The New York Attorney General’s Office has now filed charges against Trevor Milton, the Nikola founder who resigned in September 2020 after allegations of fraud. He is accused of misleading investors.
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Just one for the books – a video in which VW boss Herbert Diess thanks his employees while mastering an Audi e-surfboard.
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The run between Tesla and Porsche for the fastest lap time on the Nürburgring is entering the next round. Last round, the Tesla Model S Plaid prototypes at the Nürburgring allegedly managed to set a lap time of 7 minutes and 13 seconds.
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Toyota is trying to keep the Biden administration from introducing BEV-only leaning measures. Local media reports the Japanese corporation was lobbying behind closed doors to include more FCEVs and hybrids in the policy mix.
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Chinese battery cell manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has sued its smaller rival China Lithium Battery Technology (CALB) for alleged infringement of its intellectual property. The latter denies the allegations.
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The electric air taxi startup Lilium is short of cash. According to the German magazine Welt am Sonntag, the company has amended its 2019 balance sheet to state that its continued existence is at risk.
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Electric car startup Rivian has landed a true PR coup. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his crew drove the Rivian R1S e-SUV to the launch pad on Tuesday before their trip into space. But the choice of car is not entirely surprising.
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In Norway, some of Ford’s first EV have stopped without warning. Six cases are known so far. The affected owners were driving on a steep road and experienced a sudden stop of their electric car after a longer phase of downhill recuperation.
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The two Chinese carmakers Great Wall Motor and Chery Automobile have launched a recall of a total of 17,623 new energy vehicles for thermal runaway risks of power battery.
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Ford wants to make sure fans of gas-powered cars get the full sensual experience when driving an electric vehicle – including an apparently sentimental association with gas fumes.
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Mercedes-Benz is recalling 1,463 units of its EQC electric model worldwide, 136 of these in Germany. Due to inadequate sealing of the high-voltage battery housing, corrosion could lead to moisture ingress, making it impossible to restart the vehicle. In addition, there is an increased risk of fire.
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A drunk 40-year-old man in Berlin tried to transport a large refrigerator on an electric kick scooter. When police stopped the man, the unsecured refrigerator fell to the ground.
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In Germany, Cologne’s Lord Mayor Henriette Reker is proposing that electric kick-scooters can no longer be used in certain areas of the city at night between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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A sporadic software error is the reason for a recall of the BMW iX3. In the event of a serious accident, overvoltage could cause damage to control units and components of the 12 V electrical system.
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In Texas, where Musk’s private space company, SpaceX, is manufacturing its Starships, the Tesla founder is apparently staying in a humble prefab home that Teslarati claims can be towed by a Model X.
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An incident in Florida captured on Model 3 cameras shows a man suddenly experiencing uncontrollable rage towards a Tesla car. We have seen a variety of EV-induced road rage incidents, but the sheer randomness of the attack is new.
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The initially promising startup has had a bit of a roller coaster ride. After cash issues and an embarrassing prototype endurance race in Mexico, it seemed the company had weathered the worst. Now an investigation by the US Justice Department looms.
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Porsche is planning a global recall for its Taycan electric model. US customers complained in isolated cases about what appeared to be a software-related shutdown of the drive while driving, triggering an investigation by the NHTSA.
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The city of Paris is threatening electric scooter operators with the revocation of their licenses. If problems with speeding and improperly parked scooters continue, “we will consider the complete abolition of the scooters,” said Deputy Mayor David Belliard.
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As reported, in October 2019, the EU Commission opened an investigation to examine whether Hungary’s plans to grant subsidies of 108 million euros to Samsung SDI for the expansion of its battery cell production facility in Göd, Hungary, complied with EU rules on regional state aid.
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Tesla has to update the software in around 285,000 of its cars in China because a sudden acceleration to the preset speed could occur in connection with an accidental activation of the cruise control function.
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Tesla is being sued in a Californian court over charges at its Superchargers. Specifically, Kevin Shenkman filed a lawsuit on behalf of customers who were promised free use of the Superchargers for life when they purchased their car from Tesla.
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Shared mobility provider Revel is not among the luckiest companies in New York. Its recent plan to launch a ride-hailing service with 50 Teslas has been dismissed by the authorities in charge – at least in its initial form.
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When Peugeot recently opened the order books for its e-Rifter van, we overlooked a small but decisive detail that now caught the eyes of the Twitter community.
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Cities in Florida aren’t allowed to order gas stations to add electric vehicle charging stations under a new law. Meanwhile, the state is spending its own money to add fast-charging stations on highways crisscrossing the sunshine state.
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Honda will discontinue production of the Clarity fuel cell and plug-in hybrid versions in August. The Japanese automaker now confirmed earlier media reports in a statement.
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In Germany, divers have discovered more than 500 e-scooters at the bottom of the river Rhine. Local TV station WDR said rioters had thrown them into the river from a bridge in downtown Cologne. As if not disturbing enough, the divers also discovered something else.
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Shortly before the kickoff of the European soccer championship match between Germany and France on Tuesday, a Greenpeace paraglider had to make an emergency landing in the stadium injuring two people. Greenpeace has issued an apology.
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While Elon Musk criticised Bitcoin for not ensuring renewable energy production for its operations, Tesla itself is now reportedly using hundreds of diesel generators to set up production at the future Giga Berlin plant in Grünheide, Germany.
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Due to the high demand for electric cars, the board of the Volkswagen brand has decided to take an unusual step. The carmaker’s 18,000 or so executives are temporarily no longer allowed to order pure battery-electric vehicles as company cars.
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