Eric C. Evarts, Contributor
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Mercedes-Benz has begun producing the first of its EQ line of electric cars in Europe with the EQC 400 SUV.
The company has announced that it plans to build 10 new EQ electric cars by 2022, and other...
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Tesla gets (more) real with online pricing, downplays gas-price gameIt came as something of a breakthrough on Monday when Tesla updated its website to, nearly, put cash prices for its cars up front in its Design Studio—where potential buyers go to configure the...
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What matters most when fast-charging an electric car on a road trip? Twitter poll resultsLast week, after being deluged with comments about our long-distance drive in an Audi E-tron, we asked our audience what parameters are most important to them when fast-charging on a road trip.
Audi,...
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Volkswagen ID R record, Hyundai Kona Hybrid, dual home charger: Today's Car NewsThe Volkswagen ID R set another record for electric cars. Hyundai announced a Kona Hybrid for Europe. Our writer ran into an emergency when even a long-range electric car couldn't do what was needed....
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Home station from Clipper Creek will charge two EVsUpdate: This story has been udpated to correct the typical range calculation from overnight 16-amp charging.
Every new electric car needs a charge point. For many years since the introduction of EVs,...
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Volkswagen ID R sets new EV lap record at NürburgringVolkswagen's new ID R electric race car continues setting records.
After obliterating the record climbing Pikes Peak—not just for electric cars, but for all cars—last June, on Monday, the...
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Hyundai announced on Monday that it will introduce a new hybrid version of its Kona small SUV in Europe.
The model follows the standard Kona and the Kona Electric, which went on sale in Europe last...
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Tesla pickup details, no diesels too many, NYC clean taxis, extension cords: Today's Car News
In a podcast over the weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk released a few more details about the Tesla Pickup. A report shows higher-mpg taxis have had a beneficial effect on New York City air quality. US...
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Musk teases Tesla truck, opens Chinese Model 3 orders at lower priceIn an appearance on a "Ride the Lightning" unofficial Tesla podcast this weekend, CEO Elon Musk got a little more specific about the company's highly-anticipated upcoming pickup truck.
He confirmed...
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Too many British EV owners charge with extension cords. Do you? Take our Twitter pollEvery automaker that builds electric cars states clearly warns against using extension cords to charge their cars.
Yet a new British survey of 1,500 owners shows that three-quarters of them do,...
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NYC taxi mpg requirements also cut pollution, study confirmsNew York City's efforts a decade ago to clean up pollution from old taxi models has worked—mostly—a new study shows.
The study, by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of...
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Rolls-Royce guns for electric airplane speed recordWhen most people think of Rolls-Royce, they think of ultra-luxury cars, not airplanes.
But a separate Rolls-Royce, spun off of the automaker in 1971, makes aircraft engines. And that company plans to...
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China threatens to tax key electric-car ingredients in the expanding trade war. Republicans and Democrats are surprisingly unified about electric cars in the U.S. And British Columbia is doing its...
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British Columbia bans most gasoline and diesel cars after 2040British Columbia has followed through on a plan to ban sales of new gasoline and diesel cars starting in 2040.
On Wednesday, the province passed the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act, which requires that...
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EVs could get more expensive as US trade war heats upAs the U.S. government's trade war with China heats up, it looks like it soon might spill over into electric cars.
Chinese state-run media outlets have begun threatening that the government will...
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Sea level rise by 2100 could be double previous estimates, scientists predictThe consequences of global warming could be twice as bad as previously suggested, according to a new report published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Using new...
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Tesla Model S update, Model Y decision, Nissan Leaf ad, Nio delays: Today's Car NewsA new ad likens the Nissan Leaf to a wingsuit. Chinese startup automaker Nio will delay introducing a car in the U.S. beyond 2020. Chevron staged a campaign to lobby against new EV chargers in...
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Chinese automaker GAC teams up with Nio for EV, postpones US launchNio last week announced a joint venture with state automaker GAC to sell electric cars in China.
It's especially of interest in the U.S. because both companies have their sights set on selling...
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Astroturf lobbying organizations have been a fixture of the EV opposition and anti-climate-action movement—indeed of American politics—for a long time.
A new report in the Arizona...
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VW's batteries, Bosch's pivot from diesel, US climate change reports: Today's Car NewsThe Trump administration takes aim at the government reports that justify climate action. Volkswagen struggles to secure enough batteries for its mass-market EVs. German diesel supplier Bosch plans...
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What kind of EV incentives are most effective? Twitter poll resultsLast week, we looked at how Norway went from subsidizing the sale of a few electric cars to making it normal to buy an electric car, and wondered how they did it.
It took not only tax abatements and...
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Trump administration takes aim at National Climate AssessmentAs the Trump administration works to reverse efforts across the government to reduce climate change, the biggest thorn in its side has perhaps been the quadrennial National Climate Assessment, a...
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$50 billion VW battery plan could need revamp after Samsung cuts backVolkswagen, with its plan to build 22 million new electric cars across 70 models by 2030, is ground-zero for concerns over battery supplies.
As more automakers get serious about building lots of...
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Byton details, GM chargers, Opel electric, what readers want in fast charging: Today's Car NewsGM is planning an electric-car charging network. Chinese self-driving electric-car startup reveals more details about its upcoming models. Opel announces its first independent electric car. And our...
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