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2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD review: Why driving Toyota’s first electric car on dirt is like chucking a Giraffe in a pool … Really

EV Central

But the Japanese giant is here at last, and its first electric vehicle, the bZ4X, has got the top-selling Tesla Model Y firmly in its sights. So should Tesla be afraid of the no-longer-sleeping giant? The Model Y will travel further, though, claiming 533km between charges, compared to the Toyota’s 411km. SCORE: 3.7/5

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Volvo adopts Tesla’s NACS Connector for EVs

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Volvo said today that it would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), opting to use the connector for its electric vehicles. The announcement makes Volvo the latest major automaker to adopt Tesla’s charging connector. Aptera wants Congress to adopt Tesla Supercharger plugs as U.S.

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Tesla Cybertruck and Semi are candidates for 800-volt architecture

Teslarati

Tesla may consider adopting an 800-volt architecture for the Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi. While taking questions from shareholders, Tesla executives were asked why the company does not adopt an 800-volt architecture for its cars. Tesla’s rivals like Porsche have adopted such a system for the Taycan.

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We buy a used Porsche Taycan! Bargain price, 1000km road trip and charging dramas

EV Central

“That’s proper arse-hole parking,” says the Tesla Model 3 owner as he stares – bewildered – at our Porsche Taycan blocking three Tesla superchargers. Arse-hole parking engaged: charging a Porsche Taycan RWD with a Tesla Supercharger. He’s not wrong. It is arse-hole parking.

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Lucid CEO shares take on next-gen EVs: “The electric car of the future only needs 250 miles”

Teslarati

Lucid Motors made it a point to go above and beyond the industry standard when it released the Air, its first vehicle. It entered the electric luxury sedan market late, but its range alone showed that it was a serious contender. I want to have a big impact upon the planet – we’re worried about global warming.

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Tesla pokes fun at Ford F-150 Lightning in Cybertruck Powershare video

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Tesla seemed to poke some fun at the Ford F-150 Lightning in its Powershare promotional video. In its highlights for the new feature, Tesla depicted a Cybertruck owner helping out an F-150 Lightning that needed some extra range on the road. Tesla’s Powershare is a unique feature for the Cybertruck.

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Tesla charging offer a watershed week

Baua Electric

North The united states’s two greatest automakers have now became to their electrical automobile rival Tesla to faucet into its monumental community of Superchargers to assistance them walk quicker into the electrical marketplace. That walk adopted a indistinguishable announcement from Ford Motor Co. and Canada.