electric cars

Who benefits most from Canada’s ambitious EV targets? Maybe China

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Who benefits most from Canada’s ambitious EV targets? Maybe China

Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, believes the recent electric vehicle targets set out by Canada’s environment minister also carried this pointed message to Canada’s domestic auto industry: “Let them eat cake.” Volpe says he has come to this conclusion because he believes those goals, which include a national target of 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, cannot be … Read more

Kia Purpose Built Vehicles are the working EVs of the future

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Kia Purpose Built Vehicles are the working EVs of the future

Kia Kia wants to build EVs that can be easily reconfigured for different uses, ranging from ordinary passenger cars to taxis and delivery vehicles. The automaker previewed this strategy, called the Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV), at CES 2024, showing the first potential vehicle designs. All PBV derivatives will be based on a modular platform with … Read more

Masculine Car Designs Might Be Threatening The Lives Of Female Drivers

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Masculine Car Designs Might Be Threatening The Lives Of Female Drivers

Masculinity has been the overarching theme in automobile designs for centuries. Recently, however, as more electric car models emerge, macho designs have been at their peak. Since Elon Musk, the CEO of X and Tesla, came under fire for launching the masculine ‘Tesla’s Cybertruck’, designers have noted that electric cars are clearly being marketed towards … Read more

Tesla gives behind-the-scenes look at Cybertruck bullet test

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Tesla gives behind-the-scenes look at Cybertruck bullet test

Tesla’s lead Cybertruck engineer inspecting bullet damage on the new vehicle following a demonstration to highlight the strength of the pickup’s exterior. Tesla “Hey, I need everybody to clear out,” sounds like good advice for a test in which a new vehicle faces a hail of bullets. The new vehicle was Tesla’s Cybertruck, which was … Read more

Couple complete epic 10-month drive in an electric vehicle

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Couple complete epic 10-month drive in an electric vehicle

Chris and Julie Ramsey in their Nissan EV after arriving at the South Pole. Chris and Julie Ramsey A couple from Scotland has completed an epic pole-to-pole drive in an electric vehicle (EV) in what’s believed to be a world first. Chris and Julie Ramsey began their 18,000-mile (29,000-km) ride 10 months ago. In achieving … Read more

Elon Musk says Tesla Cybertruck may soon double as a boat

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Elon Musk says Tesla Cybertruck may soon double as a boat

Tesla’s Cybertruck electric pickup may soon be able to function as a boat, Elon Musk revealed. “We are going to offer a mod package that enables Cybertruck to traverse at least 100m of water as a boat,” Musk shared to X on Monday night in response to a video excerpt from an episode of “Jay … Read more

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV first drive: bold look, tepid specs

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2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV first drive: bold look, tepid specs

Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends They say good things come to those who wait. General Motors is hoping customers will take that maxim to heart. The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, an electric crossover SUV sharing the name of a similarly sized gasoline model, but nothing else, was first shown in the summer of 2022 and quietly entered … Read more

Tesla Cybertruck: rumored price, release date, specs

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Tesla Cybertruck: rumored price, release date, specs

Tesla The Tesla Cybertruck is finally here … kind of. Tesla has finally started delivering the truck to customers — however, so far, only 10 customers have gotten one for themselves, and it remains to be seen how quickly Tesla can ramp up production. First introduced in 2019, the Tesla Cybertruck is unlike any pickup … Read more

A Glimpse Of Nominations In 4-Wheeler Category

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A Glimpse Of Nominations In 4-Wheeler Category

Home Car And Bike Auto Awards 2023: A Glimpse Of Nominations In 4-Wheeler Category The Auto Awards will feature two significant panel discussions: One addressing the seriousness of the auto industry regarding safety concerns, and the other focusing on shifting auto trends, particularly the question of whether electric vehicles (EVs) represent the best path forward. … Read more

2024 Fiat 500e is a small, affordable EV

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2024 Fiat 500e is a small, affordable EV

Fiat The 2024 Fiat 500e marks the return of an EV that its maker once asked Americans not to buy. Fiat certainly thought the timing wasn’t right for that original 500e, but the timing of the new version, which is scheduled to arrive in early 2024, seems impeccable. The first Fiat 500e was sold only … Read more