Stolichen Avtotransport, the public transport company of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, has cancelled a tender for the purchase of 52 new e-buses. Only one valid bid was submitted for each of the two lots tendered. This is the second cancellation Stolichen had to endure.
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The legal case between Tesla and former employee Martin Tripp has been ongoing since 2018. After Tripp leaked sensitive documents and presented himself as a whistleblower, the court has made a ruling that is mostly – but not entirely – a victory for Tesla.
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The interest in the new VW ID.4 seems to be particularly large in the USA – so large that when reservations opened the server was overloaded for some time.
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When the US-American auto blogger ordered an electric sports car online from the online retailer Alibaba, he thought he found a great deal with a price of US$31,000 for the Qiantu K50. However, things did not go as hoped.
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The Zetta was to be Russia’s first electric car, and the Ministry of Industry wanted to see it brought to market. But recently, the deadlines for the start of production have been pushed further and further back.
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A twelve-month trial with electric kick-scooters in Coventry, England, has been paused only five days after it started. Contrary to regulations, the vehicles were used on sidewalks and discarded throughout the city. The Council is now reviewing the best way to ensure the e-scooters are used appropriately.
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When to Autopilot? The Canadian police report that a 20-year-old Telsa driver was taking a nap with both front seats fully reclined at speeds of more than 140 kph – leaving the driving to Tela’s Autopilot function. The man (not the car) has been charged with both speeding and dangerous driving.
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Hyundai has developed a very small, zero-emission car that comes with customer instructions on how to assemble it. The isn’t powered by electricity, but by gravity.
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A software error in Tesla’s V3 Superchargers temporarily prevented other brand’s electric cars from being able to charge via CCS for free throughout Europe. On Sunday, however, this gap was closed via a software update.
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Hindenburg Research raises serious fraud accusations against the prospective electric truck manufacturer Nikola. However, the “research” is anything but neutral, as the company itself has sold Nikola shares short and is thus profiting from any price losses resulting from the paper.
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The Japanese company Cocoa Motors finally started the worldwide sale of what they call the Walkcar in August after they introduced the skateboard-like concept in 2015. The LEV weighs only 2.9 kilos and is the size of a 13-inch laptop.
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A YouTuber complained that security at the Tesla construction site in Texas had forbidden him to take video footage with his drone. Musk responded that he thought his security staff were being “a bit overzealous” since he had given his okay for the recordings.
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The manned FC lunar vehicle that Toyota is developing with the Japanese space agency JAXA is taking shape. Currently, test parts for all technological components are being developed for the rover prototype, which will be named the Lunar Cruiser.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a surprising stopover in Braunschweig at the end of his visit to Germany, which lasted several days, and met with Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess.
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Hyundai has teamed up with the K-pop band BTS for the launch campaign of the new electric brand Ioniq. A song entitled ‘I’m On It’ was released in honour of the new subsidiary brand.
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Since 2016, the Los Angeles Police Department has received 100 BMW i3s each year. However, the older i3s with a 22-kWh battery and no range extender seem to have insufficient range for police operations.
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The Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America equips some of its rapid-charge stations in the USA with stationary batteries from Tesla, but now apparently wants to disguise their origin by removing the Tesla logo from the batteries.
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What to do when the little darling wants an (electric) Aston Martin? Well not much but now a bit since the British company turned to an unusual way of becoming electric – just a little.
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After a preliminary ruling in favour of LG Chem was issued in the U.S. regarding the legal dispute between the South Korean battery manufacturers LG Chem and SK Innovation, the legal dispute between the two companies continued in South Korea – and a ruling has been made.
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Tesla would have fallen victim to a case of cybercrime if the FBI had not intervened in a sting operation that reads like an espionage thriller. It involves a Russian hacker – actually a group of them – corruption and well, law enforcement.
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In a team up with children in the UK, Seat aims to make EV charging stations more colourful. This follows research showing that 1/3 of British motorists consider the power dispensers to be ugly. The design consists of a mosaic of ten drawings by children and inaugurated with a charging station in Milton Keynes.
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The British funeral car manufacturer Coleman Milne is now offering a purely electric hearse based on the Tesla Model S. The conversion was a collaboration between British firm and the German luxury coachbuilder Binz.
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The Guinness Book of World Records has yet another curious entry. British tinkerer Edd China now holds the title for the world’s fastest electric ice cream van, with a measured top speed of 118.964 kph (73.921 mph), among six other records.
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There’s a new Model Y in town that comes really cheap only it is not quite the real thing. It is just Radio Flyer’s latest playful take on a Tesla car designed to capture the youngest.
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Segway-Ninebot has developed an electric go-kart together with Lamborghini. The Ninebot GoKart Pro in the ‘Lamborghini Edition’ can reach speeds of up to 40 kph and is distributed through electronics manufacturer Xiaomi.
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BMW is recalling thousands of plug-in hybrids and halting the delivery of eleven different models affected. Car owners are asked not to recharge their cars.
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The Porsche Taycan is technically capable of software updates via the data network (Over The Air). But owners of the electric Porsche still have to come to the workshop for a software update due to the large amount of data required.
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Ford has stopped sales of its Kuga PHEV (named Escape in the USA) due to concerns about overheating of the batteries, the company has now confirmed. Estimates indicate that up to 27,000 cars worldwide are affected.
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At one point during the electric scooter plagiarism dispute between Piaggio and Kumpan Electric, the Italian manufacturer Piaggio had a Kumpan trade show stand confiscated by police.
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The successful sales of Tesla in South Korea could lead to a withdrawal of the state premiums there. After Tesla vehicles benefited from 43 per cent of all subsidies paid out in the first half of 2020, the South Korean Ministry of the Environment has now announced changes.
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