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American Fuel Consumption Goes Down, Prices Do Not

The Truth About Cars

According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), oil has surged upward to about $90 per barrel. The White House seems overwhelmingly focused on encouraging the swift proliferation of electric vehicles and lower fuel prices would presumably hurt the cause — especially considering most analysts have pegged $4.00 I promise you.”

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

With superpowered cars like the Model S Plaid , Tesla upended the stereotype of electric cars as being slow, frumpy and boring. Now electric cars are making scorching inroads on the racing scene, faster than many folks dared to believe. The latest is World Rallycross , a wild-and-wooly mix of off-road rallying and tarmac sections.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

Baua Electric

Around the six Gulf states, together with oil majors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, electrical vehicles account for simply 0.4% Chinese brands made up 16% of the 616,500 new vehicles sold in Saudi Arabia last year. File photo: Branding on an Xpeng P7 electric vehicle (EV).