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A cargo ship carrying luxuries including Porsches lit on fire last week, forcing the crew of 22 members to evacuate in the Atlantic ocean.

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Cargo Ship of Electric Cars Turns Into Hellish Inferno as Batteries Catch Flame

By Victor Tangermann

The Biden administration has unveiled a massively ambitious plan to install roughly 400,000 EV chargers between now and 2030.

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White House to Install Hundreds of Thousands of EV Chargers on US Highways

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's original factory in Fremont, California has been able to push the envelope so much, it has become the most productive auto plant on the continent.

Tesla Is Absolutely Spraying Out Cars

By Victor Tangermann

One tour company owner in Lapland, the northernmost region in Finland, went viral after posting her reindeer-powered sled to avoid high gas prices.

Gas Prices So High in Finland One Woman Gets Around With Reindeer

By Lonnie Lee Hood

EV Solar Kits is aiming to make electric vehicles run on renewable energy instead of electricity created by fossil fuel power plants by using solar panels.

Startup Says Its Solar Upgrade for Teslas Adds 60 Miles in Range per Day

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A startup installed a new battery in a Tesla Model S — which allowed the vehicle to cover an astonishing 752 miles on a single charge.

Tesla Drives 750 Miles With Upgraded Battery

By Victor Tangermann

Here's a video of an electric BMW that can literally change the color of its paint job with the press of a button. We still don't know how it works.

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BMW Shows Off Car That Changes Color at the “Touch of a Button”

By Victor Tangermann

Nineteen Tesla engineers publicized concerns that Tesla's Autopilot features aren't safe, and that CEO Elon Musk has been overpromising the cars' abilities.

Tesla Engineers Say Elon Musk Misled the Public About Autopilot’s Safety

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A key climate researcher published an op-ed this week declaring hydrogen-powered cars a bad idea that won't do anything to solve the climate crisis.

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Professor Says Hydrogen Cars Are an Amazingly Bad Idea

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A condo owner says their condo association banned charging or parking electric vehicles, or EVs, in their own garage because they pose a fire hazard.

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Condo Association Bans EVs From Parking in Garage, Saying They Pose Fire Risk

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Rental car company Hertz has ordered 100,000 Tesla Model 3s as part of a massive push to electrify its fleet — the largest purchase of electric vehicles.

Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas for Rental Cars

By Victor Tangermann

A police department in Washington was practically handed a hit and run suspect on a silver platter. The driver was illegally parked, charging his Tesla.

Tesla Driver Caught at Charging Station After Intentionally Running Over Pedestrian

By Victor Tangermann

Electric car charging stations and smart home chargers are extremely vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to new research.

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Electric Vehicle Chargers Are Shockingly Vulnerable to Hacking

By Victor Tangermann

A number of carmakers have recalled their electric vehicles over the risk of having them spontaneously catch fire while charging inside people's garages.

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Electric Cars Have One Problem: They Keep Lighting People’s Houses on Fire

By Victor Tangermann

The leasee of a Tesla Model 3 reached out to YouTuber Rich Benoit after being quoted $16,000 for replacing a damaged battery pack.

Independent Garage Fixes Tesla for $700 When Tesla Would Have Charged $16,000

By Victor Tangermann

A new car created by award-winning designer Thomas Heatherwick is said to be able to clean the air of pollution while you drive it.

New Car Sucks Up Pollution While It Drives

By Tony Ho Tran

In an announcement, Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis promised that Dodge "will not sell electric cars," but will make "American eMuscle" a thing instead.

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Dodge Says It’s Only Making an Electric Car Because the Performance Is So Good

By Victor Tangermann

In a video, a Tesla Model S could recharge its batteries at a rate of 65 kilowatts while being towed by a different vehicle at 70 mph.

Towing a Tesla Recharges It Really Quickly Due to Regenerative Braking

By Victor Tangermann

Bacteria could provide us with a far more effective and green method of extracting precious metals from used electric car batteries.

Bacteria Could Allow Us to Recycle Electric Car Batteries

By Victor Tangermann

Germany's minister of transportation Andreas Scheuer is reportedly in talks with Tesla about opening up its Supercharger network to other carmakers.

Germany Wants Tesla to Share Its Supercharger Network With Other Carmakers

By Victor Tangermann

The secondhand market for electric vehicles has a sticky issue: it's impossible to figure out the health of any given electric car's battery.

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There’s a Huge Problem With Buying Used Electric Vehicles

By Victor Tangermann

A crackdown by Tesla's legal team in China has led to a wave of new public apologies by Chinese Tesla owners, who admitted they staged "brake failures."

Tesla Owner Admits That Brake Failure Claims Were Made Up

By Victor Tangermann

President Joe Biden raced a still unreleased and fully electric Ford F-150 Lightning through an empty parking lot near the company's headquarters Michigan.

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Joe Biden Takes All Electric Ford F-150 Lightning for a Joyride

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at Cornell University are developing a special roadway that's capable of charging vehicles' batteries as they drive over its surface.

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Cornell Scientist Unveils Roadway That Charges Electric Cars While Driving

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Startup Ample has launched an electric car charging network that can provide a car with a full charge in less than ten minutes, as Business Insider reports.

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Startup Says It Can “Charge” an Electric Car In Under Ten Minutes

By Victor Tangermann

A compact electric vehicle that costs just $4,500 is vastly outselling Tesla's vehicles in China, the BBC reports.

This $4,500 EV Is Now Outselling Tesla in China

By Victor Tangermann

In four years, Jaguar will start to exclusively sell electric-powered cars as part of a company-wide shift away from gas-burning vehicles.

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Jaguar Says All Its Cars Will Be Electric in Just Four Years

By Dan Robitzski

President Joe Biden committed on Monday to replace the entire federal fleet of vehicles, including cars, trucks and SUVs, with electric ones made in the US.

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Biden Orders Government to Make All Federal Vehicles Electric

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time ever, a company in China has manufactured a car battery that can be charged completely in just five minutes, The Guardian reports.

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New Electric Car Battery Charges in Just Five Minutes

By Victor Tangermann

According to a recent statement, South Korean automaker Hyundai Motors is in early-stage talks with tech titan Apple to develop an electric car.

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Apple Is Trying to Find a Manufacturer For Its Self-Driving Car

By Victor Tangermann

German carmaker Volkswagen has unveiled a working prototype of a robot that can autonomously charge electric cars.

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VW Shows Off Futuristic Car Charging Robot Prototype

By Victor Tangermann

According to a Reuters exclusive, tech giant Apple is planning to produce a self-driving passenger car to be released in 2024.

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Apple Is Reportedly Releasing a Self-Driving Car in 2024

By Victor Tangermann

Japanese carmaker Toyota is set to unveil what the media is calling a "game-changing" solid state battery as soon as next year.

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Toyota Making Electric Car With “Game-Changing” Solid State Battery

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that would be open to "have this conversation" about a merger with another carmaker if it "would be a good idea."

Elon Musk: Tesla Open to Merging With Another Carmaker

By Victor Tangermann

The founder of Arcimoto, a company producing electric three-wheelers in Oregon, claims that Tesla CEO Elon Musk crashed one of their cars into a brick wall.

Electric Car Maker Claims Elon Musk Crashed Its EV Into a Brick Wall

By Victor Tangermann

German automaker Audi has introduced new LED headlights can project images just like a movie projector for its new lineup of electric SUVs.

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Audi’s New Headlights Can Project Images Like a Movie Theater

By Victor Tangermann

Mercedes-Benz has teased a new electric car concept called Vision EQXX with a whopping 750 miles of range on a single charge.

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Mercedes-Benz Says Its Electric Car Will Have Whopping 750 Mile Range

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During Tesla's Battery Day event on Tuesday, CEO Elon Musk revealed how batteries could be integrated into the structural elements of the car.

Elon Musk: In Future Teslas, “Structural Battery” Will Be Part of the Car’s Frame

By Victor Tangermann

During an event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that his company is planning to get a $25,000 electric car into production within the next three years.

Elon Musk Promises $25,000 Tesla by 2023

By Victor Tangermann

The electric automaker Renault just gave every household in the tiny French town Appy a free lease on its electric cars to prove they work in rural areas.

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Everyone in This French Town Just Got a Free Electric Car

By Dan Robitzski

German electric car subsidies are so high, that leasing a Renault Zoe EV is essentially free right now. Demand is sky-rocketing.

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Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany

By Victor Tangermann

Electric carmaker Tesla has officially started selling "limited edition" red satin short shorts. "Run like the wind or entertain like Liberace."

Here’s Why Tesla Is Selling Naughty Short-Shorts

By Victor Tangermann

Germany Is Requiring All Gas Stations Get Electric Car Chargers

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Germany Is Requiring All Gas Stations Get Electric Car Chargers

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According to a new report, Tesla's "million mile" battery could make its EVs far cheaper and also last much longer thanks to new technologies.

Tesla Leak Describes Upcoming “Million Mile” Battery

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new paper, electric cars are, in fact, better for the world, despite the environmental cost involved in making them.

Myth, Dusted: No, Electric Cars Don’t Hurt the Environment That Much

By Foster Kamer

A team of Korean researchers claim their new carbon-silicon complex car battery could more than double the driving range of electric vehicles.

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New Battery Tech Could Double Electric Car Driving Range

By Victor Tangermann

In a statement, Tesla stated that a petition about unintended acceleration crash reports "is completely false and was brought by a Tesla short-seller."

Tesla Blames Crash Reports on Short-Seller

By Victor Tangermann

In a video uploaded to Twitter by Elon Musk, a Tesla Model 3 can be heard talking to pedestrians, the newest feature Musk has announced for the Tesla.

Elon Musk Says Teslas Will Talk to Pedestrians

By Victor Tangermann

German automaker Volkswagen has unveiled a robot that can autonomously take care of charging your electric car without the need of any human interaction.

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Volkswagen Unveils Robot That Autonomously Charges Electric Cars

By Victor Tangermann

A Ford pickup truck was airlifted from a parking lot in Berlin after it was blocking (or ICEing) a dedicated Tesla electric vehicle charging stall.

Watch Police Drag Away Truck That ICEd Tesla Driver

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the electric company's long-awaited pickup truck, or "cybertruck," will be unveiled on November 21.

Elon Musk Confirms Tesla “Cybertruck” Debut Date

By Victor Tangermann

Jaguar is working on futuristic new tech that could turn interior panels of your next car into smart, color-changing, and interactive screens.

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Jaguar Wants to Coat the Interior of Land Rovers With OLED Screens

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Tesla owners are already putting Telsa's new "Smart Summon" feature to the test. And in some really stupid ways.

Idiots Are Trying to Run Themselves Over With Their Own Teslas

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla had a hell of a time getting its new insurance business in California off the ground mere hours after launch.

Tesla’s New Insurance Business Had 24 Hours of Hell

By Victor Tangermann

A smart doorbell home security video surfaced that allegedly shows two UK thieves hacking into a Tesla and driving away in just 30 seconds.

Video Shows Thieves Hacking, Stealing a Tesla in Just 30 Seconds

By Victor Tangermann

In a new report by CNBC, Tesla employees said that they used electrical tape to fix plastic housings thanks to aggressive deadlines.

Tesla Employees Admit Using Electrical Tape to Fix Model 3s

By Victor Tangermann

Englands Department for Transport announced that every new home needs to have an electric car charging port as part of a push to make EVs more accessible.

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UK Releases Plan to Put Electric Car Chargers in All New Homes

By Dan Robitzski

In a recent study, a group of researchers argue that flying cars could actually end up reducing emissions over electric cars back on the ground.

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Study: Flying Cars Could End Up Being Greener Than Electric Cars

By Victor Tangermann

According to a lawsuit, Tesla is accusing four former employees of stealing proprietary information and handing it over to their current employer Zoox.

Tesla Sues Four Former Employees For Stealing Trade Secrets

By Victor Tangermann

Police Arrest Vandal Who Trashed Tesla Supercharger

Police Arrest Vandal Who Trashed Tesla Supercharger

By Victor Tangermann

Mitsubishi’s New Hybrid Can Power Your Home During a Blackout

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Mitsubishi’s New Hybrid Can Power Your Home During a Blackout

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is officially launching its ever-popular Model 3 electric luxury sedan with a base price of $35,000, excluding tax credits and fuel savings.

Tesla Finally Slashes Model 3 Price to $35,000

By Victor Tangermann

An internal email obtained by The Verge reveals Faraday Future is still desperately looking for funding while extending the furlough.

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Electric Car Startup Faraday Future Is Circling the Drain

By Victor Tangermann

SEC Threatens Elon Musk With Legal Action Over New Tweet

SEC Threatens Elon Musk With Legal Action Over New Tweet

By Victor Tangermann