Tag: reports
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Steelmakers Are Fighting Off Aluminum And Carbon Fiber By Going Lighter
Aluminum and carbon fiber used to restricted to high-end cars, but the materials have trickled down to trucks such as the Ford F-150 along with GMC Sierra. Bloomberg notes the shift to aluminum and carbon fiber was driven by increasing fuel economy standards and the desire to make cars lighter. This has pushed down demand…
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Updated Tesla Model S Due In September With Model 3-Inspired Interior And 400 Mile Range
Tesla makes adjustments to their lineup to a disorderly foundation, but it appears the Model S is about to have a substantial refresh. Citing many former and present employees, CNBC is reporting Tesla’so mill in Fremont, California has been ready to create the all-new Model Y and an upgraded Model S. The latter car is expected…
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Musk’s The Boring Company Wins Contract To Build Las Vegas Loop
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has won a contract to build a Loop system in Las Vegas. The Verge reports that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority voted on The Boring Company’s proposition on Wednesday in which they accepted the $48.6 million deal. The Loop system is going to be constructed especially for the…
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Select Tesla Superchargers To Cap Vehicle Charge To 80 Per Cent
Tesla is introducing a string of charging limitations at a few of its own Supercharger channels across the United States. Electrek were also tipped off to an internal memo sent to Tesla workers a week, which demonstrated that automobiles plugged will be restricted to 80 per cent bill at high-traffic channels in an attempt to…
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GM Is Planning Its Own Electric Vehicle Supercharger Network
Tesla has one of the vehicle charging networks from the United States, but it may soon get any competition from an unlikely source. According to CNN, General Motors and building giant Bechtel will associate to construct “thousands of electrical vehicle fast-charging channels across the United States. ” Details concerning the community are limited, but the…
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Ford Mach E Concept Reportedly Coming Later This Year
Ford has been teasing their Mustang-inspired electric crossover for what feels like an eternity, but we might finally get our first look at the version later this year. According to Autocar, the Blue Oval will present a concept before the year is out. The publication didn’t go into specifics, but suggested that the company could…
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Jaguar Design Boss Wants Future EVs To Follow I-Pace Recipe
According to Jaguar design manager Ian Callum, his firm ’s entry to the electric vehicle segment with the I-Pace was the ideal opportunity for him to make a special design before EVs started looking too much alike to one another. “There is definitely an opportunity in the near-future and mid-future because ultimately cars will look…
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Fuel Cell Car Prices Will Match Hybrids Within A Decade, Says Toyota
Toyota is a firm believer in fuel cell cars and is among the very few car manufacturers that currently provide such a car, the Mirai, right now. As with each ground breaking technology however, the Mirai isn’t exactly cheap nor widely available to the masses. In actuality, in the U.S. it is available only in…
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Car Manufacturers Use Crash-Scene Investigators To Improve Vehicle Safety
A growing number of car manufacturers are introducing their own crash-scene researchers to attend crashes involving their vehicles. In a piece published by The New York Times, this practice, which started back in the 1970s by Volvo, is explored in detail. The Swedish manufacturer includes a dedicated Traffic Accident Research Team in operation 24 hours…
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Ferrari’s Hybrid Supercar Will Feature Three Electric Motors On Top Of The Biturbo V8
In just a little over a week, Ferrari will uncover their newest hybrid supercar. The yet-to-be-named version will premiere on May 31, and it’s thought to combine a 3.9-liter, twin-turbo V8 engine with no less than three electric motors. The alleged data comes via AutoMotorUndSport, which claims that the internal combustion engine is the same…