Lasers or magnets? Tesla patents suggest windshield-wiper innovation

Tesla CybertruckThe Tesla Cybertruck has a very large windshield. And while it might be coincidence, it so happens that Tesla has been paying more than the usual attention this year to advanced technology that keeps windshields clean. One of these pieces of technology might include a laser-based system. Such a system, as detailed in a range of possibilities too...

2012-2017 Mitsubishi i-MiEV recalled for brake issue

2016 Mitsubishi i-MiEVAlthough the Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car may seem like a relic from another time, when the best chance of EVs succeeding cast them as super-utilitarian urban lightweights, the Japanese automaker still builds the i-MiEV, and it was discontinued for the U.S. just over two years ago. Last week a new recall for the 2012-2017 i-MiEV, in U.S. spec...

Software update for Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV adds real-world miles

Jaguar I-Pace  -  Times SquareJaguar boasted prior to the rollout of the I-Pace that the electric crossover would be capable of a wide range of over-the-air update functionality, with the potential, in the same way Tesla has used updates, to tweak power management, cooling behavior, and things like regenerative braking—to make the vehicle more efficient or, perhaps...

Valvoline released a hybrid-specific motor oil: Do you need it?

Oil capElectric cars give notice to one of the biggest profit drivers for the American auto-service sector: the oil change. Not so fast, though. Hybrids and plug-in hybrids have essentially the same oil-change needs as non-hybrids. And in the U.S. alone, there are an estimated 5 million hybrid vehicles on the road today, and hybrids are anticipated to...

Connecticut aiming to revise EV incentive for low-income households

2017 Volkswagen e-Golf, first drive, New York City, April 2017The incentives that many states have provided to plug-in vehicle buyers have for the most part been a success; though they’ve also in many cases been a learning experience Connecticut is a good example, and the state is in the middle of a revamp of its program, called the Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate (CHEAPR)…