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With a fleet test of the Freightliner eCascadia by real customers, Daimler Trucks will fine-tune its upcoming heavy-duty electric semi ahead of its official 2021 production start.
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Silicon wafer batteries promise lower cost, better stability
Building battery cells on silicon wafers could support current lithium chemistries with less degradation and tendencies toward fire.
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Honda packs its retro urban EV with a dash full of screens
The upcoming Honda E urban electric car, designed primarily for Europe, will have five different screens spanning the width of the dashboard.
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What's your favorite EV ad so far this year? Take our Twitter poll
We're asking our readers to choose which is the most effective among a set of recent electric car ads.
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Ad for 2020 Porsche Taycan: Building the grand vision, seeking renewable power?
A Porsche ad for the 2020 Taycan makes the Hoover Dam the backdrop for an ad attempting to distinguish this 800-volt electric car.
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Superchargers at the Strip: Tesla rolls out first entire V3 station in Las Vegas
Tesla has opened its first Supercharger DC fast-charging station that's entirely stocked with its higher-power V3 hardware.
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SparkCharge proposes to fill in charging-infrastructure gaps with portable DC fast charging, via a small modular system that's easy to transport.
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Can a funny ad with Arnold Schwarzenegger sell more EVs? Twitter poll results
We asked our readers whether an ad featuring the Governator, by the advocacy group Veloz, will help sell more electric cars.
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2020 Hyundai Sonata will emit less with new valve-duration tech
A wide range of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, starting with the 2020 Sonata, will be soon be getting engines with a next-generation valve system.
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Can a funny Arnold Schwarzenegger ad sell more electric cars? Take our Twitter poll
Does a new campaign featuring the actor and former California governor get it right on how to bring attention to electric cars?
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Volkswagen talks through Europe’s tough new emissions tests
In the aftermath of the diesel scandal, the VW Group explains the new European WLTP standards, which include various tailpipe tests.
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Tesla Model 3 transformed into DIY electric pickup
A YouTube star turned a new Tesla Model 3 into a compact pickup, and then filmed a fake ad for it "arriving nowhere."
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If there are two things you learn about police cars from watching cop shows on TV, it's that they should be both fast and stealthy to sneak quickly into sketchy situations. What better option than a Tesla Model X? That's what the police in the Australian state of Victoria are thinking at the moment, anyway. The Victoria police department just added a new right-hand drive Model X Long Range to its Highway Patrol fleet to see if it makes the grade. It's the first electric police car in Australia, though not the first Tesla police car worldwide. Tesla has been focusing on the police-cruiser...
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Fast Tesla chargers, Honda fuel cell recall, Rivian sharing: Today's Car News
Tesla has opened its first Version 3 Superchargers to all Tesla drivers. Honda has recalled 2017 and 2018 Clarity Fuel Cell vehicles. Illinois backtracks on its $1,000 registration fee for electric cars—but it'll still cost EV drivers. And Rivian reveals its trucks will have a new...
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No puncture, no pressure: GM could offer airless Michelin tire in 2024 EV
Michelin has introduced a prototype airless tire that will soon be tested on a Chevrolet Bolt EV fleet in Michigan.
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Volkswagen ID R sets new EV lap record at Nürburgring
Driven by Romain Dumas, the VW ID R electric racecar set a record time of 6:05:33 at Germany's demanding track.
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Electric car ads: Latest from Nissan and Audi take very different approaches
A new ad for the Nissan Leaf flies high but says little, while an Audi E-tron ad helps hash through common concerns.
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First all-electric airline could soar with converted old seaplanes
By land, by sea, and by air, battery power is expanding to drive all kinds of transportation. The most challenging of these modes may be air travel. It's harder to loft several thousand pounds of batteries into the air, to make them last potentially an hour or more. And if they run out of juice...
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The Aston Martin Rapide E just made its public debut sitting on a stand at the Shanghai auto show last month, but the company didn't wait long to show it off blasting around a track. The car appeared Saturday racing around the street circuit set up for the Formula E Monaco Grand Prix, which was run on Saturday on a shortened version of the Monaco Grand Prix track. DON'T MISS: 2020 Aston Martin Rapide E: Track-ready electric car shown at Shanghai The Rapide E is an electric car based on Aston Martin's Rapide four-door sports sedan, designed as a track-day car for wealthy buyers. It has 200...
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YouTube-famous Tesla rebuilder opens shop in "coopetition" with Tesla
Without dealerships, service has been a regular challenge for Tesla and its owners. Reports are so rampant about months-long wait times for Tesla service that CEO Elon Musk has acknowledged that addressing service complaints is his No. 1 priority for 2019, especially after the company's sales...
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1960 Henney Kilowatt electric car was a junction box of 20th century future
With the backing of utility companies and some leading engineers involved, the 1960 Henney Kilowatt could have been a turning point for electric cars.
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Epic electric road trip: After 3 years and 33 countries, it's a wrap
Wiebe Wakker took one very long drive in an electric car—for a total of 1119 days, covering 59,000 miles and traversing portions of 33 countries on the way from the Netherlands to Australia. It was, by just about any standard, an epic road trip. Wakker reached Sydney last Sunday, April 7, and...
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2019 Audi E-tron ads take aim at electric myths
The series of ads takes head on the myths about electric cars ahead of the Audi E-tron's arrival this year.
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Is hydrogen internal combustion a better idea than fuel cells?
Although hydrogen—and hydrogen fuel cells—could still play an important role in future transportation, even many hydrogen advocates will admit that hydrogen internal combustion probably won't. It certainly wasn’t always this way. About 15 years ago there was great hope in the idea...
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