Category: Electric Vehicles

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Analysis suggests Volkswagen electric-car targets are out of reach

Volkswagen ID 3Last week, in a speech to executives in Germany, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess was critical about the automaker’s pace so far toward electric vehicles. Diess underscored, according to the Financial Times, that shifting to electric vehicles would require “a radical change of direction”—to more of a tech company. Meanwhile, an...
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Subaru aims for dramatic CO2 cuts: All hybrids and EVs by mid 2030s

2019 Subaru Crosstrek HybridOutdoorsy, crunchy, and active are surely among the descriptors that Subaru has carefully cultivated into its brand identity and owner base over the years. And while those sound like an ideal jumping point for going electric, Subaru still needs to assure its loyal owner base that leaving its trusty Boxer engines for an all-electric future is a...
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Tesla says unintended acceleration claims are “completely false”

2019 Tesla Model STesla said Monday that claims that its cars could suddenly accelerate without warning are without merit and were made by a profit-seeking investor. "This petition is completely false and was brought by a Tesla short-seller," the company wrote on its website. "We investigate every single incident where the driver alleges to us that their vehicle...