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Tesla has a trio of new car paint colors coming, something the automaker hasn’t done in years. The new colors were revealed in Tesla’s latest mobile app update. Tesla buyers have been teased about new factory colors for years now, but it might finally happen soon. Back in the early days of the Model S,
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A recent report out of China cites documentation that major battery supplier BYD intends to raise the prices of its lithium battery cells by at least 20% beginning November 1. BYD notes market changes surrounding the limits of raw materials for lithium batteries as the reason for the price hike. With global supply chains stifled,
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Hyundai Mobis has succeeded in developing the core technology for future urban mobility: the e-corner module where the steering, braking, suspension and driving systems of vehicle are combined Hyundai Mobis said it had developed automobile wheel technology “regarded as the core technology for future urban mobility”. It allows 90-degree rotation parking and in-place rotation and
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Henniges Automotive GmbH and Co. KG has filed for insolvency in the German courts for its manufacturing plant and technical centre located in Rehburg, Germany. “The global pandemic and the semiconductor chip crisis have significantly contributed to declining sales and the additional escalation of raw material costs has contributed to the company’s inability to continue
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General Motors announced Tuesday that it’s getting back in the Bolt business. It’s resuming limited production of its Chevy Bolt electric car at its Orion Assembly plant. Orion has been shut down since August, when GM widened its recall of the Bolt EV and Bolt EUV to cover 140,000 vehicles — every unit ever built
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Audi’s next electric vehicle will be a small crossover twinned with an electric Porsche Macan. The Audi will go by the name Q6 E-Tron, and fresh prototypes have been spotted in the wild. Italy’s Mazzanti has returned with a new version of its Evantra supercar. The newest version is designed for purists, with its focus
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To many, 1964’s “Goldfinger” is arguably the greatest of all the James Bond films, but for car enthusiasts, it isn’t the performance of Sean Connery as 007 that excites the most but rather the set of wheels he drives: an Aston Martin DB5. Last year, Aston Martin started building a run of new DB5s built
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Chevrolet Bolt EV/Chevrolet Bolt EUV production at the Orion Assembly plant in Michigan will finally resume on November 1, after several months of pause (since August). According to Automotive News, General Motors intends to resume “limited” Bolt production “for two weeks,” which indicates that not everything is sorted out yetand the company requires more time to
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The CCS Combo 1 adapter for Tesla’s proprietary charging standard was first launched in South Korea (but it is coming to North America as well) and was recently tested with a few Teslas and several chargers. According to the specs, the adapter works at up to 500 V and up to 300 A (theoretically up
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