If Americans won’t ditch trucks and SUVs even in the face of disastrous climate change, maybe it’s time those vehicles went electric.
That’s what Rivian Automotive is working on. The company revealed its all-electric R1S SUV on Tuesday; a boxie…
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Volkswagen’s all-electric race car shatters records on the uphill Pikes Peak
For the last 100 years, cars have been setting records on top of Colorado’s Pikes Peak.
Another record has been broken this year, but this time it comes courtesy of a specially-designed electric race car developed by Volkswagen, the I.D. R Pikes Peak…
Self-driving buses are being tested in China and they’re the largest of their kind yet
A small fleet of self-driving public buses has started running on the roads of China’s tech district of Shenzhen, Guangdong.
The four buses are currently on trial, and will run over three stops on a public road about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) long.
But where …
Adorable Tesla phone charger is perfect for your desk
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Tesla has figured out the perfect way for its users to show off their allegiance to its electric cars.
It’s started selling the cutest desktop versions of its supercharger stations, only the miniaturised ones are for juicing up your phone.
Tesla says in the item description, that the $45 charger is printed from the same 3D CAD data used for the actual car charging stations, in order to be an exact scale model of the real thing.
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In addition to the desktop charger, Tesla’s also carrying a power bank made to look like its supercharger monument. Read more…
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The timeless VW Beetle is about to step into the future.
Volkswagen is considering plans for an electric Beetle, according to VW’s chairman Herbert Diess.
Speaking to Autocar, Diess said that the company was “actively considering” plans for an electric Beetle as part of a range of zero-emissions cars.
He also added that if an electric successor would be made, it would actually be a throwback to the original rear-wheel drive Beetle.
“If we wanted to do a Beetle, electrically it would be much better than today’s model, much closer to history, because it could be rear-wheel drive,” said Diess. Read more…
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The beloved VW Beetle is about to go electric
The timeless VW Beetle is about to step into the future.
Volkswagen is considering plans for an electric Beetle, according to VW’s chairman Herbert Diess.
Speaking to Autocar, Diess said that the company was “actively considering” plans for an electric Beetle as part of a range of zero-emissions cars.
He also added that if an electric successor would be made, it would actually be a throwback to the original rear-wheel drive Beetle.
“If we wanted to do a Beetle, electrically it would be much better than today’s model, much closer to history, because it could be rear-wheel drive,” said Diess. Read more…
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3 electric car companies you should know about
Today’s transportation industry presents some of the most exciting possibilities for the future: Technologies like autonomous vehicles, electric cars, and the Hyperloop promise to liven up even the most mundane morning commute.
Around the globe, many…
China’s Uber is going to build a charging network to cover millions of electric cars
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Didi Chuxing, which famously defeated Uber in China and conquered its huge domestic market, is planning to build an expansive charging network to support millions of electric cars.
The ride-hailing company has 21 million drivers, out of which 260,000 are driving electrics. That’s a mindbending one quarter share of the world’s entire two million EVs (electric vehicles) on the road — and Didi said it expects its EV fleet to hit one million in 2020.
On Thursday, Didi pledged that its planned charging network would be large enough to also support other EVs owned by members of the public. Read more…
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