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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: Quad-Motor Four-Legged ‘Spider Bike’

January 17, 2022
When I set out each week to find the wildest electric vehicles for my regular Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, they are usually at least classifiable into categories like “bikes”, “cars” and “scooters”. But every now and again, I find something so wacky that it simply defies classification. The latest example of Lamarckian evolution run amok on the most…
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Tesla releases new Autopilot safety report, shows improvements despite limited data

January 17, 2022
Tesla has released its latest Autopilot safety report, and it shows some improvements despite the limited data making things hard to analyze. Since 2018, Tesla has been trying to create a benchmark for its improvement in Autopilot safety by releasing a quarterly report that compares the number of miles per accident on Autopilot versus off Autopilot. Today, Tesla released its safety report for Q4…
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Volvo Trucks introduces second-generation VNR Electric with bigger battery, added range, and new configurations

January 17, 2022
Volvo Trucks Corporation has announced the next generation of its all-electric, Class 8 VNR trucks for the North American market, including upgrades to battery size, range, and charging speeds. Furthermore, Volvo Trucks has introduced two additional configurations for its commercial fleets customers to choose from. Volvo Group (AB Volvo) is a multinational corporation whose subsidiary Volvo Trucks…
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Ex NIU, Baidu exec leaps into the car game with NIUTRON electric SUV

January 14, 2022
You can’t say they didn’t warn us! Less than a month after NIU co-founder, Yinan Li, hinted that four wheeled vehicles might present better business opportunities than two wheeled vehicles, Li has brought us the incredibly well-finished product you see here. Meet the battery-powered NIUTRON NV, and expect big things. Yinan Li is no stranger to either mass production or connected tech. Li’s…
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