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The Teslonda Is a Crazy Tesla-powered Honda Accord

We all know that the electric motors in the Tesla Model S can push out a tremendous amount of torque, and at breakneck speeds. But what if you don’t like the way the Model S looks?

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Simone Giertz Turned Her Tesla Model 3 into a Pickup Truck

We’ve known for a while that Tesla was working on its own electric pickup truck. But the company has a long history of overpromising and slow times to market, so I wouldn’t expect to see a production Tesla pickup for a while.

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Polestar 1 Enters Final Prototype Stage

If there’s one car that I’m really, really excited to drive in the next year or so, it’s the Polestar 1. The first car headed to production from the offspring of Volvo’s performance division inherits some of that company’s exceptional design aesthetics, but it’s an entirely new creation otherwise.

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Volkswagen ID.R Crushes EV Nürburgring Record

Volkswagen took its powerful electric racing car, the ID.R, to the Nürburgring in Germany to run the car around the notoriously difficult track. VW went with its eyes on setting the second EV lap time record for the car after a record-setting run up Pikes Peak last year.

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Lotus to Reveal Type 130 Electric Hypercar on July 16

Not long ago, Lotus teased us with a wispy looking image of the Type 130 electric hypercar it plans to launch. It has now stepped up and confirmed that July 16 will be the day that it unveils the car.

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The Ferrari SF90 Stradale Is a 985hp Hybrid Hypercar

Say what you will about Ferrari’s styling these days, but their cars are still incredible. The latest supercar to come from the Italian Stallion is a hybrid gas-electric monster that can zoom from 0 to 62 mph in just 2.5 seconds.

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Ferrari’s Hybrid Supercar Teased Before Tomorrow’s Reveal

Ferrari is planning to unveil a new hybrid supercar, and we don’t have to wait long for it, with the reveal planned for tomorrow, May 29. The teaser image and video posted to their Facebook page give us a wireframe glimpse at the front end of the car, which appears to have a dramatically sculpted, trapezoidal hood design.

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GM’s Hope for a Truly Driverless Car Hits a Snag

About 2 years ago, General Motors asked the NHTSA for a temporary waiver on certain safety equipment that is required in modern autos. It wanted to field a fleet of around 2,500 Chevy Bolt autonomous cars for a ride-sharing program that had no controls inside for humans.

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Lotus Teases Type 130 EV Hypercar with Wispy Green Smoke

Lotus makes some of the coolest sports cars in the world, even if the best of them aren’t offered in the US. As fans wait for the return of the Exige and Elise to the States with their next generation, Lotus is teasing a new hypercar.

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2019 Audi e-tron Electric SUV Gets EPA Range Estimate

May is right around the corner, and that’s when Audi’s e-tron electric SUV is expected to roll into showrooms. The e-tron is billed as a “right-size” and “right segment” electric vehicle, and Audi hopes its driving range will match up with those expectations.

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Polestar 2 Is a Pure Electric Set to Take on Tesla’s Model 3

Recently, Volvo spun off its performance division to create the new Polestar brand. Now, the automaker has revealed its first production vehicle, the Polestar 2. Set to go into production in early 2020, the 5-door pure electric wants to give the Tesla Model 3 a run for its money, and look great doing it.

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Tesla Model 3 Loses Consumer Reports “Recommended” Rating

One of the most coveted ratings for many automakers is the “recommended” rating from Consumer Reports (CR). Tesla wanted that rating badly for its “more affordable” EV, the $42,900+ Model 3. It initially missed that rating due to poor brake performance.

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Pininfarina Battista Electric Car Makes 1900 Horsepower

We may not be over the range anxiety portion of the acceptance scale for electric vehicles just yet. But we are over the performance barrier. With the earliest electric vehicles being things like the Nissan Leaf, car guys and gals feared the move to electricity would spell the end of the performance car.

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Volkswagen Dune Buggy Reborn as an EV

One of the most iconic of all dune buggies ever made are the ones VW produced back in the the ’60s and ’70s. Now Volkswagen has unveiled a new generation concept car based on those dune buggies of yore.

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Porsche Expected to Double Taycan Production

Porsche has a new EV coming that aims to compete against Tesla. The car is called the Taycan, and will be based on the Mission E concept seen here. A new report says that Porsche will double production from the originally-planned 20,000 units per year up to 40,000 per year.

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