Electric Car

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For nearly 100 years, drivers have been listening to AM radio, an American institution crackling with news, traffic, weather, sports and an eclectic variety of other programs. But that dashboard staple could be going the way of manual-crank windows and car ashtrays as electric vehicles begin to grab more of…

The government said on Friday that it plans to change laws to mandate all electric cars to install a vehicle alert system – because they're too quiet when they're driven slowly. In papers submitted to the Legislative Council, the Transport and Logistics Bureau pointed out that pedestrians may not be…

kovop58/Shutterstock The chaos Elon Musk is currently facing post-Twitter acquisition is not the first patch of rough road the world's richest person has encountered during his business career. Some might say it follows him around like Jack Frost nipping at one's nose. It's not even the first time chaos has…

The plant will produce EVs with the so-called Modular Electric Drive matrix, VW’s modular car production platform, which is confusingly abbreviated to MEB (from the German “Modularen E-Antriebs-Baukasten). VW Anhui is the German company’s third joint venture in China: The first, with SAIC Motor 上汽集团, opened in 1984 and the…

CATL has achieved a mix of sodium ion and lithium ion which allows them to complement each other and thus increase the energy density of the battery system. This will help the transition to sodium ion batteries by using them at scale for suitable range electric cars and energy storage.…

Hyundai and Kia posted overall record sales in the U.S. in November, but sales of its flagship electric cars dwindled as government subsidies were stopped. The culprit is the Inflation Reduction Act, which excludes EVs made outside North America from tax rebates. Hyundai sold 1,191 Ioniq 5s and Kia just…

Key pointsCar-sharing services are extending into electric vehicles.Shared EVs are being offered to apartment blocks, office buildings and hotels.Experts say the trend could also have significant consequences for car ownership in Australia.What if you didn't need to own a car? What if you could just pop downstairs and borrow one…

Canetti/Shutterstock By 2040, brand-new gasoline vehicles won't be sold in most countries if everything goes according to plan. Some U.S. states such as Virginia, New York, Oregon, California, and Massachusetts are committed to a 2035 deadline to phase out gasoline vehicles and replace them with electric vehicles. Even major auto…

The ability to conveniently charge an EV away from home is a top concern for many EV owners. A 2022 survey of EV owners by Forbes indicates that 62 percent of respondents are so anxious about their EV range that travel plans have been affected. While “range anxiety” may be…