Tag Archives: electric-vehicles

Forget Tesla. Meet the 18 Best Electric Vehicles Coming This Year

After years of waiting, Tesla finally delivered the first Cybertrucks in 2023. We’ll have to see whether the many development quality issues have been fixed, of course—but, thankfully, as it’s been handed to (very few select) customers, we won’t have to yet again include the truck in our yearly guide. …

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Panasonic’s New Powder-Powered Batteries Will Supercharge EVs

Sila, a Californian company cofounded in 2011 by Tesla’s seventh staffer, is going to supply Panasonic with a US-made silicon powder for EV batteries that could banish range anxiety, slash charge times, and even reduce reliance on China. Panasonic’s main US customer is Tesla, and produces around 10 percent of …

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Dispatch from the Future: The Must-Have Gadgets and Gear of 2053

What will personal technology look like in 2053? Now that we have three decades of gear coverage under our belts, we cast our eyes 30 years into the future to answer that very question. We consulted with industry analysts, researchers, product designers, and computing experts. The tools of tomorrow will …

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The Cybertruck Must Be Huge—or It Will Dig Tesla’s Grave

Stupid. Divisive. Fugly. The Hummer shouldn’t have sold in numbers, but it did. Might Elon Musk pull off a similar trick with the stainless steel Cybertruck? Forty-six months after the official unveiling—when design chief Franz von Holzhausen famously shattered the prototype’s Armor Glass with the spirited throw of a metal …

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Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Two Years Late and Still Crazy

Paul Snyder has mixed feelings about Tesla’s Cybertruck, the first of which will be unveiled during an event for investors and fans on Thursday in Austin, Texas. One of them is horror. When Tesla revealed the vehicle’s design in November 2019, his first reaction was a question. “Like, what is …

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Tesla’s Cybertruck Is Here and It Costs $61,000

Two years after Tesla was due to deliver its first electric trucks, the Cybertruck is really, truly here—and the base model costs $61,000. That’s about $21,000 more than CEO Elon Musk promised when the Cybertruck was first introduced four years ago. And that cheapest model won’t be available until 2025. …

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Millions of EV Batteries Could Retire to Solar Farms

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a 20-acre parcel outside the tiny Southern California town of New Cuyama, a 1.5-megawatt solar farm uses the sun’s rays to slowly charge nearly 600 batteries in nearby cabinets. At night, when energy demand rises, …

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New York Wants More Electric Ubers. Everyone Is Mad

George Saliba didn’t get it: Why were all these people from the Bronx suddenly crowding his electric vehicle dealership in Ewing, New Jersey? Why did they all want Tesla’s black-on-black Model Y? And why did they keep coming? Other electric vehicle sellers in the tri-state area were equally busy. The …

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