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The new year looks promising for electric vehicles and their related service industries and technologies. The Tesla Model 3 sedan is now in full production and the traditional automakers are finally starting to get more serious about introducing truly competitive… Read More ›
Hyundai’s new 2019 Kona Electric, with its 64 kWh battery and an EPA-rated 258 miles of range, has gotten many positive initial reviews but until now we haven’t known much about some important aspects of its internal powertrain design. We… Read More ›
The long-quiet automotive startup Rivian has just revealed at the LA Auto Show a highly innovative new all-electric R1T pickup truck as well as a full-sized R1S SUV using a new underlying powertrain. While many articles this week have described… Read More ›
President Donald Trump is lashing out following yesterday’s General Motors restructuring announcement that includes closure of four US factories and will result in over 14,000 job projected losses in North America. Trump threatened to curtail subsidies that benefit the company’s… Read More ›
General Motors today announced a major restructuring of the company away from sedans and smaller cars in favor of SUVs and trucks as well as electrified and autonomous vehicles. The move entails some 14,000 layoffs and buyouts in the US… Read More ›
A new video shows one of Porsche’s new all-electric vehicle prototypes charging in public, perhaps for the first time, at 245 kW. The video, from the German “auto motor und sport” YouTube channel, features a review of Porsche’s forthcoming Cross… Read More ›
In what may be the most awesome LEGO project ever, the company has announced the world premier of a full scale functional replica of the Bugatti Chiron supercar built almost entirely from LEGO Technic parts, including its 5.3 horsepower electric… Read More ›
The official General Motors 2017 Bolt EV service manual is now available in both paper and PDF thumb drive formats and a quick skim reveals some interesting trivia. Access to service manuals is one advantage that the customers of GM… Read More ›
Hyundai has just announced relatively minor changes to its Ioniq lineup for the new 2019 model year in the United States market and will continue the EV variant’s 28 kWh battery pack and 124 mile driving range. The move comes… Read More ›
Here we go again…. GM is beginning to notify existing owners of 2018 and 2017 Bolt EVs that they should bring their cars into the dealer for a software update that will improve the way the car behaves in the… Read More ›
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