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The Audi e-tron electric crossover won’t be the only new model with a plug coming soon. The company plans up to 12 new plug-in models by 2025, Audi revealed at the launch event for the e-tron quattro SUV in California last month, according to a report in British magazine Autocar. In addition to the e-tron SUV, the company will produce a fastback…
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Automobili Pininfarina, which is developing a multi-million-dollar electric hypercar under the classic Italian designer name, announced a deal to develop its cars’ electric powertrain, as well as a new headquarters and executive team on Friday. The new company will partner with Croatian electric super-car builder Rimac to develop powertrain…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday settled a lawsuit with federal regulators alleging that the controversial executive bilked investors and lied when he announced the automaker had “funding secured” to buy back millions in shares to take the company private. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement Saturday. According to the…
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The SEC sues Tesla chief Elon Musk for securities fraud. The 2019 BMW i3 gains a larger battery pack. The EPA reportedly plans to eliminate its science office. VW details its mass-production MEB platform for electric cars. And the Trump Administration’s fuel economy proposal acknowledges man-made global warming—then ignores it. All of this…
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Volkswagen last week laid out the basics for its set of electric-car components that plans to use to underpin a million new all-electric vehicles each year by 2025. With those components on the Modular Electric Toolkit (MEB), VW claims that it has the first pure-EV platform designed for high-volume production. It’s a claim that may be…
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The 2019 BMW i3 will get a larger battery, good for 153 miles of range, up from 115 miles for the 2018 model, the automaker announced Friday. BMW refers to the new battery in the 2019 model as the 120 amp-hour battery, which delivers total energy storage of 42.2 kilowatt-hours with the i3’s 350-volt high-voltage power system. The new battery will…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk for securities fraud Thursday over his Aug. 7 tweet when he announced he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private. In the complaint, filed in federal court in Manhattan, the SEC said Musk made “‘false and misleading public statements and omissions” that harmed investors. The suit…
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We spend three days with the 2019 Jaguar I-Pace for a real-world review. California considers upping its electric-car rebate. Elio Motors ditches plans to build its own engines. And electric cars may not be so innocent when it comes to parking in designated charging spots. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. GCR spent three days in the real…
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With its first electric car, Audi plans to change more than what powers the car. Ripping another page from Tesla’s playbook, the traditional car company plans to reserve its new electric 2019 Audi e-tron SUV for special orders. Instead of selecting among a wide variety of cars on a local dealer’s lot, customers will have to put down a deposit and…
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Lucid Motors will give owners access to Electrify America’s fast-charging network. Expect to wait for an Audi e-tron electric car. Renault plans for Europe’s largest battery storage network. And the results are in from our latest Twitter poll. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. Electric-car startup Lucid Motors has signed a preliminary…
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