The Xiaomi 14 Ultra. Xiaomi BARCELONA â Xiaomi launched its flagship smartphone globally on Sunday as it looks to keep up its recovery momentum, while also debuting its electric vehicle for the first time in Europe. The Chinese electronics giant launched the Xiaomi 14 for global markets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, after debuting … Read more
A BYD Co. Yangwang U9 electric vehicle in Shenzhen, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. BYD debuted its most expensive car on Sunday, a 1.68 million yuan ($233,450) high-performance fully-electric supercar pitted against luxury gas-guzzling options offered by rivals such as Ferrari NV and Lamborghini. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Qilai Shen | Bloomberg … Read more
My hot take, which I have said over and over and over again: if we want more cool little sports cars, we need better public transit. Because we live in a country where a vehicle has to be able to do everything because there’s usually no other option, most of the options we have for … Read more
While Mercedes backtracks on its future electric vehicle plans and Ford cuts production of its battery-powered F-150 Lightning, British automotive upstart Ineos has entered the murky waters of electrification with an EV of its own, the Fusilier. But at its launch, company boss Jim Ratcliffe made no excuses for the limitations of purely battery-powered cars, … Read more
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. There’s no mystery about who will win Tuesday’s presidential primaries here in my home state of Michigan. But there’s some drama on the Democratic side, because of the push for “uncommitted” votes to demonstrate anger with President Joe Biden over his support … Read more
A Polestar Roadster concept electric vehicle during the Singapore Motorshow in Singapore, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The show runs through Jan. 14. Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg via Getty Images Lionel Ng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Volvo Cars dipped on Friday, after the company said it would dilute its stake in electric vehicle … Read more
A Rivian electric truck sits parked in front of a Rivian service center on August 08, 2023 in South San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Shares of electric vehicle makers Rivian and Lucid plummeted Thursday after the companies reported disappointing results and stagnant production in their fourth-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday. Rivian … Read more
Switching to electric vehicles by 2050 could prevent thousands of premature deaths, along with millions of asthma attacks and respiratory illnesses in children in the United States, reveals a new report. The American Lung Association (ALA) released the report Wednesday advocating for a widespread transition to zero-emission vehicles and electricity, emphasizing the substantial health improvements … Read more
One of the downsides of owning an EV is that you know your battery is degrading over time, but, you can’t really know how much. There are ways to arrive at estimates, but until now, there hasn’t been a definitive way to test it. Well, Jalopnik has been given access to a new system that … Read more
Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg work on a production line of a Model Y electric vehicle on March 20, 2023. Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla failed to secure a vote among locals in favor of authorizing a major factory expansion for the company’s battery and car assembly … Read more
