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Every automaker out there has huge plans for electric cars, they all boast about production numbers, deliveries and new models coming to the market, only to be forced by reality to swallow their pride and admit the EV revolution won’t be that...

VW announced that during the pre-sale period it has sold over 20,000 units of ID.Buzz, the company did not provide details on how many units of each version - Cargo or passenger - were sold. The pre-sale went live before the car was available at the...

It’s this time of the year again - SEMA starts this coming Tuesday and we are going to be treated to some of the wildest creations the automotive world has seen so far. Electric cars are not shying away from the limelight - quite the opposite, they...

According to reports from the local German press, Audi is planning to increase the production of the all electric e-tron GT. Since the car is sharing production facilities with the company flagship model, the A8, the only way to increase numbers of...

Is it possible to stop using lithium batteries and replace them with other, maybe better ones? Absolutely yes, at some point in the distant future our kids will look back at our use of lithium and say “what were they thinking?” Battery technology is...

If you think this is just another Chinese company, here today gone tomorrow - don’t be so sure. Jidu is a joint venture between two Chinese giants - Baidu and Geely. The cars are manufactured at one of Geely’s factories in Zhejiang and Robo 1 is the...

Avatr is backed by Huawei and now the Chinese giant agreed to sell the Avatr 11 through the network of its flagship stores in China. Beginning this year, the car will go on display at the stores in Beijing and Shenzhen. Avatr, formerly known as...

You may have already heard about EU's plans to ban internal combustion engine vehicles from 2035 and the plan has been backed by the European Parliament and the European Council. So now, member states have to come with a plan to move towards that...

The beauty of modern car platforms - not just electric - is the ability to getting new features with OTA software updates. While some manufacturers use it for changing interior light colors or introducing new “dings and bongs” for when the door...

In our world of more and more ubiquitous car software updates, the term "recall" gets used a lot for such things, because when it was coined, there were no software updates to speak of. So, most of the recall stories you read nowadays, especially...

Do you remember the time travel paradox? The possibility of meeting the other you and all the related consequences? Well, the time travel might be real because the paradox did happen - we have two all-new DeLoreans. Not sure about the consequences...

Nio will leverage its cars' innovative battery swap ability to offer a unique new program. Starting in a few Chinese cities, Nio will allow owners to swap to a different size battery - bigger or smaller - on a daily basis. The pilot program will...

XPeng announced its big, fully-electric G9 SUV about a month ago and it's now beginning to roll the streets. The company officially announced that the first customers are now receiving their G9s. The caveat is that most of the deliveries are...

Hyundai will open order books for the Ioniq 6 in the UK on November 9. Those who wish to get one of the most awaited electric cars will need to be quick, the car will be sold in a limited numbers and in a special First Edition trim priced at GBP...

Volkswagen previously stated that it would start selling only EVs by 2035, but the company's CEO Thomas Schäfer now said the company will be ready with the transition by 2033. In a recent interview he gave for Automotive News he outlined some...

Reuters revealed that the US Department of Justice launched a criminal probe last year into Tesla’s self-driving claims. The investigation was prompted after more than a dozen accidents involving Tesla vehicles with its Autopilot activated, and some...

Mullen plans to take on Europe with a China-sourced little EV that it will use as a delivery car. The Mullen I-GO is originally a four-door, four-seater EV made in China under the Henan Henrey Shiying Vehicle brand. Mullen will rebrand the car as a...

EV launches are getting more and more complex, with teasers, unveilings of sketches, pre-announcements, announcements with no specs, announcements with some specs but no availability info, and so on. Chinese car brand ORA is the latest in a long...

Meizu was founded in 2003 and was one of the first phone makers in China and it used to ship 10 million phones every year. Its recent performance dropped significantly down to just 1 million handsets a year and the company was taken over by another...

Toyota only just announced its electric 4-door sedan for the Chinese market yesterday but there was something else during the unveiling. The company teased an image of another electric vehicle that is currently under development. The darkened image...