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Car enthusiasts mourn the commoditization of propulsion. Once petrolheads would have chosen a BMW for its sonorous straight-six or a Mercedes-AMG for its thunderous V8. Now many believe that distinctiveness is rapidly diminishing.…

Protesters charged onto Tesla’s factory site near Berlin on Friday, as part of a five-day demonstration against the carmaker’s local expansion plans.Footage on social media showed crowds of black-clad protesters on Tesla premises and…

A compact, family-sized car, the BYD Seal is unapologetically aimed squarely at taking on the Tesla Model 3. That said, it’s bigger than the American in every dimension, most notably in both length (4,800 mm vs 4,694 mm for the Model 3)…

Last week, the Biden administration made it official: American cars are really going electric.The US Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule, long in the works, that will require automakers selling in the United States to…

The Seattle ebike company Rad Power Bikes has announced four new ebike models, all of which have the very important distinction of being unlikely to have their batteries suddenly burst into flames.The company says its new Safe Shield…

Wouldn't it be cool if you never had to charge your cell phone? I'm sure that's what a lot of people were thinking recently, when a company called BetaVolt said it had developed a coin-sized “nuclear battery” that would last for 50…

Hey, remember when Snap made a drone that flew over your head and shot an aerial selfie? The Pixy drone was more or less an experiment, in line with Spectacles and Snap’s other forays into hardware. The drone debuted in May 2022, but…

Perhaps you’ve heard: In many places, it’s really very cold out. Deep freezes hit wide bands of the US this week; snow and freezing rain have swept across northern Europe. This is all less than ideal for electric vehicles, which…

Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal. Courtesy of Joanna SternIf Vision Pro is mostly meant to be used from a couch cushion or desk chair, the external battery pack may not factor in as much. As I pointed out last spring, it’s an…

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