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EV maker's self-driving chief makes bold claim about rival technology
50+ min ago (531+ words) Xpeng's head of autonomous driving continues to draw attention for his go-to phrase. There are plenty of ways to earn press attention in the fraught world of autonomous driving. Distilling a brand's philosophy into a phrase like "language is poison…...
The Lucid Gravity Just Got Hands-Free Driving, Smarter Navigation, and Better Charging Tools - AOL
2+ min ago (331+ words) The Lucid Gravity Just Got Hands-Free Driving, Smarter Navigation, and Better Charging Tools AOL. com When the 2026 Lucid Gravity launched, it was glitchy, quirky, and limited to the hands-on version of Lucid's Dream Drive software. Since then, Lucid has steadily…...
Why Used Toyota Hybrids Are Suddenly Selling For More Than New Ones
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (419+ words) Buying a used car has typically been an easy way to save some cash. In the case of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, however, some shoppers are discovering the opposite is true. Across the United States, late-model used RAV4 Hybrids are selling for…...
Carvana Secures Warrant to Purchase Shares in Slate Auto
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (306+ words) Online used-car platform Carvana has secured a regulatory warrant to purchase shares in Slate Auto, an electric vehicle startup backed by Jeff Bezos that aims to manufacture an affordable $25, 000 electric pickup truck. Regulatory filings from the Delaware Division of Corporation…...
China car sales fall 22% in May as oil prices crush petrol demand
42+ min ago (462+ words) Summary: Source: China Passenger Car Association, via The Wall Street Journal (gated) China's auto market extended its slump in May, with retail passenger car sales dropping 22. 1% from a year earlier to 1. 51 million units, as surging oil prices continued to erode…...
Blackout-plagued Nigeria pursues EVs | The Star - newspaper - Read this story on Magzter. com
45+ min ago (435+ words) THERE are two ways to think about electric vehicles in Nigeria. The first is that it's beyond folly to own an EV in a place where power outages are a fixture of daily life: the few EV drivers around are…...
Researchers claim EV usage in China may have saved thousands of lives
50+ min ago (489+ words) An expected, but still a welcome outcome A recent study by researchers in China points to reduced air pollution linked to EVs, saving as many as 262, 000 lives by lowering local populations' exposure to pollutants. The study indicates that reduced exposure…...
Why is Massachusetts sitting on $64 M in EV-charger funding?
2+ hour ago (962+ words) For all the concern about lost federal funding courtesy of the Republican trifecta in Washington, Massachusetts still has not deployed a'single electric vehicle charger through a'Biden-era program that President Donald Trump has left intact. The Bay State is sitting on…...
Could this 3-wheeled solar-powered vehicle transform the EV market?
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (15+ words) KMTV 3 News Now...
Research Suggests Most EV Buyers Actually Want Boring Cars
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (796+ words) Electric vehicles were once seen as futuristic status symbols aimed at tech enthusiasts and early adopters. Early EV culture revolved around Silicon Valley startups, rapid acceleration figures, massive touchscreen displays, and the idea that owning an electric car meant embracing…...