Electric Cars
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Singulato is China's latest e-car newcomer to rev up with big fundraising
EghtesadOnline: Little-known Chinese electric car start-up Singulato Motors is expected to say this week it raised around $600 million in a second fundraising - the latest such move illustrating…
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Warming to lithium-ion, Toyota charges up its battery options
EghtesadOnline: Engineers at Toyota Motor Corp say they have tamed volatile lithium-ion battery technology, and can now safely pack more power at no significant extra cost, giving the Japanese…
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Tesla fixes security bugs after claims of Model S hack
EghtesadOnline: Tesla Motors Inc has rolled out a security patch for its electric cars after Chinese security researchers uncovered vulnerabilities they said allowed them to remotely attack a…
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Electric vehicle charging stations may have hit critical mass—yet with gas just over $2 a gallon, Americans are still guzzling more than ever.
Is This the Tipping Point For Electric Cars?
EghtesadOnline: Making an electric car is easy. We’ve been doing it for more than a century. Charging them, however, is tough. It requires infrastructure—a grid on the grid—and presents a chicken-egg…
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Daimler plans at least six electric car models: source
EghtesadOnline: German carmaker Daimler plans to roll out at least six, and possibly as many as nine, electric car models as part of its push to compete with Tesla and Volkswagen's Audi, a person…
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A shift is under way that will lead to widespread adoption of EVs in the next decade.
Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis
EghtesadOnline: With all good technologies, there comes a time when buying the alternative no longer makes sense. Think smartphones in the past decade, color TVs in the 1970s, or even gasoline…