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2025 Toyota Prius goes black with Nightshade trim

2025 Toyota Prius goes black with Nightshade trim

The 2025 Toyota Prius remains unchanged except for the The new Nightshade range and small price increases. Prius LE grade base now it costs $29,485 including a mandatory fee of $1,135—$400 more there is a comparable 2024 model. The price of the Prius XLE placed just above it rises by the same amount, to $32,930. …

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Sony's AFEELA 1 EV gets k (+registration), save now for 0

Sony's AFEELA 1 EV gets $90k (+registration), save now for $200

Sony Honda Mobility unveiled its AFEELA 1 EV at the Consumer Electronics Show, finally giving a (nearly) full reveal of the vehicle expected to go on sale in California in 2026. Sony has been teasing us with an EV project for years now, starting back in 2020 with a surprise reveal at its CES keynote. …

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Charged EVs | Sakuu is taking commercial orders for a dry process battery manufacturing platform

Charged EVs | Sakuu is taking commercial orders for a dry process battery manufacturing platform

US-based Sakuu, which supplies equipment and technology to the battery manufacturing industry, will make its Kavian dry-process battery technology platform available for retail orders in January 2025. The platform can dry various anodes and cathodes from lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) electrodes. It also has the flexibility to support new chemicals …

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VW says its cars will get Supercharger access and adapters in June (Updated)

VW says its cars will get Supercharger access and adapters in June (Updated)

Volkswagen says its electric cars will be able to charge at Tesla's Supercharger network starting in June, PC Magazine reports. In 2022, Tesla announced that it will open its charging network, attracted by the large amount of money promised in President Biden's support for EV charging. For a while it seemed like a hail mary, …

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Toyota's Woven City goes beyond mobility but can help reinvent it

Toyota's Woven City goes beyond mobility but can help reinvent it

Woven City is a key initiative in Toyota's transformation into a transportation company It will explore ideas, products, and travel services It may affect the vehicle software, or the positioning of urban vehicles, among many places At CES 2025 in Las Vegas on Monday, Toyota gave an update on its Woven City project that was …

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Tesla is investigating the Model S that caught fire during Supercharging

Tesla is investigating the Model S that caught fire during Supercharging

Tesla Fire Model S in France A Tesla Model S caught fire while charging at a Supercharger station in France. Tesla is investigating the matter, and the station is temporarily closed. On Sunday night, a fire was reported at a Tesla Supercharger station in Pontarlier, a small French community near the border with Switzerland. Firefighters …

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Biden permanently bans oil drilling in nearly all federal waters

Biden permanently bans oil drilling in nearly all federal waters

The White House announced today that President Joe Biden is banning new offshore oil and gas drilling along 625 million acres of the U.S. coast, taking the protected marine area to 670 million acres. Biden, who is ending his term in just two weeks, exercised his authority under Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf …

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Ford sold more electric Mustangs in 2024 than gas-powered ones

Ford sold more electric Mustangs in 2024 than gas-powered ones

Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV electric car has sold all of its fuel and convertible siblings in 2024. Ford just released its Q4 and year-end sales results, which showed 51,745 Mach-E sales and 44,003 Mustang gasoline sales. Those represent a 26.9% year-over-year increase from 2023 for the Mach-E, and a 9.5% decrease for the gasoline Mustang. …

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Tesla's Full Self-Driving computer failure leaves customers in dire straits

Tesla's Full Self-Driving computer failure leaves customers in dire straits

Tesla's Full Self-Driving computer failure leaves customers in dire straits without many key features and quickly depletes battery packs for months. Last month, Electrek released a special report about Tesla having a major problem with the new version of the “Full Self-Driving computer,” AI4.1, failing due to a short circuit, and Tesla must replace the …

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Charged EVs | Joby Aviation's electric air taxi is entering the final phase of the FAA certification process

Charged EVs | Joby Aviation's electric air taxi is entering the final phase of the FAA certification process

Joby Aviation, a manufacturer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced that its new electric air taxi has entered Type Inspection Authorization, the final phase of certification by the Federal Aviation Administration, and has completed the first phase of the FAA inspection program. . getting a TIA. The first test took place in …

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