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The European Parliament has reached a provisional agreement with the EU Council regarding charging and hydrogen refueling stations across Europe. The rule states that by 2026, there will be charging stations at every 60 kilometers along the TEN-T...

A large, 5-meter long electric sedan with a 536hp AWD powertrain and 666km of CLTC certified range for less than $21,200? How on Earth is that even possible? Surely, there must be a catch and the car must be a bare-bones shell with just seats and...

Good things come to those who wait - apparently. Fisker’s customers have been waiting for the company’s first car, the Ocean SUV for a while now but it seems the wait was well worth it. Fisker Ocean in the Extreme launch edition was given 440 miles...

In a sign of a major shift in strategy, Mercedes is planning to unveil the third generation of its ever-so-popular CLA class that will be built around the Electric First approach. There will be only four models available and the EQ sub-brand will...

There are already about 150 patents filed by Apple that relate to its car development dubbed Project Titan. The latest one filed at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is about headlights. Cornering headlights, to be...

After Honda discontinued production of its hydrogen-powered Clarity, Toyota remained the only company to sell the alternative electric car. Mirai is the only fuel cell electric car, from a major manufacturer available in the US. Due to the lack of...

Another week - another milestone for the team at Giga Berlin. The production ramp-up is accelerating and last week the magic number of 5,000 vehicles per week have been finally cracked. That brings Giga Berlin into volume production of 250,000 units...

LG Energy Solution is taking bold steps, the company just announced it is going to invest a whopping $5.5 billion in a battery manufacturing complex in Arizona. This investment is by far the largest single investment for a stand-alone battery...

It looks like Germany’s last-minute tantrum, which resulted in a vote over the 2035 combustion engine ban being suspended, was nothing but a clever tactic that paid off. Just to recap, the long-awaited 2035 effective ban on sales of new gasoline and...

Avatr is a brand jointly owned by Huawei, CATL, and Changan with Huawei responsible for the technology used in the vehicles. Avatr 11 is the first SUV from the brand and is built on the CHN EP1 platform developed by Huawei and Changan and Huawei...

Ford’s latest factory in West Tennessee is taking shape. The BlueOval City will be more than just a manufacturing site, though. It will employ 6,000 workers, it will produce 500,000 electric trucks a year and it will provide post-secondary education...

It seems Tesla has come out with another perfect business idea. First, force people to buy a car with an unworkable option - such as the yoke steering. Then push back against the feedback and keep selling more cars, and once the number is...

Tesla Model 3 Project Highland is no longer a secret, the cat has been out of the bag for a while now. We have seen the updated Model 3 covered in camouflage several times, we have seen reports of Project Highland's intended production start date,...

Zeekr X was unveiled not so long ago, but until now we only saw the funky exterior. Zeekr is the upmarket brand of Geely and while all of its models so far have been intended for the Chinese market, Zeekr X is the first EV designed for European...

Smart's new model, the Smart #3, will debut at the Shanghai Auto Show in April and will go on sale in China by year-end, with Europe to follow in early 2024. Smart is the electric car joint venture between Mercedes Benz and Geely, and the company...

The integration of mobile phones and electric cars is increasing with every passing day. While some EV manufacturers - we are looking at you, Volkswagen - believe the late 90s graphics and clunky user interface are fine, companies like Rivian have...

Apple’s car project may as well be the most secretive in the automotive industry. The company has been working on Project Titan for many years and it has seen its ups and downs - it was reportedly nearly scrapped at one point, while now it's back to...

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...