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Riversimple launches Rasa, a hydrogen-powered city car for the masses
A new hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicle prototype has been launched with a claimed fuel economy equivalent to 250 mpg (0.9 L/100km). Dubbed "Rasa," the new car has a lightweight carbon-fiber monocoque shell, in-wheel electric motors, a bank of supercapacitors charged by braking-regeneration, and a host of other features that enable it to travel up to a claimed 300 miles (483 km) on just a 3.3 lb (1.5 kg) tank of hydrogen.
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Game Change: Tesla And GM Announce Affordable, Long-Range Electric Cars
Driven by rapidly plummeting battery costs, two of the world's leading electric vehicle (EV) makers say they will soon deliver 200+ mile range EVs at a game-changing price of $30,000 or less.
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This is the fastest and most powerful GT-R in the world
It’s all going down in Skyline town. Just a few weeks ago, we showed you a GT-R completing the quarter-mile in 7.44 seconds, hitting 200.39mph in the process. We were impressed. Very impressed. But EKanoo Racing (who also made this six-second Supra and the world’s fastest GT86) have a new rival.
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Britain's 200mph club has a new member
Twenty-five years after the debut of the XJ220 supercar, Jaguar rejoins this elite group with the new F-Type SVR.
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Top Gear drives the fast Ford heroes
A history lesson, TG-style: Ollie Kew gets behind the wheel of Ford’s RallyeSport legacy.
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Can Faraday Future change the world?
The EV startup has a billion dollars and a bright idea. BBC Autos chats with the company's head of design and director of communications.
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Porsche Is Building a Tesla Competitor
Porsche committed to making its first all-electric vehicle, taking on Tesla Motors Inc. with a model that’s set to accelerate faster than the German company’s 911 sports car and recharge in 15 minutes. Porsche green-lighted a 1 billion-euro ($1.09 billion) project to produce the battery-powered sports car, which will be manufactured near division headquarters in Stuttgart and create 1,000 jobs, the Volkswagen AG unit said Friday in a statement.
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Industrial Design Of Fiat 500 Through The Decades
The history of Fiat began many years ago, at the dawn of Italian industrialisation, in which the company has always played a leading role. From that moment on, the Fiat brand spread throughout the world and developed extensively. The tiny Fiat 500 is now something of a trendy cult car, its rounded egg-like body and diminutive size endearing it to millions.
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In a shroud of darkness, Subaru teases its sleek new Impreza concept
The fifth-generation Subaru Impreza sedan previewed by the concept will arrive as a 2017 model.
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EPA Says Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen SUVs Cheated On Emissions Tests
The EPA says Volkswagen cheated on emissions tests on more diesel cars than previously believed. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a second notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act to the automaker, covering about 10,000 model year 2014 diesel cars sold in the U.S. In addition, the notice covers an unknown volume of 2016 vehicles. The cars all have 3.0-liter engines. Here’s more from the agency...
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Detroit Electric SP:01, vapourware no more
In a small factory in the UK — yes, the UK — a Lotus-based electric sports car with an American name has defied the naysayers and become a reality.
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Apple Car – Everything you need to know
Want to know everything about the rumoured Apple Car? Here’s what we know so far, including the expected Apple Car price, release date, design, leaks, and whether or not it’s driverless and electric. In the technosphere, few products have been rumoured as heavily, and debated so vociferously, as the Apple Car. The oft-leaked electric vehicle – supposedly developed under the codename ‘Project Titan’ – is now tipped for a 2020 launch, according to latest reports.
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In Tokyo, Suzuki goes small
In Tokyo, the Japanese carmaker unveils a pint-sized pickup truck and a miniature minivan.
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The Secret to Smarter Cars Is Computer Gaming Tech
Driverless cars, which take passengers from A to B with minimal human input, are already hitting American roads. A variety of automakers and technology firms are experimenting with driverless technology, ranging from entirely driver-free vehicles to driver-assist functions like automatic lane following. What makes much of this possible is an array of sensors and cameras, which absorb data about the environment around them.
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Meet the new London Taxi
With a range-extended electric powertrain, the newly unveiled 2017 TX5 is a greener shade of black.
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Who Saved the Electric Car? Norway, That's Who
In the face of international indifference, the Scandinavian country has been one of the brightest lights in pushing for the use of electric vehicles. And an industry group in the region has been a big reason for its success. The world’s most electrified auto market didn’t rev its engines overnight, but things are well into gear today.
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Obviously Drivers Are Already Abusing Tesla’s Autopilot
AT 10:03 AM Wednesday, a red Tesla Model S P85D with the license plate “UBER QIK” arrived at a parking garage on East 31st Street in Manhattan. This is noteworthy only because that very car was at the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, California, just two and a half days earlier. The Model S crossed the country in record time for an EV—and drove itself nearly the entire way.
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Colorado woman trapped in car for days after wreck sues General Motors
A Colorado woman who was trapped inside her car for six days after losing control and rolling 300 feet (90 meters) down a mountainside is suing General Motors, saying her 2009 Chevy Malibu's safety features failed, court records showed on Wednesday. Kristin Hopkins, 45, who had both of her lower legs amputated following the April 2014 crash, alleges in the federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the automaker knew before her wreck that the Malibu's "crash avoidance" system was defective.
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Fangio's Ferrari 290 MM should top $28 million at auction
This 1956 Ferrari 290 MM built for Juan Manuel Fangio could fetch over $28 million at auction in December, making it RM Sotheby's most valuable automobile.
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Mercedes-Benz Fined $56 Million Under Price Fixing Scandal by Chinese Government
The Chinese government has led a crackdown on the Damien Mercedes-Benz for its infringement of against syndication laws by implementing least costs merchants were obliged to charge for their cars and new parts with its E class and S class vehicles. This has been the greatest fine given to any auto organization yet with its opponent Volkswagen AG’s Audi having gotten a fine of 30 percent less and Fiat Chrysler got more than 10 times lesser...
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