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Interest in electric cars increases, but survey shows big shift in consumer thinking yet to happen

A new US survey shows that interest in electric vehicles is increasing, but the expected massive shift in consumer thinking has yet to happen in the United States. Electric vehicles are increasingly becoming mainstream, but the wider public still doesn’t believe in buying one for their next vehicle. In a new survey of 3,392 American adults with valid driver’s licenses, Consumer Reports found…
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GMC Hummer EV receives surprising number of pre-orders, and GM is looking to increase production

GM has been cryptic about its plan for the first year of production of the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck that it claims was sold out in minutes. Now we have a better idea of how many pre-orders it received, and it is higher than we thought. In October, GM officially launched its GMC Hummer EV, an all-electric “supertruck” with up to 350 miles of range and a starting price of…
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Watch as adorable Microlino electric microcar goes naked in new test drive video

The Microlino electric bubble car is rolling closer to production, the company revealed in an announcement today. And in addition to a number of new updates, the Swiss manufacturer is also showing off a new video of a naked Microlino 2.0 undergoing testing. I’ve been super excited about the upcoming Microlino since I began following its progress in 2018. The Isetta-style electric car got even…
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New electric bike drive unit combines mid-motor with automatic transmission

If you thought you knew all of the mid-drive motors in the e-bike world, think again. The French company Valeo has just unveiled a radical new type of mid-drive electric motor that adds a built-in automatic transmission. Automatic transmissions alone aren’t unique in the e-bike space. We’ve tested several models that feature mid-drive motors paired with automatic transmissions. They’re…
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