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Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors accelerates its production plan for Model 3 electric cars
Tesla Motors says it will ramp up production of its best-selling Model 3 electric car much more quickly...
An engine for Mars: Aerojet wins $67M NASA contract for solar electric propulsion
Seattle electric bike startup Propella debuts affordable e-bike, taking cues from Tesla and Apple
A few years ago, 2011 UW graduate Ben Tarassoli was looking for an electrically-assisted bicycle (e-bike). Although there were plenty of makes and models to choose from, he couldn’t find one that measured...
VW starts recall in Europe, gets serious about “BUDD-e” electric concept van
A conceptualization of the electric BUDD-e. (credit: Volkswagen)
As Volkswagen began its European recall of hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles with defeat devices, it's also pushing forward with publicity for its forthcoming electric vehicles. A company official recently made a comment to a reporter at Car Magazine to indicate that Volkswagen would be moving forward with...
Israel’s electric grid hit by “severe” hack attack
Israel experienced a serious hack attack on its electrical grid that officials are still working to repel, the head of the country's energy minister said Tuesday.
"The virus was already identified and the right software was already prepared to neutralize it," Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz told attendees of a computer security conference in Tel Aviv, according to this article published Tuesday by The Times...
Electric vehicle puts in solid performance in the world’s toughest rally
The Arcimoto SRK electric vehicle is the most fun thing we did at CES
Meet the Arcimoto SRK, the most surprisingly fun EV we've driven in ages. Video shot/edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link)
LAS VEGAS—Electric vehicles were a big thing at CES this year. Even before the show officially kicked off, Faraday Future introduced the world to its FF Zero 1 concept car, and Chevrolet let journalists (including us) get behind the wheel of its new Bolt EV....
Ars talks about the future of electric powertrains with Audi
The Audi e-tron quattro concept paves the way for a forthcoming battery electric vehicle from the German marque. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin)
It's rumored that Audi will use next month's Detroit auto show to unveil a sister car to the e-tron quattro that we saw up close in Los Angeles last month. Dubbed the Q6 h-tron by...
CGI gives us the first glimpse inside Porsche’s electric Mission E
Porsche has just greenlit the Mission E electric vehicle for production in the next few years. Video by Mackevision.
Have you ever watched a car commercial that features exploding cutaway views of cars in motion or impossible location shots, then wondered where the CGI cars they used came from?
As it happens, many of them are the same models used...