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Tezeus C8 review: This light & sleek European commuter e-bike gets a lot right

The Tezeus C8 is one of those e-bikes that hides several interesting, higher-end features/components behind an unassuming design, giving you more than you bargained for without attracting too much unwanted attention. And while it’s a pricier model than the usual budget suspects, the added features may be enough to warrant a deeper look. Tezeus’ carbon bikes are popular in Europe, though are…
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Rivian R2 First Drive: This is everything I need to upgrade my Model Y except...

Rivian flew us out to beautiful Park City, Utah, to get a first test of the R2, its $45,000 “bet-the-company” mass market SUV that it has promised for years. Today it begins delivering these vehicles, and I can say unequivocally after driving a performance variant for 5 hours, that these early customers are going to be very happy, though with some notable caveats… The R2 looks a lot like…
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This $9,000 EV is about to take Mexico by storm: Meet Olinia

Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, unveiled Olinia, the nation’s first homegrown electric vehicle. The new EV is set to go on sale in 2027, starting at under $9,000. Mexico is launching its first domestically made EV: Olinia “We were told that innovation was reserved for other places, that Mexico was only made for assembly plants, that our role was to receive technology, not develop it…
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China's EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths

China’s rapid switch to electric and other new energy vehicles cut urban air pollution enough to prevent an estimated 262,000 premature deaths, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Health. It’s some of the strongest real-world evidence yet that electrifying transportation delivers measurable public-health benefits, not just lower tailpipe emissions on paper. What the…
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