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The electric Mini Cooper SE is finally here, and it adds some interesting elements of futuristic design pizazz to the timeless Euro city car. Making 135 kW (181 hp) and offering a range between 235 and 270 km (146-168 mi), the SE aims to brin… Continue reading Mini announces its first all-electric car, the quirky Cooper SE
A Tel Aviv-based company is making a push to revolutionize the architecture of future automobiles. REE has developed a massively modular platform that squeezes the entire motor, transmission, steering, suspension, brakes and more into the whe… Continue reading REE re-invents the wheel, and plans a complete disruption of the auto industry
As usual, exotic supercars, race cars and vintage machines were the focus of this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, but the event also hosted a very different debut. The new Extreme E race series, Formula E’s unruly off-road brother, chose t… Continue reading Extreme E race series reveals its terrain-leveling all-electric SUV
Mobility startup Gogoro has been making waves in Taiwan for a few years now with its smart electric scooters, and has even built on its success there with expansions into Europe. It is now returning to its roots with a new scooter-sharing system for the city of Taoyuan, which will allow residents to hop aboard for a ride with the click of a button.
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Continue Reading Gogoro’s scooter-sharing service swings into action in Taiwan
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The naming of a new Volkswagen Silicon Valley research center that’s really a 20-year-old Volkswagen research center? Huge yawn. A Halloween-colored, 11-window 1962 Type 2 bus with weird organic styling, pure-electric powertrain, facial recognition and holographic infotainment? We’re wide awake, eyes and ears open. It’s no wonder VW spliced the two announcements together, previewing innovations yet to come from its reinvented innovations facility with a one-of-a-kind electrified Microbus.
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Continue Reading Forget the I.D. Buzz, Volkswagen’s loaded an all-electric 1962 Splitty with next-gen tech
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Tesla has shaken off an eventful first few months of the year to produce and deliver a record number of cars in the second quarter. Its pivotal Model 3 accounted for a large portion of that, and the company is optimistic it can put in an even… Continue reading Tesla delivers a record 95,000 electric cars in 2019 second quarter
We’ve seen a number of folding electric trikes over the years, including 2005’s Rider, the adaptable Scuddy, the teeny Trikelet and the suitcase-sized eFoldi. That last one has just had a design refresh that sees it lose weight, gain speed an… Continue reading Suitcase-sized folding e-scooter goes Lite, rolls for longer
The Fiat Ducato van is an absolute tour de force of camper conversion, accounting for roughly 75 percent of European motorhomes. And it’ll soon be available as an electric. Fiat Professional’s first all-electric vehicle will join a refreshed Ducato lineup for the 2020 model year. Eventually everyone from work crews to stealthy #vanlifers could be cruising around in a quiet, zero-emissions van.
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Continue Reading Fiat electrifies the Ducato, Europe’s favorite camper van base
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France’s DS Automobiles has built a real car out of the bizarre, asymmetric renders we saw last year, and it’s about to give the public its first chance to take a look. The DS X E-Tense is a vision of a proper driver’s car for the year 2035….. Continue reading By Jove, they built it: Avant-garde DS X E-Tense rolls out for Chantilly
Details were scant when Lightyear first revealed plans to build a solar-powered electric car back in 2017, apart from a claimed 800 km range per charge. Last night the company took the wraps of the pre-production prototype, with 725 km (450 m… Continue reading Lightyear unveils solar-powered One EV prototype