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Tesla Cybercab: hate it or love it, it is the most efficient EV ever

Tesla’s Cybercab has been certified at 165 Wh/mi, making it the most efficient electric vehicle ever produced — by a wide margin. The next most efficient EV on the market, the Lucid Air Pure, consumes 28% more energy per mile. Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy confirmed the figure, which represents a certified rating — not a marketing claim or internal target. It’s an impressive…
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Tesla launches FSD in second European country

Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (Supervised) driver assistance software is now rolling out in Lithuania, making it the second European country to allow the system on public roads. The Lithuanian Transport Safety Administration confirmed it has recognized the Dutch RDW…
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Tesla (TSLA) officially abandons India factory after years of broken promises

Tesla has officially confirmed it will not build a manufacturing facility in India, ending nearly a decade of negotiations, false starts, and broken promises with the Indian government. India’s Minister of Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy confirmed the decision on May 19, putting a definitive end to one of the longest-running will-they-won’t-they sagas in the global EV industry. We have been…
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Xiaomi's upcoming YU7 GT just beat every SUV ever around Nürburgring

Xiaomi, a company that makes smartphones and other consumer electronics, sent its second EV around the famously difficult Nürburgring racetrack, and once again set a record with it, beating every other SUV, gas or electric. The Xiaomi YU7 GT is an upcoming high-performance version of Xiaomi’s YU7 SUV. The new performance version of the model was revealed in February, and is launching in China…
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Why every American family should have an e-bike at home

There’s a sentence that still sounds slightly radical in much of America, even though millions of people elsewhere in the world would barely think twice about it: Every family should own an e-bike. Sure, not every person and not every trip. Maybe not even as a complete replacement for cars. But as a standard household tool? Absolutely! And before my readers outside the US roll their eyes and…
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