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Another self-driving car company will test its vehicles in the US

by Andrew J . Hawkins

NuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup that’s been testing its technology in Singapore, announced that it had signed an agreement with officials in Boston to bring its self-driving cars to that city’s streets. NuTonomy said it will...

Is Los Angeles ready to rethink the car?

by Tamara Warren

When people say Americans won’t give up their cars, Los Angeles is a case study on automotive saturation. Car fever took off during the post World War II era economic boom, and the sprawling city’s far reaching tentacle of freeways make the...

Chevy’s Bolt EV to have limited availability in 2016, with wider rollout next spring

by Andrew Liptak

General Motors had long been planning to release its all-electric Chevy Bolt before the end of 2016 — and it will, but only in California and Oregon. Wider availability — basically the rest of the country — will need to wait until 2017 says The...

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BMW reportedly ends its self-driving car partnership with Chinese tech giant Baidu

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Splittsville

Watch Roborace’s autonomous racecar drive 12 laps without crashing

by Sean O'Kane

The folks over at Roborace have taken one of the biggest steps yet toward making their fantastic-looking self-driving racecars a reality. The company just published footage of the Roborace test car, known as DevBot, completing 12 laps on its own —...

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Tesla’s acquisition of Solar City has been approved by its shareholders

by Micah Singleton

Tesla’s shareholders have approved the acquisition of Solar City, bringing together two of Musk’s companies under one (solar-powered) roof. The vote clears the way for the $2.6 billion deal to close “in the coming days,” Tesla said. The...

Volvo’s new app brings you an entire car concierge service

by Jordan Golson

Volvo is creating a service ecosystem around its cars, giving its customers access to third-party service providers to remotely fuel up, get a car wash, service the car, and more. It’s called Volvo Concierge Services, and it’s a digital platform...

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The Stelvio is a Ferrari SUV with an Alfa Romeo badge

by Jordan Golson

It could be the fastest SUV ever around the Nürburgring

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Electric cars are now required to make noise at low speeds so they don’t sneak up and kill us

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Electric and hybrid-fuel cars will be required to produce noise when traveling at low speeds under a new rule issued by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This is to prevent these vehicles from injuring pedestrians, especially...

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The new Mercedes-Maybach S 650 could be the ultimate luxury convertible

by Jordan Golson

Naturally, it comes with a matching set of luggage

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Intel says it will spend $250 million to develop self-driving cars

by Andrew J . Hawkins

That’s a lot of scratch

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How an auto show about the future will deal with Trump

by Tamara Warren

Automobility LA, once billed as the Los Angeles Auto Show press days, kicks off this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year the auto show has rebranded itself as all about the future — but what kind of future that will be after the...

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BMW is expanding its car-sharing service to Brooklyn

by Anisa Purbasari

Car2go and Zipcar are about to get some new competition

The all-electric Jaguar I-Pace is aimed straight at the Model X

by Jordan Golson

An estimated 220 miles of range, coming in 2018

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The wee little EcoSport is Ford’s new small SUV

by Jordan Golson

But you can’t buy one for more than a year

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Samsung is buying Harman in an $8 billion bet on connected cars

by James Vincent

Samsung has announced this morning it’s buying US audio company Harman in an all-cash deal worth $8 billion. The acquisition is Samsung’s largest ever, and places the electronics company in the vanguard of the automotive industry — which Harman...

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Can electric sports cars be sporty without any engine noise?

by Jordan Golson

Electric cars are the future. Thanks to emissions restrictions and fuel efficiency requirements, plus the ease of using renewable energy to power an electric car means nearly every manufacturer will need to embrace it sooner or later. One of those...

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Buy Audi’s ludicrous Final Fantasy XV-themed supercar for $470,000

by Nick Statt

Nothing screams excess like a pop culture-specific memorabilia purchase that costs more than a house. For gearheads, there’s now a one-of-a-kind Final Fantasy XV-themed Audi R8 that costs nearly half a million dollars. Developer Square Enix teamed...

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How to watch Formula E’s first ever race in Africa this weekend

by Sean O'Kane

All-electric racing series Formula E is back after taking a month off following its season three premiere in Hong Kong. This weekend’s race is in Marrakesh, Morocco, and it’s the first time the series has run a race in Africa. (It also happens to...

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Vespa's first electric scooter looks gorgeous

by Sean O'Kane

It’s coming in 2017, but I want to drive it now

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Tesla acquires a German automation company to accelerate vehicle production

by Jordan Golson

Tesla has agreed to acquire Grohmann Engineering, a German firm that specializes in automated manufacturing. Founder Klaus Grohmann will also be joining Tesla and will head a new division within the automaker called Tesla Advanced Automation...

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New Tesla buyers will have to pay to use Superchargers

by Sean O'Kane

Tesla is making a big change to its network of free fast-charging stations. Any customer who orders a Tesla Model X or Model S after January 1st, 2017, will have to pay “a small fee” when filling up at a Supercharger station. Customers will also...

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The White House announces a sweeping plan to increase EV charging stations

by Sean O'Kane

The White House announced a sweeping plan to expand the number of charging stations for electric vehicles in the United States today, as first reported by Reuters. The Obama administration detailed how it will establish 48 new “charging corridors”...

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This is Henrik Fisker's latest attempt to take on Tesla

by James Vincent

Legendary car designer Henrik Fisker has unveiled the first renders of his new luxury, all-electric sedan: the EMotion. Fisker has been teasing the project for weeks, and as with his previous attempt to crack the premium EV market, is promising...

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Toyota invented a box that turns your smartphone into a car key

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Toyota is jumping into the increasingly crowded car-sharing market, and it’s doing it with a flair for innovation that helps explain why it’s the world’s biggest auto seller. The company invented a Bluetooth-enabled device called the Smart Key Box...

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Check out Tesla's four different glass solar roofs

by Rachel Becker

Tesla released photographs of four different solar roofs that the company announced earlier today. Instead of adding bulky solar panels to an existing roof, the roofs themselves will be made of textured glass tiles that incorporate photovoltaic...

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Tesla unveils residential ‘solar roof’ with updated battery storage system

by Jordan Golson

Tesla will build and sell its own line of solar panels to combine with its battery storage system, the company announced at a press event at Universal Studios in LA, today. The system will allow residential homeowners to replace their entire roof...

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Red Bull Global Rallycross will add an electric racing class in 2018

by Sean O'Kane

Red Bull Global Rallycross is adding an all-electric class of racing starting in 2018, the series announced today. The EV class will run alongside the two main classes during each of the series’ race weekends. “The electric car is one of the...

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George Hotz cancels his self-driving car project after NHTSA expresses concern

by Sean O'Kane

The self-driving car project started by George Hotz, the first person to ever unlock the iPhone, has been canceled. The project involved a $999 after-market kit called “Comma One” that was capable of adding semi-autonomous capabilities to Honda...

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Watch Faraday Future's first production car race silently through the desert

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Faraday Future, the California-based electric car company that wants to compete with Tesla, just released a short, 15-second clip of its first production car in action. And unlike the bonkers, 1,000-horsepower concept racecar it showed off at CES...

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Elon Musk makes cryptic comments about Tesla competing with Uber

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested Wednesday that he can create a car-sharing network that’s so good, customers will abandon Uber and other ride-sharing companies in droves to adopt it. During an earnings call Wednesday, Musk was asked to explain...

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Tesla sets a new record for revenue and deliveries, and scores a surprise profit

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Tesla’s quarterly earnings report is out, and things are looking good for the upstart electric car company. Tesla claims to have set new records for vehicle production, deliveries, and revenue, while also posting a surprise net profit of $21...

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