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Chevy Silverado electric pickup will offer four-wheel steering, like GMC Hummer EV
General Motors on Wednesday confirmed that its upcoming Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup will offer four-wheel steering, as well as gigantic 24-inch wheels, in its production form. Chevrolet released a video that shows the truck turning with both the front and rear wheels turning in the same direction to reduce the truck's turning circle. The... Nissan electric pickup, Rivan in Texas, Audi Skysphere electric sports car: Today’s Car News
Rivian is homing in on Texas. Nissan is reportedly considering a small electric pickup. Audi points to its design future with an EV concept. And is tailpipe emissions associated with Alzheimer’s? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Audi on Tuesday revealed a Skysphere electric sports car concept that shows how autonomous driving modes... Rivian is targeting Texas for second electric truck factory
The electric vehicle maker Rivian is reportedly focusing on Texas—and the Fort Worth area—for its second electric vehicle factory, codenamed Project Tera. According to Bloomberg, citing documents it obtained as part of an economic presentation made Tuesday, the Rivian factory might potentially create 7,500 jobs by 2027 and would be... Study links fine particulate tailpipe pollution to dementia, Alzheimer’s
Air pollution from vehicle tailpipes isn't just linked to respiratory issues. A University of Washington study has found an association between higher levels of air pollution and higher risk for dementia. First spotted by Inhabitat, the study was based on data from two existing studies, one tracking levels of air pollution in the Puget Sound... Study links fine particulate tailpipe pollution to dementia, Alzheimer’s
Air pollution from vehicle tailpipes isn't just linked to respiratory issues. A University of Washington study has found an association between higher levels of air pollution and higher risk for dementia. First spotted by Inhabitat, the study was based on data from two existing studies, one tracking levels of air pollution in the Puget Sound... Report: Nissan is considering a compact electric pickup
Nissan is considering a compact electric pickup truck, according to a recent Automotive News report. While such a vehicle seems far from reality, it would give Nissan something different for the emerging electric-truck market. The automaker is merely studying the idea of a compact pickup, according to the report, which cited anonymous sources... Audi Skysphere electric sports car concept shows a flexible future enabled by autonomous driving
In coordination with Monterey Car Week, Audi has revealed an electric roadster concept called Skysphere. This flexible concept is the first of three “sphere” concepts, with the Grandsphere and Urbansphere to follow. As Audi teased last month, all three are developed by Audi’s Artemis team, which took form in 2020 and aims to... Hyundai plug-in hybrid, union-made EVs, Soul EV and Model 3 gone wild: Today’s Car News
The Hyundai Santa Fe Plug-In Hybrid gets priced in the same territory as the RAV4 Prime. Two wild off-road builds of on-road electric cars go to show how tough today’s EVs really are. And if Biden wants U.S.- and union-made EVs, which models fit that today? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. This morning, we had a little fun looking... Biden wants union-made, US-built electric cars: This is the only one available today
Why was Tesla left out last week? That question became something of a distraction on Thursday, when President Biden announced tighter emissions rules and more electric vehicles in the near future, framed in the context of more manufacturing jobs and the made-in-America laser focus that’s been a hallmark of his. White House press secretary...