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Bezos-Backed Slate Auto Working On a $25,000 Electric Truck

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Hes reportedly backing Slate Auto , an EV startup focused on building a compact electric truck for around $25,000. While were likely not talking about a luxurious with tons of features, a small, cheap pickup would be a great alternative to some of the six-figure electric trucks on sale today.

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Toyota Will Only Sell Hybrid Corollas In Europe And Japan

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If you wanted a reliable, dirt-cheap vehicle that you could service with the most basic tools, the Corolla usually had your back. Toyotas admittedly been pretty good at building long-lived hybrids (e.g.

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Mercedes Design Boss Comes Out Against Screens, Says They’re ‘Not Luxury’

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Screens are helping automakers save money when it comes to building vehicle interiors, allow for additional revenue streams, and are still broadly appreciated as luxury items in a couple of big markets particularly China. Your author loves a Casio wristwatch because its a cheap and functional tool.

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Report: Lotus Considering U.S. Production at Volvo's South Carolina Factory

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Auto factories are far from cheap, making it unlikely that Lotus would spin up a new facility here. Instead, Automotive News reported that the automaker would lean on Volvo’s South Carolina factory to build the Emira and other electric models. We are trying to leverage our U.S. strategy to catch up the losses due to the tariff hike.

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looking for inwheel hub motors

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Advanced sealing solutions help, but they’re not cheap. Cost & Scalability Even if you nail the engineering, building multiple high-precision motors for each wheel gets extremely expensive. Building your own "special vehicle", building ANY vehicle, always involves some risk.

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What are you waiting for?

DIY Electric Car

However I have been busy buying parts and I building myslef a lab power supply for a old computer ATX power supply which I had lying around. I posted a question about this on the blog and turn out you can run these on DC. I posted a question about this on the blog and turn out you can run these on DC.

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Report: 2025 BMW M8 Coupe Ending Production

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The base 840i starts around $98,000, so none of these vehicles are cheap. Based on the dealer notices intercepted by BMW Blog , the automaker has already stopped taking new orders for the Coupe. The M8 Coupe will also be removed from the BMW website and Build Your Own (BYO) configurator in January 2025.

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