A few days ago, Mercedes-Benz opened the order books for its EQA compact electric car. The German company is finally getting serious about e-mobility and bringing their electric cars to the masses, one would think. Or are they?
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Chinese government officials have met Tesla representatives over customer complaints about battery fires, unexpected acceleration and failures in OTA software updates. They have urged Tesla to comply with the law and stay consistent while the company promised they would thoroughly look into the issues.
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The Australian company Alauda has presented the final design for the electric VTOL ‘Airspeeder Mk3’, which will compete in the first season of the electric aerial racing series later this year.
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General Motors hired actor and comedian Will Ferrell for its Super Bowl commercial, in which the company promotes its Ultium platform. Norway as the market leader for electric cars? They don’t want to put up with that in the USA!
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The “Yoke” steering wheel presented by Tesla as part of the refresh of its Model S and Model X, which many thought was a marketing gag with no chance of realisation, is apparently actually eligible for registration in Europe.
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Xpeng recalls 13,399 G3 e-SUVs manufactured between 29 March 2019 and 27 September 2020 in China. A potential inverter problem may cause cars to lose power while running.
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The Munich public prosecutor’s office is investigating insolvency proceedings at Byton GmbH at the Bavaria office. The company denies media reports that ex-CEO Daniel Kirchert has fled to Hong Kong to escape the investigations.
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Honda has given viewers a preview of the Honda E-Drag at the virtual Tokyo Auto Salon. The vehicle is a Honda E that the company’s engineers have converted into a quirky drag racer as a concept.
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Niu demonstrates that you can also fly with its electric scooters, at least the stuntman in the following video seems to think he can…
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) asked Tesla to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X over potential safety risks from touchscreen displays not working. Tesla must respond to NHTSA by tomorrow or, if it does not agree, must provide the agency “with a full explanation of its decision.”
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Elon Musk offers prize money to reinvent trees: Elon Musk has decided to address the challenge of how to remove and capture existing CO2 from the atmosphere with prize money.
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Italy’s luxury design house ARES has converted the Tesla Model S into a two-door convertible, commissioned by a private client. The price remains undisclosed but ARES said they would gladly undertake further conversions of this kind upon request.
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At CES 2021, French startup MACA presented the Carcopter, a concept for a hydrogen-powered Formula 1 flying car. Yes, you read that right and the founders want to establish an entire air race around it.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Justice filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota for “systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements”.
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The electric microcar trio formed of the Mitsubishi I-Miev, Citroën C-Zero and Peugeot Ion is exhibiting problems. PSA is calling almost 40,000 units to return to workshops worldwide, a German specialist portal reports.
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Norway has not always been the promised land for EV enthusiasts. In fact, it took the oil-producing nation a while to become a fan of electric driving. Incentives played a role of course but before the money came a push in popularity from an unlikely source.
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Unknown persons demolished the Berlin Tesla showroom in the Treptow district of Bohnsdorf last Sunday. Several window panes and glass doors were broken in the attack. Eight vandalised cars were found by the emergency services at the scene.
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ICEing is still a thing – at least in the world of trolls and this one probably wanted to be particularly “thoughtful”. In what the driver probably thought was a humorous moment, the pick-up truck that blocked a Tesla Supercharger bore a sign saying “I identify as a Prius”.
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Volkswagen is launching a recall for its e-Up small electric car. Due to faulty battery cells, there is a risk of a short circuit or fire. No incidents have been reported so far, but the decision was taken as a precautionary measure – which is not too dramatic since the number of vehicles involved is […]
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There have been a number of negative experiences with electric scooters in the Australian capital Canberra, which were introduced for hire there in August. A report has now surfaced citing the dangers of electric scooter use in the city.
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Just a few months after its market launch, the Mercedes-Benz electric passenger van, the EQV is already subject to a recall: 302 EQVs produced between 21 February and 27 October 2020 will have to go back to the factory. According to our updates, the e-Sprinter and e-Vito electric delivery vehicles are also affected by recalls.
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Which car would Doc Brown and Marty McFly most likely drive today if there were a modern sequel to the cult film series ‘Back to the Future’ from the 1980s? A former Rimac designer has an electric answer.
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Ford plans to equip electric kick- scooters from its micromobility subsidiary Spin with driver assistance systems in cooperation with Drover AI. Together, they aim to bring Level 2 automation to electric scooters.
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Darren Palmer, chief developer of the electric car division at Ford, is dishing out towards Tesla. Without mentioning the competitor by name, Palmer extolled the virtues of the all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E with some sly remarks aimed at the competition.
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The South Tyrolean snow groomer manufacturer Prinoth has revealed a prototype of a purely battery-electric snow groomer model called Husky eMotion for the ski slopes.
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The electric delivery van from MAN Truck & Bus has received a special honour in Austria: Austrian Post has immortalised the MAN eTGE on a stamp. The occasion was the anniversary of the 2,000th electric vehicle that Austrian Post put into service at the beginning of December.
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Volkswagen is doing too little to promote sales of electric cars, says Greenpeace. The organisation just published a paper following probing conversations it had at 50 dealerships in Germany during a mystery shopping spree.
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For many people across the world, this is the time to bring out the Christmas lights. In Canada, police found that a Tesla Model 3 driver took it too far. The officer pointed out the fairy lights to be a potential distraction. The next problem was that they were fastened with nothing but duct tape.
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Hyundai presented its smallest electric car to date in October and now shows what the tiny thing can really do. The AI-supported children’s EV is currently doing rounds at a hospital in Barcelona and is working what looks like magic.
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Nissan is using its Leaf to power Christmas trees in a number of shopping malls in the Philippines in the run-up to Christmas. With this Christmas stunt, the Japanese manufacturer is demonstrating the Leaf’s bidirectional charging technology.
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