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The Most Powerful Rolls-Royce Ever Is Electric And Has Launch Control
The new Rolls-Royce Spectre Black Badge is quicker and more engaging to drive than the standard model, the company claims. It has more power and torque as well as different steering and suspension tuning, which should make it a bit…
Renault Made A Breakthrough In EV Fire Safety. Now Others Can Use It For Free
Renault's new solution to extinguish electric vehicle fires can help first responders take out flames faster and more efficiently. EV fires are statistically rarer than ICE vehicles, but in the rare cases when EV batteries catch fires, it's difficult to…
Tesla Full Self-Driving Could Be China’s Tariff Bargaining Chip
When the controversial CEO of a global automaker becomes the Best-Friend-in-Chief and helps to define national policy, there might be some bleed-over into conflicts of interest. It seems that China may be betting on exactly that, especially as Tesla waits for the Chinese government to…
Here’s How Much Range A $3,500 Volkswagen E-Golf Has In Winter
The original Volkswagen e-Golf had a 20-kilowatt-hour (usable) battery It was later updated with a bigger battery. The first iteration of the EV had an EPA-estimated range of 83 miles. The Volkswagen e-Golf is far from what we’d call a…
Anti-Tesla Protests, Sell-Offs Mount As Musk Raids The U.S. Government
Country-pop singer Sheryl Crow sold her Tesla Model 3 and donated the proceeds to NPR. Simultaneously, protests have been occurring nationwide at Tesla stores. Tesla's sales have been on a downtrend, especially in Europe. It’s time to acknowledge the elephant…
Trump Targets California’s Gas Car Ban. Here’s What It Means For The Rest Of Us
Like it or not, almost every new development in the global automotive industry is dominated by the new Trump administration. What impact will its very different set of policies have on the world's second-biggest car market? What happens with any…
Here’s How Much Range This Tesla Model S Has After 250,000 Miles
How much of an issue is battery degradation on modern EVs? To answer that question, Out of Spec Testing did a range test with a 2019 Tesla Model S. Despite it being less than 10 years old, the car has…