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Over in China, a local self-driving startup called DeepRoute has today unveiled its Driver 3.0 solution for car makers, which it says eliminates the need for high-definition maps, thus facilitating quick and cheap adoption. AliBaba is invested...

Hyundai and Electrify America have a track record of special offers - Hyundai Kona and Ioniq 5 owners were given free charging in the past. Electrify America doesn’t offer promotions exclusively with Hyundai, it works with other manufacturers as...

The first electric hypercar from China, with ambitions to compete against the fastest electric cars in the world, has entered a low-volume production at Aion’s facility. The Hyper SSR comes with a 900 kW (1,225 hp) powertrain and is capable of 0 to...

The 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 is finally going on sale in the US. This largest electric SUV from the brand is hoped to sway customers away from the likes of the Audi Q8 e-tron and Mercedes EQE SUV, but in fact, is much smaller and its direct...

Engineers working for Hyundai Motor Group in South Korea developed a fully automatic charging robot, called ACR for short. The company claims the ACR is capable of working in any environment and in any weather, making electric car charging easier...

CATL unveiled its 3.0 CTP (cell-to-pack) Qilin battery back in 2022 and on paper, its specs look impressive. The battery production reportedly achieved the level required for reliable distribution, which means the first cars with the 1,000 km...

Ford has finally unveiled its first - of two - VW MEB-based electric SUV designed for Europe. While the technical details are still being kept away, the all-new and all-electric Ford Explorer is a really interesting vehicle. For starters, it shows...

It is quite interesting how the automotive, and electric car in particular, brands evolve. Take the Polestar - first a tuning company for Volvo, then an in-house performance division that eventually became an independent brand within the Geely auto...

Kia has only just debuted its largest electric SUV - the EV9 - and the company is already following with a smaller EV. At the EV Day in China, the company introduced the Kia EV5, a much smaller electric SUV, but clearly inspired by its larger...

BYD becomes yet another company to wade into the smartphone accessory market. While Xiaomi went into making cars, Huawei went into supplying carmakers with its technology and Nio is making its first smartphone, BYD decided that the best idea is to...

Kia Niro in its second generation was first introduced in the US late last year. As a quick reminder, the refreshed Niro comes with a new design which is quite a departure from its previous version. The vehicle comes with just one electric motor...

Nio is ramping up the production of the third generation of its battery swapping stations, with the volume production to be achieved in May. The company is bringing the first 10 stations online on March 28 - a month earlier than it originally...

The VW ID. 2all attracted a lot of attention when it was unveiled just last week. While many people felt underwhelmed by its conservative design, they missed out on technical details which make the VW ID. 2all a real nugget in the Volkswagen...

Polestar’s first electric SUV, th ePolestar 3, was unveiled last year, and while its European and US pricing has been on the more expensive end of this category EVs, its Chinese debut originally came with a shocker. The company officially...

Audi will unveil more than 10 new EVs models by 2025, says CEO Markus Duesmann. It's part of Audi's plan to launch only EVs after 2026 and to stop making combustion cars from 2033. Duesmann says that Audi aims to bring an EV to each core segment,...

The Polestar 2 BST 270 was a limited run of 270 units. Before that, it was a special version of the Polestar 2 made for the Goodwood Festival. Next week, Polestar is going to unveil the "next edition" of the Polestar 2, and it looks a lot like a new...

Xpeng, is expanding the availability of its City Navigation Guided Pilot (City NGP) feature, which is similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. The company is set to release the feature, starting with Shenzhen in China, where the feature...

7-Eleven has unveiled its latest addition to its retail offerings, 7Charge, a proprietary EV charging network and app that offers a convenient and reliable fast-charging experience. The company aims to build one of the largest and most compatible...

Tesla finally decided to submit the environmental impact application as it goes ahead with its plans to expand the German Gigafactory just outside Berlin. This is a first step on the winding road of German bureaucracy, and it will be a while before...

Lancia is a brand that's getting ready for its all-electric revival, and as such, back in November of last year, it unveiled the Pu+Ra "design concept". Not a car concept, mind you, a design concept. The car concept is finally coming... next...