6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (612+ words) The company’s pitch is simple and quite intriguing. Its A2 e-tron doesn’t sport the largest battery on an Audi, but focuses on squeezing the most range out of it through smart engineering. Two things: an efficient powertrain and an exceptionally low…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (620+ words) Those wispy white lines trailing behind airplanes (called contrails) sure look harmless from the ground, but they’re doing more damage to the climate than we realize. As part of Operating Blue Skies, Google has partnered with Cathay Pacific, one of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (235+ words) The Range Rover has never been shy about luxury, size or price, and its first fully electric version is carrying that tradition into the EV era. Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) first battery-electric Range Rover is now open for orders, starting…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (655+ words) Volkswagen has opened presales for the ID. Aura T6 in China, and its headline price is the kind that will make American EV shoppers wonder what exactly they are paying for at home. The new five-seat electric crossover starts at 135,900 yuan, or…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (486+ words) Beijing Hyundai just opened pre-sales for the Ioniq V, a sleek mid-size sedan and the very first production model under Hyundai‘s new China-only Ioniq sub-brand. Pricing starts at 119,900 yuan, or roughly $17,600, and tops out at 139,900 yuan ($20,600) for the fully…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (548+ words) Volkswagen has launched a new sedan in China that may raise a few eyebrows for what it offers – and what it costs. The ID. Era 5S starts at just 89,900 yuan, or around $13,400, yet it combines a plug-in hybrid powertrain with up…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (478+ words) In fact, the $10,000 to $20,000 price bracket accounts for nearly half of China’s entire electric vehicle volume. Over the past few years, the likes of Dongfeng, BYD, and Wuling have proved that small cars are the future of mass-market EV adoption....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (245+ words) Self-driving cars have a persistent problem. When a driver’s attention drifts to a phone or a laptop, how do you pull their eyes back to the road fast enough to catch a hazard? A new study from the University of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (402+ words) Remember when Jeff Bezos unveiled a drone delivery prototype on 60 Minutes back in 2013, promising it was only four or five years away? Thirteen years later, Amazon is finally making good on that promise at scale. The company has announced that…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (391+ words) The initial NC mobile ID rollout is expected to arrive before the major wallet integrations. North Carolina’s DMV has been pursuing a mobile driver’s license solution as part of its technology modernization efforts, and the state says the digital credential…...