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This isn’t just an EV story, it’s a business story. That’s because when Walmart announces it is buying 4,500 delivery vans from a small, struggling and little-known EV company, investors flocked to the EV company and the stock nearly doubled instantly, saving the troubled little EV company from potential shut-down or bankruptcy. We Know Who
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California-based EV manufacturer Fisker is known for cutting-edge technology and design, and its third model offers a lot of both. The new Fisker Ronin EV sportscar features such innovations as the battery pack integrated into the structure of the vehicle and the longest battery range of any production EV. Ronin is the third Fisker model,
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Amazon is making a big deal about its latest service – robot package delivery by a small electric vehicle named the Amazon Scout. The wagon-style EV is strikingly similar to one which has been delivering mail in Switzerland since 2016. Amazon reports Scout is being received with enthusiasm in cities where it is being tested,
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With EV sales surging, and the majority of consumers indicating that they’d consider buying an EV such as the award-winning Hyundai Ioniq 5 and blockbuster Ford F-150 Lightning, it’s wise to check incentives for EV ownership, availability of charging stations, and more. Simply, some parts of the USA are more EV-friendly than others. Yes,
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Now that EVs and plug-in EVs have gone mainstream, we’ve got to learn to play nice and share parking spots with charging units, whether they are on public streets or in airports, shopping mall parking lots, or hotel garages. The EV version of spam is parking your internal combustion vehicle at a spot where there’s
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It’s a 4WD, 600hp SUV that can launch 0-60mph in a blink – and it’s electric. The all-new Lotus Eletre is being billed – by Lotus – as the world’s first electric Hyper-SUV and a new breed of pure electric SUVs. It also marks the evolution of Lotus from a boutique UK sports car company
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Cars with low price tags may not be the best value. They can have higher ownership costs and fewer safety features. These 2022 models offer the most for the money.
The growing number and variety of electric vehicles, from sedans and SUVs to sports cars and seven-figure supercars, is prompting a similar variety of ways to recharge them, even power your home. Let’s be honest. Range anxiety – the fear of running out of power – continues to be an issue with buyers considering an
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The automobile was born on August 26, 1885. That is the day Gottlieb Daimler filed a patent for his ‘riding car’, the world’s first vehicle with an internal combustion engine. The world would never be the same, and 135 years later, engineers and designers are still tinkering with the size, power and performance of the
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Travel Technology: The world’s first certified aircraft powered by electricity has flown into the history books in Switzerland. The two-seater Pipistrel Velis Electro is used mainly for basic pilot training. It completed its maiden flight over a village near Fribourg, in western Switzerland. The cruising speed reportedly is 90 knots (166 km/h) and maximum autonomy
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