GM modernizes its logo to highlight its EV-centric future

Posted on 08/01/2021 by Engadget

As GM focuses more heavily on electric vehicles, the company is modernizing its classic logo. For over 50 years, the automaker had used underlined all-caps white lettering on a blue square. The latest emblem switches things up with a lowercase "gm" o...

EVs made up more than half of car sales in Norway last year

Posted on 05/01/2021 by Engadget

More than half of all cars sold in Norway are now electric, claims new data from the country’s Road Federation. Reuters is reporting that, across 2020, EVs made up 54 percent of all new car sales, a figure that jumps even higher if you include plug-i...

Tesla launches the world’s largest Supercharger station in Shanghai

Posted on 31/12/2020 by Engadget

Tesla has launched the world’s largest Supercharger station in China, the company announced on Wiebo. The 72-stall facility in Shanghai easily bests the 56 stall station the company opened last month in Fresno county, California, as Electrek noted. U...

An electric RV is coming from Lordstown Motors and Camping World

Posted on 16/12/2020 by Engadget

Lordstown Motors, a company that’s been focused on developing electric trucks for commercial customers, is teaming up with the RV retailer Camping World for a slew of EV offerings. Most intriguing, the companies are planning to build the first large-...

Hitting the Books: How autonomous EVs could help solve climate change

Posted on 28/11/2020 by Engadget

Climate change is far and away the greatest threat of the modern human era — a crisis that will only get worse the longer we dither — with American car culture as a major contributor to the nation’s greenhouse emissions. But carbon-neutralizing energ...

Audi’s next-gen Formula E racer has a tiny and efficient powertrain

Posted on 26/11/2020 by Engadget

Audi’s latest Formula E car delivers a big boost in efficiency and weight savings, the company announced (as seen by CNET). The E-Tron FE07 shares the same carbon-fiber body, 18-inch Michelin road tires and 52 kWh McLaren battery with other teams. Ho...

Consumer Reports study finds reliability issues with some EVs

Posted on 19/11/2020 by Engadget

There are probably always going to be teething issues with new products, and electric vehicles are no exception. According to the results of Consumer Reports' most recent reliability study, owners of recent EV models have flagged some "significant pr...

Ford makes the 2021 Mustang Mach-E a little cheaper

Posted on 30/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Ford is hoping to take the edge off some of the sticker shock when you buy a new Mustang Mach-E. Autoblog is reporting on a leaked memo, published on the Mach-E Forum, that purports to have been sent to Ford dealerships in the US. The instructions fr...

Nissan’s Re-Leaf prototype is a mobile power supply for disaster response

Posted on 29/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

When a natural disaster strikes, one of the biggest challenges is getting power to the disaster site. Nissan may have a way to change that. The company has developed an all-electric emergency response vehicle concept. Dubbed the Re-Leaf, the prototyp...

Nikola founder resigns following SEC probe into electric truck business

Posted on 21/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Following a fraud accusation by a short firm and potential probe by the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Nikola founder Trevor Milton is stepping down as executive chairman. “Nikola is truly in my blood and always will be, and the focus shoul...

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