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Nurburgring Record Broken by New NextEV NIO EP9 All-Electric Car
It was only three years ago when Mercedes-AMG shattered the record for fastest all-electric vehicle by running the legendary circuit in under eight minutes, but that is now far behind in the record books moving aside for newcomer NextEV with their NIO EP9 electric car. Seven minutes and five seconds…
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Nissan Target Tesla’s Powerwall with their xStorage Battery
Tesla may appear to be at the forefront of bringing modern clean power to the masses, but they aren’t the only company with visions of an emissions-free future. Now Nissan is kicking off their efforts to create the zero-emission cities of the future with their “xStorage” system, a newly announced…
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Self-Driving Lyft May Hit The Streets Soon!
When it comes to cars, if you aren’t working on electric vehicles like the Tesla Model 3 your eyes are often turned towards the likes of autonomous cars. The ability to get into a car, tell it a destination and then enjoy your ride as the car deals with the…
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Mandatory EV Charging Station for Every New House in Quebec
Cars are expected to change in a big way when it comes to technology in the next few years. Firstly you self-driving vehicles, with Tesla’s autopilot system avoiding a collision and even large heavy good vehicles self-driving their way around Europe. The next step is the use of electric vehicles (or EV’s…
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Chevrolet Bolt Electric Car Preparing to Enter Production
It has been a while since we reported on Chevrolet’s new all-electric car, the Bolt, but now Chevy has declared that the electric vehicle is still set to make its 2017 release. The Bolt’s production will begin before the end of 2016 and with a range in excess of 200…
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Tesla to Release V7.0 Software with Autopilot on Thursday
It’s strange to live in a world where cars can become even better, at no extra cost to the owner, via a simple firmware update, but that’s exactly what keeps happening for owners Tesla electric cars! Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter that on October 15th, the company will…
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Uber Set to Buy out Tesla’s Autonomous Car Stock
We all know that the Electric Vehicle (EV) revolution is coming, be it in the form of cars, trucks or busses; we are destined to rely on these vehicle types in the very near future. Uber, ride share taxi company has recently announced that they want to purchase every autonomous…
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Tesla Sets Another World Record
Elon Musk must be sitting in his office gleaming with how well his cars are doing; who knew all-electric vehicles were set to change the motoring world as much as they have. This time, a team of drivers have set yet another world record cross-country time from Los Angeles to…
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2016 Audi R8 e-tron to Take on Tesla Model S
The next version of Audi’s R8 will have a separate electric version labelled the ‘e-tron’. The car, with its 92kWh t-shaped lithium-ion battery, has the potential to take on the performance of the Tesla Model S. It can do 0-62 mph in just 3.9 seconds and has an incredible “artificially restricted” top…
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The Bolt, Chevrolet’s Claim to Green Fame
Electric vehicles (EVs) are slowly becoming the norm in today’s society. It all started off with the hybrid Toyota Prius back in the late 2000’s, but now it seems every manufacturer and their brother makes EVs or at least a hybrid. The newest kid on the block is Chevrolet with the “Bolt”.…
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Meet The Electric Car With More Power Than a Bugatti Veyron
Meet the Quant F – a German supercar with a difference. It’s electric, but certainly isn’t your average EV. It produces the equivalent of 1075 bhp – more than the Bugatti Veyron. What’s being billed as Germany’s answer to Tesla, nanoFlowcell, the company behind this beast, will be revealing this new car…
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Apple and Tesla Fighting Over Employees
Apple and Tesla have reportedly entered a tug of war over top employees. The two companies are worried about losing some of their most important employees to each other, and interestingly, it’s said that 150 Apple employees have left for Tesla – something Apple isn’t all too pleased about. Bloomberg Business…
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Tesla Model X Spotted Under Test at Former Naval Station
The Tesla Model X, the company’s cheaper ‘crossover utility vehicle’ (CUV), has been sighted on test at a former Naval Air Station in Alameda, CA. The video marks some of the first footage of the production version of the new vehicle being driven, with it seen speeding around a large concrete space. The…
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Software Update To Improve Tesla Acceleration
Never before have you read a headline like that – a software update improving the acceleration of a car. Yes, according to Elon Musk, a software update will soon be delivered that will tweak the algorithm in the Tesla Model S P85D, giving it 0.1 seconds faster acceleration. Tesla founder Elon…
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Tesla Developing ‘Metal Snake’ Charger
Tesla is working on a charger for its cars that you don’t even have to plug in, because it’ll do it all by itself. “For realz” (the words of Elon Musk, not mine). Btw, we are actually working on a charger that automatically moves out from the wall & connects…
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