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How Tesla designs its electric motors
Tesla’s focus on electric cars has given it the rare opportunity to design vehicles from a completely clean sheet of paper, but that also creates a steep engineering learning curve. While other...
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Tesla sues German supplier over Model X door failure
Why does the Tesla Model X have those seriously fantastic falcon wing doors? Because Elon Musk hates the sliding side doors typically found on most passenger vans. He wanted something different. At...
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Will it ever be possible to charge an electric car as fast as filling a tank...
The amount of time it takes to charge an electric car today is one of the main obstacles to wider-spread consumer adoption. Even the quickest DC fast-charging stations generally take around half an...
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Hyundai debuts new hybrid transmission in Ioniq EV
The Hyundai Ioniq will feature a 6 speed dual clutch transmission (DCT) with a built-in electric motor. Hyundai says its engineers were able to make the new transmission significantly less expensive to...
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Adding a LEAF battery pack to a Chevy S-10 pickup truck (Video)
Swapping out an old internal combustion engine for an electric motor is all the rage these days. Dedicated tinkerer Jay Summet had already converted his Chevy S10 pickup truck to electric power using...
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Icona Neo concept on display in Paris
Icona is an automotive design house based in Shanghai, China but with roots in Italy. It has close links to Italian firm Cecomp, which has been building concepts and pre-production models for major...
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Porsche not interested in self driving cars
Porsche CEO Oliver Blume told the German press recently that Porsche drivers want to remain firmly in control at the wheel of their cars. “One wants to drive a Porsche by oneself,” Blume said in an...
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Google wants wireless charging for its driverless cars
Google is testing self-driving electric cars of its own design in California and Texas as part of an ongoing project to perfect the technology. And it’s possible the next stage of development for these...
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What do you do with a flood damaged Tesla Model S?
Rich works in information technology near Boston, Massachusetts. In his spare time, he likes to buy salvage vehicles and return them to as-new condition. His latest project is a 2012 Model S 85 that...
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Electric cars: A bit about lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion battery cells are the dominant power source for modern electric cars. From the first Tesla Roadster to the upcoming Chevrolet Bolt EV, they’ve proven durable enough for automotive...
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Tesla updates Summon feature to allow activation from inside the car
An update to Tesla’s Summon feature allows drivers to activate the Summon self parking feature from inside the car without having to use the key fob or a smartphone app. But first the “continuous...
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Battery-electric cars are better than fuel cell cars, says Zetsche
Dieter Zetsche, the effervescent chairman of Daimler, told German magazine Euro am Sonntag recently that batteries have a slight edge over hydrogen fuel cells for dominance in the automotive industry...
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