Tag: electric
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FIRST LOOK: Alpha WOLF electric pick-up truck – cooler than a Tesla Cybertruck or Rivian R1T?
This is the Alpha WOLF electric pick-up truck, and if you’ve never heard of the company let alone the car, that’s entirely understandable. It’s a Californian EV startup that started making waves last year when it released rendering. But now there’s a real one. One Top Gear Magazine’s Jack Rix can look, touch, and sit…
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Inside Bhavish Aggarwal’s bold dream to make India a global hub for electric vehicle production
In the past few months, even as Bengaluru was slowly recovering from the brutality inflicted by COVID-19, about 140 km away, at a large factory spread across 500 acres of land, there is hope being engineered. More precisely, around 4,000 workers have been toiling away relentlessly to ensure Ola Future Factory is ready to manufacture…
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Unlocking India’s $1 trillion SaaS opportunity
India could be on the cusp of unlocking a $1 trillion opportunity for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, creating nearly half a million new jobs by 2030, according to a report titled ‘Shaping India’s SaaS Landscape’ by SaaSBOOMi, in association with McKinsey. To be clear, software accounts for 20 percent of the total enterprise spending on technology…
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Just like EVs, electric bicycles could come with tax credits to lower prices
E-bike can mean more than just “electric bicycle.” The “Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment” — or E-BIKE — Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate last month. A companion bill, also called the E-BIKE Act, was brought to the U.S. House of Representatives back in February. They share the same goal: Get more…
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Auto component makers ‘invite’ Tesla to make parts locally
India’s $46-billion auto component industry has ‘invited’ Tesla to make parts locally in response to the American carmaker’s request for tax concessions on fully imported electric vehicles ahead of their local launch.Deepak Jain, president of the Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), said with the government committing itself to a phased manufacturing plan (PMP) and the…
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Take a sneak peek at Ford F-150 Lightning’s flashy dashboard screen
Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup truck will display more than just how much charge is left on an electric battery. Inside, the digital experience on the 15-inch screen front and center of the electric truck will liven up charging, lighting, and towing with animations, high-res graphics, and even some gamification. It’s a different direction from most…
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POLESTAR PRECEPT: is this recycling-obsessed EV the ultimate Tesla Model S rival? | Top Gear
The European answers to Tesla’s mighty electric Model S four-door sedan are coming. Volvo’s electric Polestar offshoot reckons it’s got what it takes to rock planet EV – by saving it one recycled piece of plastic at a time. The shark-like Precept previews the look of Polestar’s future flagship model (let’s call it the new…
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Tesla and local EV makers are eclipsing legacy auto in China’s electric car segment
It appears that making electric cars that people want to buy is not so easy, after all. This is a hard lesson that is currently being learned by veteran automakers like Volkswagen and Toyota, both of whom are being vastly outperformed in China by Tesla and the country’s homegrown premium EV makers. China is the…
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Luxe car companies go electric together
Arch-rivals of yore are now frenemies in India. “Welcome Audi E-Tron to our electric car company,” Mercedes-Benz India tweeted on Thursday.Such bonhomie is rare between Mercedes-Benz and Audi. In the Indian automobile industry, it is viewed as a significant change of stance by the two German luxury-car makers, as they bend backwards to entice customers…
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Teslas are basic now but many Musk stans don’t want to accept that
A shiny Tesla doesn’t turn heads anymore, at least here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Teslas have become so commonplace that the once-elusive electric vehicles don’t feel that special. This may be specific to California, the most popular state for Tesla purchases and EVs in general, along with a few other EV-heavy states like…