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The Defiant: One review – a beauty to look at, but a true beast of a skateboard to ride [Video]

All hail the Capybara! It’s only been a few months since electric skateboard brand Defiant Board Society introduced the Defiant: One. I recently got my hands on one to see this beauty of a board up close and give it a spin. Despite its best efforts to knock me off, I was able to eventually carve this electric skateboard around town and had a blast doing so. Here are my thoughts. Table of…
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First image of the new Volvo EX30 leaked briefly showing small, sporty SUV

The smallest (and cheapest) electric SUV from Volvo is set to make its official debut next month. However, we are getting our first glimpse of what we can expect with a new leaked image of the Volvo EX30 briefly surfacing online Friday, showing a sporty-looking compact SUV designed for the modern era. Leaked image of the Volvo EX30 surfaces CEO Jim Rowan confirmed the EX30 was coming earlier this…
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Tesla delivers Model Y with Hardware 4.0 despite not announcing new features

Tesla has started producing Model Y vehicles with Hardware 4.0, a new suite of sensors and a new self-driving computer. The automaker has almost completely integrated the new hardware despite not announcing it. Unlike other automakers who wait for a new model year to update a car, Tesla implements changes whenever they are ready. It has its advantages and its disadvantages. The biggest…
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Ford will add Tesla plug to its electric vehicles in surprising move

Tesla and Ford announced a partnership to onboard the latter’s electric vehicles on the former’s Supercharger network. Ford will add the Tesla plug, now known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS), to its electric vehicles. When Tesla announced last year that it opened up its proprietary charging connector to try to make it the industry standard in North America, we thought it might…
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