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Nearly 20% of IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Cars are Electric
Ahead of the 2024 model year the IIHS stepped up the requirements for its highest Top Safety Pick+ award. Previous winners aren’t grandfathered into the award and must increase their safety standards to continue to be sold as a TSPP awarded automobile. Notably, this year the independent, nonprofit scientific and…
Trump Seeks UAW Support Against Electric Vehicles
In the middle of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, on the brink of maybe the largest UAW strike in history, and embroiled in a somewhat messy electric vehicle production ramp-up nationwide, former President and Fulton County co-defendant Donald Trump took to social media to bash EVs and Biden in…
Electric Vehicle Sales Soaring: Report | Giga Gears
Do you ever feel like you’re constantly hearing about electric vehicles? It turns out, there’s a good reason for that — people keep buying them. Every year, EVs make up a higher percentage of vehicles as a whole than ever before. Now, according to a new report from Bloomberg, the march of the EV is happening faster…
German University Students Set Record for Longest-Range EV | Giga Gears
The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX concept was designed from the ground up to be the “most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever built,” and a little over a year ago, it managed to drive nearly 750 miles on a single charge. That’s the kind of range that puts pretty much every other electric vehicle to shame, but a team of German…
Mother and Daughter Trapped in Tesla After Rental EV Runs Out of Charge | Giga Gears
Now that EVs are filling out rental fleets around the U.S., drivers are going through an adjustment period full of hazards and inconveniences. A mother and daughter from Gurnee, Illinois, became trapped inside of a Tesla from Hertz, which the company rented out to them in lieu of an ICE-equipped sedan the woman had…