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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

Plug in America

Electric vehicles (EVs) have become a political lightning rod. Both federal and California standards drive innovation and save consumers money at the pump by creating cleaner, more efficient vehicles. These standards ramp up over time and are designed to encourage and keep pace with vehicle innovation.

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GM Opens New Design Studio, Teases Electric Corvette Concept

The Truth About Cars

General Motors is using an all-electric Corvette to draw attention to its new UK design studio in Royal Leamington Spa, outside of Birmingham. From GM: The studio opening also provided a first glimpse of a GMC concept vehicle to be revealed later in 2025, developed in partnership with the GMC design team in Detroit.

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Tesla posts Semi factory update, shares new Semi logo design

Teslarati

The electric vehicle maker also shared the new logo of its Class 8 all-electric truck, which is pretty slick and classic Tesla at the same time. This factory is designed with an annual capacity of 50,000 units a year. Tesla has posted an update video on the construction of its Semi factory near Giga Nevada.

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Tesla launches low-voltage connector standard to simplify EV transition

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Tesla has officially launched a new standard for the low-voltage connections in electric vehicles (EVs), which the company says will reduce necessary connection types in most EVs from over 200 to just six. Ford confirms it received Elon Musk’s “How to Design a 48-Volt Vehicle” pamphlet What are your thoughts?

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XPENG Opens Order Books for All-New Smart Coupe SUV G6 & Smart Premium SUV G9 in Europe

CleanTechnica EVs

Redefining performance, design, and intelligent technology for the next generation of electric vehicles. Today marks the Official Sales Start in Europe for new XPENG G6 and G9. Both new XPENG G6 and G9 make bold statements as fastest charging EVs in their classes with industry-leading charging power of respectably 451.

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Can Kia EV4 Help Kia Become A Top 10 EV Auto Brand Globally?

CleanTechnica EVs

When people talk about legacy automakers and electric vehicles, they normally aren’t very kind to the old, established auto brands. Even a decade ago when most automakers were criticized for putting in very poor efforts designing electric cars, Kia and Hyundai were seen.

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Rivian startup spinoff raises $105M in funding for micro EV production

Teslarati

Also will focus on micromobility or the development of micro electric vehicles. Also started within Rivian, aiming to figure out if the electric vehicle company’s technology could be condensed to fit smaller EVs , including vans, trucks, and SUVs.