Whoops! The Audi e-tron has an internal identity crisis
Drivers of the Audi e-Tron have been confused by the fully-electric SUV’s screen display: it unhelpfully shows the closest petrol stations and prices but not charging points.
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Jaguar wants to redefine the car, literally
Jaguar has launched a new PR campaign for its I-Pace electric model, addressing the creators of the prestigious Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary still defines the “car” as a “road vehicle powered by a combustion engine”.
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Oops, an electric car advertising budget wasted
In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a Volkswagen ad should not be broadcast on UK television according to new rules against gender-stereotyping.
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Flying above the water without emissions (videos)
In Western Australia, the first electric hydrofoil jet-ski called the WaveFlyer has been developed. A prototype that can be seen flying above the water below.
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A busy bee sets Twitter a buzz
A few days ago Elon Musk busied himself tweeting a lot of “bee content”. Since then, there has been speculation that the bee emojis and related word games are not just Twitter gags, but an allusion to the name of the planned Tesla pickup.
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Rather than opening the market, Jaguar edges in on Tesla
In order to achieve better I-Pace sales in the USA, Jaguar is offering the ‘Tesla Conquest’ incentive that provides an additional $3,000 rebate for Tesla owners who buy an I-Pace.
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Rest in peace, modern styles
The Norwegian engineer Jan Erik Naley has come up with a very special Model S conversion as he made the Tesla into a hearse. Let’s hope the reduced emissions will also reduce demand for the vehicle’s services.
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MotoE still hitting speed bumps
The premiere season of the electric motorcycle racing series MotoE continues to be marked by breakdowns. After the start of the season had to be postponed due to a big fire in the paddock in Jerez, there was another fire in the Spielberg paddock on Friday, when Niki Tuuli’s electric bike went up in flames […]
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Grumpy customer or tricky manufacturer?
After Tesla reduced the range of older Model S and Model X vehicles by software update at the beginning of this year after a fire in a Model S in Hong Kong, a lawsuit has now been filed against the electric car manufacturer.
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Waste not, want not
As pedestrian unhappiness about the onslaught of electric kick scooter fleets is mounting, Parisians have taken to throwing the scooters into the Seine to be rid of them. Now a startup called Guppy has emerged to retrieve the submerged scooters using magnets.
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Tesla marks new safety records
According to a study published by the Highway Loss Data Institute, Tesla Model S and Model Y vehicles are almost 90% less likely to be stolen than the average car in the USA.
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Mercedes gets burned on social media
After a message claiming that “If this summer wasn’t hot enough for you, the Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 4Matic will turn the heat up”, many criticized the company for the environmental implications of the slogan.
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Pennsylvania under fire for funding diesel
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy projects would receive $8.5 million from the state’s share of the Dieselgate settlement with Volkswagen. According to critics, however, much of the money is going to fund new diesel vehicles.
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Even EVs have trouble leaving oil behind
It turns out that from Renault’s Zoe delivery to Australia, more than 90% of the vehicles were damaged in transit due to an oil spill on the transport vessel. It seems that the road to electrification is slippery indeed.
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German politicians aim too high on social media
When the German CDU tweeted “Germany overtakes Norway in electric cars”, they aimed to spread good news. The problem was, that the statement is not entirely true and further, posted by the wrong party.
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RV concept for Tesla Semi revealed
The design company Vanlifer has come up with a novel idea to just use a Telsa semi-trailer truck as the basis for an electric mobile home. With Tesla’s self-driving functions this home could make coming home a matter of staying put and pressing buttons.
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Charging etiquette hits hard
A Tesla owner in China parked his Model S at a Supercharger bay without charging it. And while he was not ICEing in any strict sense, his in-action still sparked a strong reaction – he found his Model S with a dismantled bumper.
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Playmobil movie will feature Porsche Mission E
Serious business is child’s play as Porsche has brought its Mission E, the concept that preceded the Taycan, into the new Playmobil animation film. In the feature film, the character of secret agent Rex Dasher drives a white Mission E.
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It’s not what you think…
If you see someone bobbing around, wildly turning their Tesla’s steering wheel while being perfectly stationary at the charger, they may not be crazy. At least, not in the way you thought: it’s just Tesla’s Arcade.
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Electric dragster breaks records
Racing legend Don “Big Daddy” Garlits has counted more than 87 outings, but that has proved no reason for him to slow down. He recently beat his previously held record on a quarter mile drag race with his new electric dragster: 189 mp/h.
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Electric scooters gone wild
In a wild dashcam video, we can see someone on an electric kick scooter navigating a highway in Texas. While many people have complained about the improper and dangerous use of the now almost ubiquitous rental scooters, this has got to be the dumbest.
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Electric Ford F-150 shows how much muscle an EV packs
In a new video, Ford has shown off their F-150 electric pickup truck prototype in action. While it is still unclear when the vehicle will be ready for the market, it certainly looks like it won’t be lacking power.
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“Weeds growing up around” Angus Council EVs
It was recently revealed that Scotland’s Angus Council is not using their publicly funded electric vehicles. Two only covered 20 miles each since March, while one vehicle only drove five miles since the end of April.
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Audi uses Tesla’s shade for marketing
In February, we reported on Audi using Tesla’s superchargers as a backdrop to market their e-tron electric SUV. Now it seems that the barely-guerilla marketing campaign wasn’t an isolated event.
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Don’t drink and scoot
In an effort to make streets a little safer, 26 people were booked in Copenhagen over the last few days for operating electric scooters with a blood-alcohol level above the limit, while four others were found to be under the influence of drugs.
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Because we want to emoji that we’re charging
Electrify America has started a campaign and petition at change.org to an “Electric Vehicle With Charger” smart phone keyboard emoji. The Volkswagen subsidiary has put in a formal proposal to the Unicode Consortium, the governing body for emoji creation and started a campaign on change.org.
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Not everybody tolerates creaky German bureaucracy
After hearing about Tesla customers suffering unnecessarily long waiting times for vehicle registration in Berlin and Hamburg, Tesla boss Elon Musk simply called the cities’ mayors.
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Hydrofoiling: This electric speed boat got wings (video)
The Swedish firm Candela has developed an electric speed boat that is hydrofoiling, so it is sort of flying. Top speed is 30 knots (55 kph) and the 40 kWh battery enables a range of more than 50 nautical miles (93 km) – and, they’ve taken it to series production.
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Is Dyson just full of hot air?
A little dispute has swept the press that talks of a disagreement between Honda and yet-to-turn electric carmaker Dyson. The latter says they had proposed to use parts of Honda’s factory in Swindon. The Japanese politely declined.
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A friendly thank you from the neighbourhood
After 12-year-old Charlotte Smith from the English Solihull learned of the environmental benefits of electric vehicles, she took it upon herself to thank drivers for their environmental consciousness.
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