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Why Are We All Still Carrying Around Car Keys?
[ad_1] My iPhone Wallet stores theater and transit tickets and all of my credit and debit cards, and it lets me sashay like a…
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The EV Battery Tech That’s Worth the Hype, According to Experts
[ad_1] You’ve seen the headlines: This battery breakthrough is going to change the electric vehicle forever. And then … silence. You head to the…
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New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds
[ad_1] The issues could cascade beyond the design. The auto manufacturing industry operates on strict production schedules. Though it builds in time to validate…
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The Corvette E-Ray Is Dynamically Up There With the Best
[ad_1] A 1.9-kWh lithium-ion battery has been packaged within the car’s already beefy central tunnel, and additional cooling has been added to manage battery…
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Ferrari Reveals Its Electric Powerhouse, and What Could Finally Be Real EV Sound
[ad_1] Palermo says the sound can be reduced when cruising, then amplified during more dynamic driving. Allegedly, it’s even possible to sense when a…
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The Free Ride for EVs in the Carpool Lane Is Coming to an End
[ad_1] A rough year for electric vehicle adoption just got a little rougher for owners in some parts of the US. Starting next month,…
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The Concept C Is the All-Electric Sports Car Kickstarting Audi’s Design Future
[ad_1] Car companies love a mission statement. With the arrival of the Concept C, Audi’s new one is crystal clear: “radical simplicity”. An all-electric…
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Automakers Are Hot for Extended-Range EVs. They Hope Buyers Like Them Too
[ad_1] EREVs have some manufacturing advantages, too, says Steven Ewing, who directs editorial content at Edmunds. Specifics on Scout production are scant, but at…
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The Renault 5 EV Is an Instant Smash
[ad_1] Credit where it’s due, former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn—the man who was later smuggled out of Japan in a double bass case—was quick…
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McLaren’s $2.6M W1 Supercar Wouldn’t Seem Out of Place in Formula 1
[ad_1] And the W1 needs one to do its best work. Even in a world in which the new breed of electric hypercar has…
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I Own a Chevy Bolt, and Superchargers Are a Total Game Changer
[ad_1] It should not be so exciting to eat a breakfast quesadilla in your car. But this quesadilla was from Wawa, this Wawa hosted…
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Europe Votes to Slap China-Made EVs With Tariffs—but Tesla Gets Off Easy
[ad_1] “I think you can envision this playing out pretty well for BYD, actually,” says Ilaria Mazzocco, a senior fellow at the Center for…
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First Ride: Can-Am Pulse Electric Motorcycle
[ad_1] The dual-sport Origin has a city range of 90 miles and a combined range of 70 miles. Riding flat out at average speeds…
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Proposed Ban Would Be a ‘Death Sentence’ for Chinese EVs in the US
[ad_1] After officially hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports earlier this month, the US government is getting even more serious about keeping China-made…
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The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires
[ad_1] Last month, a Mercedes Benz EQE 350 electric vehicle caught fire in a South Korean apartment building’s underground parking garage. Reportedly, 23 people…
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like Polestar?
[ad_1] The all-electric sibling of Volvo has a new CEO, new models landing, and a new plant in South Carolina—but will this be enough…
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China Conquers Mexico’s Automotive Market, and the US Is Worried
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. China has positioned itself as the main car supplier…
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How Electric-Vehicle Battery Fires Happen—and How You Should React
[ad_1] Lithium-ion battery fires can be intense and frightening. As someone who used to repair second-hand smartphones, I’ve extinguished my fair share of flaming…
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What the Electric Fiat 500e Is Like—From a Fiat 500 Owner
[ad_1] It’s also nice to use a car with modern amenities like lane guidance and auto braking when it detects a pedestrian. Heck, even…
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Cars Are Now Rolling Computers, So How Long Will They Get Updates? Automakers Can’t Say
[ad_1] This is a new issue for the automotive industry. “One of the beautiful things about automotive has been that it tends to move…