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Front view of a blue BMW i3 50 xDrive electric sedan with its lights on

BMW i3 Reservations Open With a 468-Mile Estimate and No Price

BMW now takes $1,000 deposits on the electric i3 50 xDrive, rated at 446 to 468 miles by BMW's estimate, with no U.S. price and deliveries in early 2027.

Damien KestelooSep 30

Silver VENTRA concept EV with orange wheel covers driving on a country road

Netherlands

VENTRA Student EV Is Built to Catch Up to 42% of Its Tire Dust

TU Eindhoven's VENTRA concept EV charges tire particles so they stick to plates at the wheels, and uses a 298-pound chassis to make fewer of them.

Damien KestelooSep 30

Bentley

Bentley Torcal Costs $218,000 and Charges Like a Porsche Cayenne

Bentley Torcal starts at $218,000 with up to 876 hp. Its 400 kW, 16-minute charging claim matches the Porsche Cayenne Electric's.

Damien KestelooSep 23

Volkswagen

Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency EV Is Built to Waste Almost Nothing

Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency ran 794 miles Wolfsburg to Vienna on one charge stop, with a record 0.158 drag coefficient and a 54.9-kWh battery.

Damien KestelooSep 14

Roadster

Tesla Sets October 1 Roadster Reveal, 9 Years After $250M Deposits

Tesla put October 1 on the Roadster, nine years after collecting $250 million in Founders Series deposits. At least the fourth date since November.

Haye KestelooSep 14

Range Rover Electric SUV plugged into a home wall charger outside a modern desert house at dusk

Jaguar Land Rover

Range Rover's First EV Costs $24,800 More Than the Gas Model

Land Rover's first electric Range Rover packs 542 hp and a 333-mile range claim for $140,550, while its own plug-in hybrid undercuts it by just $9,200.

Damien KestelooSep 2

Volkswagen

Volkswagen Chased A Flying Car In China For Five Years And Left Its Project Lead Facing A Criminal Case

Reuters obtained hundreds of pages on Volkswagen's failed V.MO flying car. The program died in June 2024, and the Chinese manager VW promoted as the face of its innovation is now the named suspect in a Shanghai trade-secrets investigation.

Haye KestelooAug 1

BYD Dolphin Surf electric hatchback, one of the export models behind BYD's record overseas shipments

BYD

BYD Sales Rise 21.8% in July as Exports Hit a Record, but the 5 Million Target No Longer Adds Up

Exports hit a monthly record and drove a third straight month of growth. Run the arithmetic on the full-year guidance, though, and BYD finishes more than a million vehicles short of its own floor.

Haye KestelooAug 1

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