Tag: electric cars
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Electric car battery production causes less CO2 emissions than once thought: study
The traditional anti-Tesla debate resisted that CO2 emissions from battery powered manufacturing interrupts the positive ecological effect of electrical vehicles may have been disproven once and for all. This comes following the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, one of the companies accountable for the first anti-EV maintain, performed a study which revealed a result that…
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Tesla Drivers Stranded In Half-Mile-Long Queue To Charge Cars
ViralHog Tesla drivers possess the moral high ground in regards to helping the environment, but heaps of them likely found it hard to feel smug as they sat to charge their cars. The unfortunate backlog was spotted in Kettleman City, California, over Thanksgiving weekend, so when what looked like almost every Tesla motorist in the…
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Lego mocks Tesla with “guaranteed shatterproof” brick model of Cybertruck
Toy firm Lego has reacted to the launch of Tesla’s Cybertruck by discussing an image of a automobile made by a single plastic brick. The Danish toy manufacturer made the very simple model automobile to ditch the blocky Cybertruck electric pickup truck, that was introduced by Elon Musk past week. Lego submitted the image of this automobile made from a…
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Tesla to benefit as California takes stand against GM, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler
The State of California has declared they’ll stop buying gas-powered sedans, and may quit buying vehicles from any manufacturers who have not agreed to comply with the state’s rules regarding vehicle emissions. In an emailed statement to CalMatters.org, California Governor Gavin Newsom explained that “The nation is now making the wise move away from internal…
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James May gears up to pit his new Tesla vs a Hydrogen Toyota Mirai
Former Top Gear host and Model S proprietor James May will compare his brand new corded Tesla Condo to his latest order: a Toyota Mirai, also a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (HFCEV). The Toyota Mirai is the Japanese automaker’s hydrogen fuel sedan and has been unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Toyota has…
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Rivian highlights startup culture with purpose in behind the scenes video
Electric auto startup Rivian released a video showcasing its electric vehicle mission, together with the second its manufacturing team in Irvine, California were able to view the very first release candidate of this all-electric R1T pickup truck which will begin production in 2020. The movie titled “This can be Rivian” displays the “World’so called First…
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Watch Out Tesla: Porsche Unveils Its First-Ever Electric Car
Porsche chose Niagara Falls, a Chinese wind farm and a solar site in Germany to unveil its first all-electric sports car, underscoring the new Taycan’s central role in turning parent Volkswagen AG into the world’s leading seller of battery-powered vehicles. After a bumpy start for sister brand Audi’s e-Tron, the Taycan, expected to be priced at around $90,000,…
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The 2020 Chevy Bolt EV now has a 259-mile range thanks to some cell chemistry tinkering
The 2020 Chevy Bolt EV now has 259 miles of array, a 9% growth from previous year versions of the hatchback, as stated by the EPA. The business focused on mobile chemistry, not the battery pack to get there. Even the GM brand didn’t include more battery cells or change the battery pack or the…
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Electric Car Gold Rush: The Auto Industry Charges Into China
In a drab industrial zone of western Shanghai, amid factories that each year crank out hundreds of thousands of gasoline-powered cars, transmissions, and engines, the world’s largest automaker is racing to finish a new sort of plant, one that will produce a car unlike any it has made before. The 74-acre facility will have a…
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First half of 2019: Statistics show BMW’s electric strength in Europe
Electric cars have been on everyone’s lips for years and are getting more and more prevalent on the streets. BMW is definitely one of the pioneers and despite the understanding has been suggested in the marketplace for electric cars and plug-in hybrids. At the first half of 2019, the electrified BMW models made a substantial…