Model X Appears At CES: Video Walkaround
The Tesla Model X makes an appearance at CES 2015.
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ChargePoint, which operates a network of public charging stations for plug-in electric cars, announced today that it would offer a home charging station this summer. The ChargePoint Home, as it's logically dubbed, has a sleek modern design--and it's compact, at only about the size of a tablet device, the company says. DON'T MISS: Tax Breaks Back For Electric-Car Charging Stations, Natural-Gas Cars, Through End Of Year (Dec 2014) Announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the home charging station can be installed inside or outdoors. It uses the standard 240-Volt Level 2...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Breaks Cover At CES Last Night (Photos)
One week from today, the new 2016 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car will be unveiled in Detroit. But Chevy has been teasing the new car since August, releasing a partial image here, a powertrain tutorial there, and GM's largest brand did it again yesterday at the Consumer Electronics Show...
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Toyota FCV Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Test Cars, Concept Shown At CES
Toyota revealed a bit more about its plans to offer a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle for sale next year, at a press event held today at the opening of the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company sounded a confident note on the prospects for electric vehicles that use power generated...
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Ford C-Max Solar Energi Concept: Using The Sun To Charge Electric Car
Solar power has proven itself better for static charging than it has for on-vehicle use, even if Australia's Solar Challenge race has shown solar cars to be possible under certain, very specific conditions. The trouble is, electric cars draw too much power and take up too small an area for solar...
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Audi Sport Quattro Laserlight Plug-In Hybrid Concept To Premiere At CES
Most modern concept cars are lightly glitzed-up versions of the cars we'll see on the streets in subsequent years, but every so often an automaker develops a concept simply to show off its future technology. That's certainly the case with the Audi Sport Quattro Laserlight plug-in hybrid concept...
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Rent A Tesla For $25/Hour, Just Plan Your Charging Carefully
The all-electric Tesla Roadster is probably the world's best advertisement for electric cars. While crude, cramped, and expensive, its 0-to-60-mph time of 3.9 seconds will make a convert out of any electric skeptic. But thus far, Tesla Motors has built only 1,500 Roadsters, and the car was always...
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Until recently, getting Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) installed in your home required you to go directly to the manufacturers of the equipment, or buy direct from your electric car dealer. But in a deal announced today at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, Ford and Best Buy announced that they were revolutionising the way electric car owners shopped for their EVSE. Coinciding with the unveiling of Ford’s 2012 Focus Electric, the Level 2 240-volt Ford-branded home charging station will be capable of providing up to 32-amps of current, providing the Ford Focus Electric with...
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2012 Ford Focus Electric Unveiled by CEO at CES
Earlier this week Ford hinted on the social media network site Facebook that it had plans to unveil an all-electric car at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. From the shots it released, we guessed the announcement would include an all-electric Focus. As suspected, Ford CEO Allan...
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Ford Teases All-New 2012 Focus Electric With Facebook Photos
The automotive industry can be like a good telenovela—lots of teasers and to be continued endings. That is exactly what we have on our hands right now with the latest images released by Ford. What do they depict? The all-new 2012 Ford Focus Electric. What do we know for sure? Only tidbits...
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Ford Releases Focus Electric Teaser Ahead of CES Launch
Does the future of electric cars lie in the gadget world? Ford thinks so. So much so, it will launch an electric car at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday. How did it announce this? By posting some teaser photos on social networking site Facebook, of course. From the photos...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield