Tag: united states
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Ford’s Mustang Mach-E all-electric SUV revealed in leaked photos, prices and configurations
Ford is officially debuting its completely electric crossover SUV on Saturday, November 17 — but we have a peek at the brand new Mach-E (which was just officially named yesterday) a day or two early. The escape comes from Ford’s own website, as screenshotted for posterity by Jalopnick, and includes photos of the majority of…
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Porsche pilots online vehicle sales in the U.S. and Germany
Porsche will begin selling its vehicles online in the U.S. For the very first time, the business announced on Monday. To begin with, the business is proceeding with a pilot program which will be offered with 25 of its U.S.-based seller partners, but the automaker claims it might expand to cover the U.S. market more…
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All-electric Mini Cooper SE priced starting at $29,900 in the US
The newest all-electric Mini Cooper SE, the very first Mini designed from the ground up as an electric car, is going to retail at the U.S. starting at $29,900 (plus an $850 Destination and Handling fee) — prior to any tax incentives have been applied. That places prices as low as around $17,900 when you…
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Tesla promises up to 30% lower rates with new car insurance play
Tesla said Wednesday it has launched an insurance product, promising owners of its electric vehicles to deliver rates 20% and even as high as 30% lower than other insurance providers. For now, the product known as Tesla Insurance, will only be available to owners in California. The business will expand to additional U.S. states in…
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Elon Musk: Spotify is ‘coming’ to Tesla vehicles in North America
Tesla owners in the U.S. and Canada may finally receive that free Spotify Premium integration that they ’ve been asking. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Wednesday night the Spotify superior integration is currently “coming. ” Musk, who’s talked about attracting Spotify to owners in North America before, didn’t offer a timeline. In other words,…
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Energy Vault raises $110 million from SoftBank Vision Fund as energy storage grabs headlines
Imagine a moving tower made from huge cement bricks weighing 35 metric tons. The motion of these enormous blocks is powered by solar or wind energy plants and is a means to store the energy these plants generate. Software controls the motion of the blocks automatically, responding to changes in power availability across an electrical…
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Nio electric vehicles sales took a hit as it scrambled to handle battery recall
Nio delivered just 837 electric cars in July, a nearly 38% drop from the previous month that was mostly caused by a voluntary recall of its high-performance ES8 SUV. The Chines automotive startup issued a voluntary recall in June of almost 5,000 ES8 SUVs following a streak of battery fires in China and another investigation…
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Nissan and EVgo to add 200 fast chargers as more electric vehicles hit US roads
Nissan along with EVgo said Tuesday they will install yet another 200 DC quickly chargers in the United States to support the increasing number of customers who are purchasing electric vehicles, including the new Nissan Leaf e+ which came to market earlier this season. Even the 100 kilowatt DC fast-charging channels will have both CHAdeMO…
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Tesla completing ‘small acquisition’ which will help launch its insurance product
Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims that the business is in the process of completing a “little purchase ” to allow it to release its insurance product, something it said in April it was just around “per month” from bringing to advertise . One month is at least two weeks when interpreted from Musk-time into rest-of-us…
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On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
Over three decades past, self-driving trucks startup Starsky Robotics was founded to address a fundamental issue with freight — a solution that CEO Stefan Seltz-Axmacher believes hinges on becoming the driver from underneath the wheel. However, a funny thing happened along the way. Starsky Robotics started a regular ol’ trucking company. Now, almost half of…