Electric Vehicles

The batteries, motors, and other breakthroughs powering our shift from combustion-engines to EVs.

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Smoke rises from the Morning Midas.
Technology

An abandoned ship full of EVs is burning in the Pacific 

By Mack DeGeurin

grey suv parked in front of columned building
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Chevrolet tested its 2025 Blazer EV in vomit-inducing way

By Kristin Shaw

black cybertruck in front of a crowd
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Cybertruck police cruisers set to patrol World Cup matches in Mexico

By Mack DeGeurin

camper van vehicle with tent on top
Technology

Kia’s wild concept EV includes hydro-turbine wheels, solar panels, and a rooftop tent

By Kristin Shaw

Slate EV truck and SUV upgrade next to each other in warehouse
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Minimalist EV pickup truck has no stereo and a $20,000 price tag

By Andrew Paul

Row of Cybertrucks in Tesla car lot
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Most Cybertrucks recalled to ensure steel panels don’t fall off

By Andrew Paul

car running through foam wall
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Man tests if Tesla on Autopilot will slam through foam wall (spoiler: it did)

By Mack DeGeurin

High speed train from Beijing entering Tianjin Station, China. (Photo by Andrew Benton/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)
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China’s high-speed rail linked to boosted EV adoption

By Mack DeGeurin

a charging station
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Building an EV oasis in the Mojave Desert

By Kristin Shaw

a factory worker works on factory link assembling a car engine
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Honda’s special welding method is transforming its car manufacturing

By Kristin Shaw

Researchers say taking steps to prevent battery fires may be more effective than relying on possibly dangerous flame retardants.
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Flame retardants in some batteries might be making fires worse

By Mack DeGeurin

Cybertruck Cyberbeast edition seized by UK police
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UK police seize Cybertruck because it’s illegal there

By Andrew Paul

a futuristic car on stage
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Taking on Tesla, Honda debuts wild 0 Series EV prototypes

By Kristin Shaw

a car in a steel room
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Inside Nissan’s extreme weather testing facility

By Kristin Shaw

Toyota's Woven City at dusk with Mount Fuji in background
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Welcome to Woven City: Toyota offers first glimpse at futuristic town

By Andrew Paul

Audi Q6 Sportback e-tron
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2025 Audi Q6 e-Tron harnesses EV architecture from Porsche

By Kristin Shaw

a red van parked
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The future-retro VW microbus is finally here—quirks and all

By Dan Carney

New research suggests daily EV driving may not decay lithium-ion batteries as quickly as once thought.
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Surprise: EV batteries might have a longer shelf live than once thought

By Mack DeGeurin

Concept art of Tesla Cybercab on city street at night
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Tesla seeks human ‘remote operators’ to help ‘autonomous’ robotaxi service

By Andrew Paul

Aerial view of brine ponds and processing areas of the lithium mine of the Chilean company SQM (Sociedad Quimica Minera) in the Atacama Desert, Calama, Chile, on September 12, 2022.
Environment

‘Everything has a cost:’ High-tech products and the new era of mineral mining

By Mack DeGeurin