Electric Cars
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An electric truck from Fisker might offer a countertake to the Tesla Cybertruck, with an edgy design but focus on efficiency.
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Ford Mustang Mach-E: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021The Mustang Mach-E is the first non-Tesla SUV to hit 300 miles, and with pony-car heritage cues it takes electric cars somewhere new.
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Chinese-built Tesla Model 3 ranks high in quality surveyThe Tesla Model 3 was rated second best in a J.D. Power quality survey from the Chinese market—a much better result than vehicles from Tesla's California plant.
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With electric trucks and SUVs coming, is it time to reevaluate what a green car means?Going fully electric is good, but do the plus-sized battery packs of upcoming electric trucks still make them worth pointing to as green picks?
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Polestar 2: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021 finalistThe Polestar 2 electric car was engineered partly in Sweden and is made in China; with emphases on sustainability and performance, it's intriguing but expensive.
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2020 hindsight: What did Leaf, Volt, and other best green cars of 2010 teach us?Ten years later, plug-in hybrids like the Chevy Volt are still struggling to achieve that model's functionality and popularity, but the Nissan Leaf was the start of something big.
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It's a carryover year for Nissan's original electric car, while the company preps for an Ariya in its future.
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Pedestrians beware: Update enables Tesla owners to create their own horn soundsA software update gives Tesla owners the ability to change their horn sounds for those outside the car, including fart sounds.
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Startup aims to be a Carfax for EVs, with battery health reportsWith a connected-services account, Recurrent will track your battery's condition, providing a bill of health that could boost trade-in or resale value.
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Lexus details dual-motor drive tech for future hybrids and electric carsA dual-motor, all-wheel-drive system called DIRECT4 aims for sportier driving dynamics and could propel both hybrids and EVs later this decade.
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Electric self-driving Apple car reportedly to use next-level battery tech in 2024Apple is planning to launch an electric car in 2024 with radical new battery tech, Reuters reported Monday. Despite an apparent slowdown in what is sometimes referred to as "Project Titan," the iPhone maker is moving ahead with plans for a complete car that will be sold to consumers, according to...
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VW is launching ID.4 electric SUV on up-front value and ownership costs, not tech potentialInitial ownership-cost numbers will be emphasized as VW positions the ID.4 electric vehicle as an alternative to gasoline and hybrid rivals.
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With some used parts as well as some off-the-shelf ones, Rich Benoit built an electric Mini Cooper for less than $3,000, not counting very many labor hours.
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Survey: 7 out of 10 Americans see an EV in the future, want more vehicle choices and chargingRespondents in a Consumer Reports survey want more EV choices, and about half said that there aren't enough charging stations for electric cars.
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Canoo's $33,000 electric delivery van aims for efficiency and ownership costsThe van uses the same "skateboard" platform as the Canoo passenger vehicle revealed last year, with an estimated range of up to 230 miles.
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Report: Toyota CEO claims EVs worsen CO2 emissions, pushes back on proposed ICE bansToyota is far from bullish about the potential of electric vehicles over the next few years—at least in its home market of Japan.
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EV battery pack prices fell 13% in 2020, some are already below $100/kwhLithium-ion battery pack prices have again fallen at a faster rate than might have been anticipated years ago. That will result in more affordable EVs, sooner.
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Hyundai Kona Electric and Nexo fuel-cell SUV recalled for brake issueA potential issue with the brake booster could cause Kona Electric and Nexo models to exhibit reduced braking power; the solution is a software update.
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The wallbox could help electric cars serve as a backup power source for homes, or as a way to integrate battery-electric vehicles with the grid.
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Lordstown Endurance electric pickup will spawn electric RV project with Camping WorldThe companies plan to build a Class C electric RV based on the skateboard chassis and platform of the Lordstown Endurance electric pickup.
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Mercedes-Benz confirms two electric SUVs for Alabama production in 2022The Alabama factory will build an SUV variant of the previously-teased EQS electric luxury sedan, as well as a second electric SUV called EQE, beginning in 2022.
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First drive review: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV redefines the pony carThe Mach-E is the first non-Tesla to be able to hit 300 miles of range in some forms; we take a first drive in a Premium 4X version rated at 270 miles.
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Subaru electric crossover: How it could take form in 2021A joint-development venture with Toyota will result in a Forester-size EV, to be potentially shown in prototype form in 2021.
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Geely's Zero EV project is already a prototype: 435-mile range, deliveries in 2021Volvo and Polestar vehicles are expected with some of the same underpinnings, expected to include a long-life 800-volt battery.
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