Tesla Model 3 is approved for NYC yellow cab duty

Tesla Model 3  -  Portland, OR  -  January 2019Your next yellow cab ride in New York City might be a little bit greener. New York City has officially approved the Tesla Model 3 for taxi duty. As Electrek reports, this makes the Tesla Model 3 the very first electric car to be formally certified for taxi duty by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission. With this approval, the window…
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Elon ‘Treelon’ Musk says he’ll donate 1 million trees to #teamtrees YouTube project

Elon Musk announced on Twitter late yesterday afternoon that he’d donate 1 million trees to the #teamtrees project launched by YouTube star MrBeast. He then changed his Twitter name to “Treelon” Musk.

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Hyundai concept semi shows high hopes for hydrogen fuel cells

Hyundai HDC-6 Neptune FCEV SemiHyundai says it wants to explore opportunities in the U.S. commercial truck market with its new fuel-cell-powered HDC-6 Neptune Class 8 semi concept. While Hyundai didn’t give us much in the way of detail about its commercial concept, it did say that Neptune is a clean-sheet commercial vehicle design based on a “groundbreaking futuristic…
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Tesla Model S ‘Raven’ put against Porsche Taycan Turbo S in fairer review — both are great

We previously reported on a direct comparison between the Tesla Model S and the new Porsche Taycan, but the review had its issues.

Now a Tesla Model S ‘Raven’ vs Porsche Taycan Turbo S gives a fairer look at the two top-of-the-line electric sedans and it concludes both are great cars. more…


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Company behind ‘first American-style cruiser electric motorcycle’ lifts the veil

This past weekend we first broke the news on a new electric motorcycle that was headed for a debut at the 2019 EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show next month. But as interesting as the Hadin Panther electric cruiser looked, there were some serious questions and suspicious riddles that were left unanswered.

Now we’ve caught up with the company to get to the bottom of the mystery of what they call the “first American-style cruiser electric motorcycle”.

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