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U.S. plans to impose 100% duty on electric cars imported from China

It is expected that on May 14, President Joe Biden will impose a 100% tax on industrial products, including electric vehicles, imported from China — in response to numerous calls from local car manufacturers and unions. Why are Chinese electric vehi...

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Indians who paid $1,000 each to pre-order a Tesla in 2016 didn't get the car - but it's not easy to get their money back, either

In April 2016, Tesla opened a pre-booking website in India, but has not been selling electric vehicles in the country yet, which is the world's third largest car market. One of the first to pay for the car reservation was Vishal Gondal, the CEO of th...

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Do you like "loud" cars? Psychologists say it indicates a tendency to sadism

A psychologist Julie Aitken Shermer from the University of Western Ontario in Canada surveyed and analyzed the responses of over 500 people to explore the relationship between "dark" personality traits and love for loud cars with modified exhaust sys...

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Tesla profits fall 55% in first months of 2024 - Musk says 'hybrids are to blame'

Reduced pricing strategy and several "unpredictable issues" have decreased Tesla's profit - in the first quarter, the company earned $1.13 billion (55% less than last year). The company's total revenue also showed a decrease of 9% - to $21.3 billion....

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Tesla recalls "virtually all" delivered Cybertrucks due to gas pedal problems

The pedal pad can get stuck and jam the pedal to the max. Tesla is recalling 3,878 Cybertruck vehicles manufactured from November 13, 2023 to April 4, 2024. About it writes The Verge with reference to the report ...

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In the first quarter Ukrainians bought 75% more cars from China, most of all - Volkswagen ID.4

Chinese-made electric vehicles continue to reshape the landscape of the automobile-electric vehicle market in Ukraine - you can see for yourself by looking at the latest statistics from Ukravtoprom for the most popular models in the first quarter of ...

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Apple fires 600 engineers after canceling car project - biggest layoff since Pandemic

A few weeks ago, Apple closed its long-standing project to create a driverless electric car, and now has announced the reduction of 614 employees - according to documents provided to the California Employment Development Department (although Mark Gur...

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Tesla reported its first-ever drop in electric car sales. BYD's sales collapse almost 1.5 times

Returning to the beloved section Tesla vs BYD electric vehicles, let's discuss the new sales report for Tesla cars, which once again achieved victory over BYD after the first knockout in the last quarter of 2023. However, there is a nuance - for the ...

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Fight back against Tesla and BYD. Nissan and Honda will collaborate on more affordable electric cars

The second and third largest car manufacturers in Japan are delaying their historical fierce rivalry, preparing for the upcoming wave of high-tech affordable models from China. As reported by Electrek, Nissan and Honda have announced that they are c...

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Italy's IronLev tested "passive" maglev levitation on conventional railroad tracks

Maglev is a train on a magnetic cushion that is propelled and controlled by magnetic forces, and unlike traditional railway transport, it does not touch the surface of the rails. In perspective, such fast and quiet transport systems look like a fairl...

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The 1000 hp Porsche Taycan Turbo GT set records at Laguna Seca and (previously) at the Nürburgring

Porsche announced a high-performance version of its electric sedan, named Taycan Turbo GT, a week ago. This is the most powerful Taycan with a peak power of 1092 hp (815 kW) and a reduced curb weight by 72 kg. It has now set a record at the Californi...

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Tesla's value has fallen by $234 billion this year - that's more than McDonald's, Disney or Nike are worth

Stocks of automaker Elon Musk fell by 29% in less than 10 weeks, closing Wednesday at the lowest level since May. As a result, Tesla's market value has dropped from nearly $800 billion to just over $550 billion - a total of $234 billion, which is mo...

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Toyota says it will continue to buy credits so it doesn't "waste" money on electric cars

Car manufacturers that do not comply with the environmental standards of the countries and want to avoid problems with regulators are forced to buy so-called regulatory credits from other companies that meet the requirements - for example, from Tesla...

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U.S. investigating whether autos made in China threaten national security

In 2023, China exported 5.26 million cars overseas, surpassing Japan and becoming the largest car exporter in the world. The Biden administration initiated an investigation into cars manufactured in China and other countries that are "of concern" to...

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NYT: Apple "burned through" more than $10 billion on Project Titan, an autonomous car project that employees called the "Titanic disaster"

Recently it became known that Apple has canceled its car project with an internal name Project Titan and transferred about 2000 employees from the autonomous car division to generative AI projects. It is noted that the tech giant started Project Tit...

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