Late last month, we reported on a fire in Bridgewater, Massachusetts that engulfed a Lucid Air that was being transported on a trailer. We have now been allowed to read the full incident report from the fire department, which confirms that the electric vehicle being transported was not the cause of the fire. According to […]
Online used-vehicle retailer Vroom Inc. said Monday that its COO, Tom Shortt, will join its board of directors and succeed Paul Hennessy as the company’s CEO. The change is effective immediately, as Hennessy has “stepped down to pursue other opportunities,” Vroom said. The company also released its first-quarter earnings on Monday, reporting ecommerce revenue of
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Getty Images Second-hand car sales have risen this year, boosted by a sharp increase in the number of used electric vehicles on the market. Sales of used cars in the UK rose 5.1% between January and March, compared to the same three months last year. But the market for electric cars, which only makes up
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DETROIT — Bollinger Motors, the startup electric vehicle manufacturer in suburban Detroit that is trying to enter the red-hot commercial EV market, moved one step closer to its goal Monday. The company said it has inked a deal with Roush Industries to manufacture Class 3 through Class 6 commercial electric chassis cabs and the platforms
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Lucid is set to increase prices across its Air lineup, just months after the company started deliveries of the electric sedan. The new pricing is as follows: Lucid Air Pure – $87,400 (up from $77,400)Lucid Air Touring – $107,400 (up from $95,000)Lucid Air Grand Touring – $154,000 (up from $139,000)Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance –
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As brands rush to tell consumers about what electric vehicles can offer, Ford Motor Co. is trying to bring “frunk” into the cultural lexicon. “Frunk” is slang for front trunk, or the empty space under the hood where most gasoline-powered vehicles have an engine. The frunk is representative of how the arrival of mainstream EVs
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Two ads for the Land Rover Defender have been banned in the United Kingdom over concerns that they could mislead viewers into thinking the vehicles would keep drivers from going over a cliff. The ads showed a Defender parking at the end of a cliff as the vehicle’s backup sensors make a beeping sound. Two
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A BMW driver in Poland decided to test out his drifting skills at a gas station, only to end his perfect pendulum slide by meeting face to face with a cop car. As captured by a security camera at a gas station in Siercza, Poland, the driver of a BMW 3-Series slides the vehicle around
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We recently drove the Fiat 500 RED and besides our full review, we decided to write another story where we answer all of our readers’ questions about this cute, retro-flavored urban EV from Italy. Sethspost asked if you can still get an ICE-powered one without a battery Starting with the basics, while the new 500 is
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Ford has filed a patent application for a system to remotely rev engines. Remote engine start has been around for awhile, but a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on May 5 describes revving the engine beyond idle speeds while stationary. This would be controlled by a device such
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