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Mercedes-Benz has updated its online configurator for the EQE. All EQE models are supposed to share the same 90.6 kWH battery pack but the entry models EQE 300 and EQE 350 now show with the smaller capacity of 89kWh. Mercedes EQE configurator...

Volkswagen is expanding into the global battery business with its new factory that will be built in Salzgitter, Germany. The company has officially broken ground on the new facility which is the first out of six it plans to build across...

A 'Fact Sheet' release from the White House highlights the Biden-Harris Administration’s aid in accelerating the rollout of EV charging infrastructure through the United States totalling more than $700 million from the private sector. Companies...

Rivian began production of its vehicles in September of 2021 and more recently, the EV maker reached production output of 1,000 vehicles per month. This week, Rivian confirmed in a statement that it is still on track to produce 25,000 vehicles in...

Hengchi 5 has officially gone on sale with a starting price of RNB 179,000 ($26,690) after all the subsidies available for electric car buyers. It comes from Evergrande NEV - the automaker arm of the property development company known worldwide...

Human Horizons has lofty goals - to build smart cities and develop smart transportation technologies for them. The company has a “3 Smarts” blueprint - Smart Vehicle, Smart Transportation and Smart City. HiPhi is the company’s electric car brand...

Shenzhen is China’s 4th biggest city with nearly 18 million people calling it home. In the spirit of its global recognition as a technology, research and manufacturing center, the city’s lawmakers have passed the very first autonomous driving...

July 15 is the day that every Hyundai fan awaits impatiently since the “N” division became a dedicated sports car part of the company. You gotta give it to Hyundai's engineers - they released some seriously fun cars over the last few years, the i30...

The award for biggest grille in the world goes to GAC - Guangzhou Automobile Group. The grille is more than 2 meters in width and at least 50cm in height and it dwarfs the largest mistakes from BMW, in fact it makes the BMW’s latest i4 M50 or the iX...

BYD now sells more EVs than Tesla. In fact, it now sells more EVs than any other brand. Going by the recently released sales numbers for the first half of this year, the Financial Times concludes that BYD is now the world's best selling EV brand,...

QuantumScape is a name that comes up often when we talk about solid state batteries. The company is at the forefront of the development of technology that is supposed to revolutionize the EV industry. Established in 2010 and its progress earned it...

It's a huge milestone for a company who single-handedly is promoting battery swap as an alternative to public charging. The first Nio battery swap station was opened in Beijing on May 20, 2018. Just over 4 years later the network grew to 1,000...

Tesla is at the IdeenExpo in Hannover, Germany. Last time the event took place was in 2019 and it attracted nearly 400,000 visitors in what it called the “largest classroom in the world”. The event is free of charge and it aims to inspire young...

Tesla's newest software update for its cars, 2022.20, has already been revealed to include a feature scanning for potholes and automatically adjusting ride height for rough sections on vehicles with adaptive suspension, but it turns out that this...

Huawei promised to unveil the AITO M7 today and it managed to avoid yet another delay - the large 6 seat SUV is officially now ready for its customers. First test drives will be offered from July 23 and deliveries will begin in August. There were a...

Potholes are a real nightmare for any driver - often difficult to avoid safely, they cause damage to tires, wheels and suspension. In the worst case scenario, they can even cause an accident. Tesla has now introduced a feature to its Autopilot that...

Chrysler as a brand is in a desperate need of reinventing itself. The company's car sales last year were 3 times lower than in 2015 - that’s only six years so the decline is acute. While Chrysler stuck to its Pacifica and 300 models, other brands...

Good news for Toyota but not so good for its customers. The automaker has just crossed the threshold of 200,000 EVs sold which means its customers no longer qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Toyota has joined Tesla and General Motors in...

When Tesla first announced the Model S Plaid it promised a truly groundbreaking performance and a 200 mph top speed. They delivered on the performance promise for sure but the top speed never really materialized. First cars had 163 mph top speed and...

BMW is officially ending the serial production of the pioneering i3 model to make way for the new i3 sedan. The original i3 ran from 2013 and was exclusively produced at BMW's Leipzig manufacturing plant. The BMW i3 is sold in more than 74...