EVs

Ford’s next F-150 Lightning will have a gas generator as it pivots away from large EVs 

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Ford is ending production of the fully-electric F-150 Lightning as part of a broader companywide shakeup of its electric vehicle plans, the company announced Monday. In its place, Ford will sell what’s known as an “extended range electric vehicle” version of the truck, which adds a gas generator that can recharge the battery pack to power the motors for over 700 miles.  The company did not […]

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Tesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver

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Just about six months after Tesla started testing its fledgling Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, the company is now letting those cars drive around the city with no safety monitor onboard. The removal of the human safety monitors brings the company a critical step closer to its goal of launching a real commercial Robotaxi service,

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Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis

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Rivian detailed Thursday how it plans to make its electric vehicles increasingly autonomous — an ambitious effort that includes new hardware, including lidar and custom silicon, and eventually, a potential entry into the self-driving ride-hail market, according to CEO RJ Scaringe. The announcements at the company’s first “Autonomy & AI Day” event in Palo Alto,

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Ford and Renault team up on cheaper EVs in a ‘fight for our lives’

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Ford CEO Jim Farley acknowledged the automaker is in “a fight for our lives in our industry” as it seeks to remain competitive in Europe amid pressure from Chinese competitors. One of its weapons to stave off those threats is a partnership with French automaker Renault Group. The two automakers announced an agreement Tuesday to

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NASA and USPS stop using Canoo EVs despite CEO’s pledged support

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NASA and the United States Postal Service have stopped using electric vans made by now-bankrupt EV startup Canoo, despite the former CEO’s claim that he would provide support for the vehicles. NASA purchased three of Canoo’s EVs in 2023 with the intention of using the vans to shuttle astronauts to the launchpad for its Artemis

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Redwood Materials reportedly cuts 5% of staff after $350M raise

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Fresh off a $350 million raise, battery recycler and cathode-maker Redwood Materials is reportedly cutting around 5% of its workforce, according to Bloomberg News. Nevada-based Redwood employees around 1,200 employees, so the cuts affect a few dozen workers. The company, founded in 2017 by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, initially focused on recycling scrap from

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Another fire breaks out at aluminum plant that supplies Ford

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Another fire has broken out at the Novelis aluminum plant in Oswego, NY that supplies sheet metal for Ford’s trucks, including its all-electric F-150 Lightning. The four-alarm fire started Thursday morning and has still not been extinguished. Local news outlet CNY Central was the first to report the new blaze. The Novelis plant suffered a

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