Genesis is ramping up to launch a new electric luxury SUV to rival the electric Range Rover EV and Volvo EX90. The GV90 is effectively Genesis’s take on the Kia EV9 and Hyundai Ioniq 9, sharing its fundamental platform and innards with those family-focused seven-seaters, but applying a premium sheen. As prototypes hit the Nürburgring […]
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BYD teams up with two Chinese charging powerhouses to deploy 15,000 1,000-kilowatt (1-MW) EV chargers in China. It already has two models capable of charging at that rate, with plans to launch more soon. BYD is China’s leading EV charging company, but competitors have announced they are working on 1.2- and 1.5-MW charging solutions. When
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Tesla has filed trademark applications for the term “Tesla Robotaxi,” after the company’s previous attempts to secure trademarks for its planned self-driving vehicle service hit roadblocks. The company originally applied in October 2024 for the trademark of the words “Robotaxi” and “Cybercab.” The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) told the company last month
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The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has asked Tesla to remove dozens of reliable Supercharging stations along the busy highway. In their place, charging stations from Applegreen Electric will be installed. The two networks won’t be allowed to co-locate. Tesla offered better terms, with upgrades for access to all EVs, not just Teslas. But NJTA seems
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3 days from now, the future of AI walks through the doors of TechCrunch Sessions: AI at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. This Thursday, June 5, TC Sessions: AI brings together the minds shaping what’s next. Builders, dreamers, and disciplined thinkers tackling what AI can—and should—become. Whether you’re fine-tuning LLMs or figuring out what AI shouldn’t
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Public EV chargers in the U.S. saw an uptick in reliability in Q1. In the first three months, 16% of charging sessions were unsuccessful, according to J.D. Power. That’s the best number from the last four years. For the first time in four years, public electric vehicle chargers in the United States have seen an
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The new Bentley Bentayga Speed has been unwrapped as the brand’s quickest SUV yet, beating its predecessor to 62mph by half a second and going on to 193mph. It swaps the previous Bentayga Speed’s 6.0-litre W12, now retired, for a twinturbocharged 4.0-litre V8 that puts out 641bhp and 627lb ft – a gain of 15bhp
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One local resident reacted to the large group of “weirdly clad” men hanging around in the dark by “retiring to her cottage in haste to bolt and bar the door”! The competitors had to not only cover 314 miles on narrow, usually dirt roads using feeble headlights but also brave challenging weather, with “many devoutly wishing they
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At Chery’s sprawling HQ in the city of Wuhu, two hours west of Shanghai, dozens of prototypes circle the streets linking the company’s various R&D facilities. In one prototype jam, we spot a camouflaged Lepas with Audi’s four rings crudely drawn on tape covering the badge. The marking was clearly a joke, but it was also
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Autocar understands that Toyota sold some 14,000 examples of the city car in the UK last year. Had those all been the new hybrid, Toyota would have been able to sell in excess of 2000 additional ICE cars while remaining within its limit. Separately from the ZEV mandate, such a significant reduction would have given Toyota
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