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Starbucks, Ikea are the new 'gas stations' for electric car drivers

Starbucks, Ikea partnering with EV charging entities to set up charging stations
EV charging stations will be set up to increase availability

Meghana KandraSeptember 8, 2022

Starbucks and Ikea will have EV charging stations in front of their outlets. Customers will be able to grab a coffee and charge their electric vehicle. Ikea is ...

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Lucid Air sedan base version without a glass roof to reduce cost
Instead the sedan will have a metal roof

Meghana KandraSeptember 5, 2022

Lucid Air Sedan is teased with a metal roof, instead of the regular glass. The changes are to reduce the cost of the vehicle. Lucid Air Pure is the most afforda...

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Volkswagen to decide on landmark Porsche listing later on Monday

Volkswagen Porsche IPO possibly by the end of the year

Meghana KandraSeptember 5, 2022

Volkswagen finally announced its Porsche brand IPO listing details. While there have been some talks, it wasn't announced officially till Monday. Amid the recor...

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Elon Musk: focused on getting self-driving Teslas in wide release by year-end

Elon Musk aims to get Tesla self-driving technology world-wide release

Meghana KandraAugust 29, 2022

Tesla's Elon Musk said on Monday that he plans to get self-driving technology worldwide release. In addition to the US, possibly in Europe once the regulatory a...

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Electric vehicle misconceptions still run rampant, survey shows

A recent survey conducted in UK finds hilarious EV misconceptions

Meghana KandraAugust 28, 2022

A recent survey that was conducted by Leasing Options focused on misconceptions surrounding EVs. It included 2,000 people from the UK. It was found that certain...

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Tesla to Launch Strikes Reset for FSD Beta

Tesla FSD Beta testers will soon receive strike test

Meghana KandraAugust 28, 2022

Tesla's five strikes system is made such that it ensures the FSD Beta testers are paying attention to the road as they test. When the system detects that the dr...

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Japan's Suzuki drives deeper into India with global R&D unit

Japan’s Suzuki to set up a global research and development company in India

Meghana KandraAugust 28, 2022

Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp president stated on Sunday that they are going to set up a global research and development company in India. Thus pushing deeper into ...

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Electric vehicle owners are fed up with broken EV chargers and janky software

EV owners fed up with broken chargers, janky software and busted screens

Meghana KandraAugust 17, 2022

EV owners have a common complaint about the public EV charging infrastructure. It is - broken chargers, janky software and busted screens. Most of this is anecd...

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Polestar's O₂ roadster concept will enter production as the Polestar 6

Polestar announces its O2 roadster concept donned as the Polestar 6

Meghana KandraAugust 16, 2022

EV automaker Polestar continues to reveal its future models that will be launched in the market in the coming years. Now the EV maker reveals the O2 roadster co...

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Panasonic to increase EV battery production for Tesla by 10%

Panasonic to increase Tesla EV battery production by 10%

Meghana KandraAugust 15, 2022

Panasonic is going to increase its EV battery supply to Tesla at Gigafactory Nevada. The battery maker is to increase production by 10% or about the equivalent ...

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