Elon Musk last night unveiled for the first time in public the Tesla Model 3. Musk expects the eagerly-anticipated car to ship by the end of next year, but that isn’t stopping more than 115,000 people (as of the time of Musk’s announcement) from placing $1,000 deposits for the hot new […]
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Key features Volvo expects will distinguish its S90 luxury sedan? Autonomous drive functionality and the “Twin Engine” (plug-in hybrid) powertrain. In a Feb. 29 interview with Automotive News’ Diana T. Kurylko and Dave Guilford, Volvo Car Group CEO Håkan Samuelsson said Volvo’s plug-in technology “ends the discussion about engine size.” Samuelsson
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), in partnership with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc., has announced seven finalist cities, from a field of 78 submittals in a nationwide competition, for the DOT’s Smart City Challenge. The Smart City Challenge is designed to help cities begin to address the challenges that many
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Recognizing that not everyone is yet ready to purchase an all-electric vehicle, but faced with regulatory requirements to meet increasingly stringent fuel economy standards in many jurisdictions around the world, tier 1 suppliers including Johnson Controls are offering auto manufacturers a 48-volt battery system to enable “micro-hybrid” vehicles. These systems offer
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Faraday Future, the cutting-edge EV developer, announced on March 1 it has earned its first U.S. Patent, No. 9,241,428-B1, for a power inverter the company calls the “FF Echelon Inverter.” An inverter is an electronic device that changes direct current to alternating current and is an integral component in battery-powered vehicles. In
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