Slate's Innovative Truck Has All the Right Buzzwords. But Will America Want It?
The new electric pickup truck packs interesting ideas into a small, highly customizable, affordable package. But a few key details could thwart its success.
Time of the Cagers
How a Japanese entrepreneur built Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV maker
Dodai plans to introduce motorcycles with exchangeable batteries as a strategy for growth.
BYD’s annual sales top $100bn for first time
Chinese electric vehicle company has benefited from rising demand for plug-in hybrids in its domestic market
G.M. Will Stop Developing Self-Driving Taxis
The company said it would now focus its efforts on developing fully autonomous vehicles for personal use.
Electric vehicle battery prices are expected to fall almost 50% by 2026
Elon Musk unveils Tesla Cybercab self-driving robotaxi
Billionaire says autonomous car expected ‘before 2027’ will have a pricetag of less than US$30,000, with a ‘Robovan’ that can carry 20 people to follow
Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them
Unregistered three-wheelers big enough for whole families are a popular antidote to the country's terrible gridlock.
The Quiet Power of Car-Free Neighborhoods
Restricting or banning vehicles in congested city centers pays off with cleaner air and safer streets. We need to talk more about the other big benefit — less noise.
VW Turns on Germany as China Targets Europe’s EV Blunders
Losing ground in the race to produce electric vehicles, German and French carmakers are heading toward a disruptive wave of factory closures
The Uruguayan company teaching people how to turn regular cars into EVs
Organización Autolibre is teaching individuals and companies across 14 countries to retrofit vehicles. Critics worry about the process’s safety.
Ethiopians are struggling to keep up with the new “EV or nothing” policy
Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the country has only around 50 charging stations.
Justin Guay on Twitter / X
Chinese *public EV chargers* use more electricity than Greece 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ySfP7HHVem— Justin Guay (@Guay_JG) January 8, 2024
Researchers Propose a Fourth Light on Traffic Signals – For Self-Driving Cars
The new light would enable autonomous vehicles to help control traffic flow – and let human drivers know what’s going on.
Australian student invents affordable electric car conversion kit
Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric.
Volvo is finally phasing out diesel cars next year in favor of an all-electric future
Volvo’s last diesel-powered car will roll out next year as the Swedish automaker looks toward an all-electric future. As one...
*Privacy Not Included: A Buyer’s Guide for Connected Products
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed
Driverless Tesla Crashes Into $3 Million Private Jet
A video of a driverless Tesla Model Y slowly crashing into a private jet worth around $3 million is going viral. Shared on Reddit, the user said that the car...
It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars
Ethiopia's Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter the country unless they are electric. (!)
Free Street Manifesto Is a Guide for a Post-Car City
Cars have dominated the streetscape for so long that it’s hard to imagine a future without them — but that’s exactly what The Free Street Manifesto does. With images, comics…
What does a city that has spurned cars look like? Olympics visitors to Paris will get a look
Changes designed to encourage people in Paris to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.
(1) Matthew Fraser 🇪🇺 on X: "Paris has tripled parking rates for SUVs. Parking 6 hours will costs 225 euros instead of the current 75 euros. The new rates, which come into effect on Oct. 1, apply in the central arrondissements I to XI. https://t.co/qSLytoRbsY" / X
— Matthew Fraser 🇪🇺 (@frasermatthew)
Health gains of low-traffic schemes up to 100 times greater than costs, study finds
Research looked at three London boroughs to value overall health benefits of active travel over 20 years at up to £4,800 per head
Apple abandons its car: Here are other projects the company has killed | TechCrunch
As the Apple car is no longer in the works, it's worth looking back at the company's history of its shelved projects, from AirPower to a TV.
Philippe Starck designs minimalist refuelling station that highlights the "nothingness" of hydrogen
Philippe Starck has created HRS by Starck, a hydrogen refuelling station that features a mirror-polished stainless-steel casing and dichroic glass.
Car wars
A flood of cheap Chinese imports is upsetting the global industrial order.
Tesla overtaken by China’s BYD as world’s biggest EV maker
Fourth-quarter sales from Elon Musk’s group beat estimates but fall behind Chinese rival for the first time
SUVs drive trend for new cars to grow 1cm wider in UK and EU every two years, says report
Bigger cars more likely to kill people, release more toxic gas and are outgrowing design of cities