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#wired.com. × #Feb.09.2026 Ferrari’s New Jony Ive–Designed EV Is Swathed in Glass and Aluminum. We got a peek at the interior of Ferrari’s new Luce electric car, which was dreamed up by famed ex-Apple designer and his firm, LoveFrom. It looks and feels a whole lot like an Apple product.

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#wired.com. × #Nov.15.2025 When Will the US Finally Get $15K EVs?. Super-cheap EVs exist in other parts of the world, as advances in battery tech and manufacturing are making new cars significantly cheaper. But the US market presents unique challenges for automakers.

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#wired.com. × #Mar.25.2025 ‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?. “Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla's polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?

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#wired.com. × #Mar.20.2025 Nearly All Cybertrucks Have Been Recalled Because Tesla Used the Wrong Glue. Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving—with a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”

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#wired.com. × #Mar.20.2025 Ford Bronco Fans Can Now Tool Around on a Bronco Electric Bike. For the motocross-minded, the Bronco eBike is equal parts blast-from-the-past and harbinger of the future.

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#wired.com. × #Mar.18.2025 Tesla Got a Permit to Operate a Taxi Service in California—but There’s a Catch. The taxi service will initially operate with Tesla employee drivers only, use current-model vehicles, and won’t allow for driverless rides.

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#wired.com. × #Feb.25.2025 Ads Popped Up on Drivers' Screens. There May Be More on the Way. When Jeep owners complained ads were appearing while driving, the carmaker said it was a glitch. But as auto makers consider connected car opportunities, in-vehicle selling might be too tempting to ign

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#wired.com. × #Feb.04.2025 Trump's Plan to Make European Cars More Expensive Has a Fatal Flaw. President Trump's threat of 25 percent tariffs on EU car imports could spark an automotive trade war—one that will result in higher prices for all and never end in European consumers buying more Americ

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#wired.com. × #Jan.22.2025 Trump Says He Ended the ‘EV Mandate.’ What Does That Mean?. Policy experts say the implications of Donald Trump’s executive order for EV owners—and the EV-curious—won’t be clear for a while.

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#wired.com. × #Jan.17.2025 Polestar Has a Bold Plan—Get Better at Selling Cars. The China-controled EV brand has been losing tens of thousands of dollars on every car sold. With a US ban on Chinese car sales looming, the company needs to quickly turn things around.

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#wired.com. × #Jan.15.2025 Los Angeles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses. After the devastation of the Los Angeles fires, officials are ready to rebuild. But defending against future fires requires thinking about more than buildings.

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#wired.com. × #Jan.01.2025 The 17 Best EVs Coming in 2025. After Jaguar’s chaotic relaunch and the pomp and theater of Tesla’s Cybercab reveal party, it’s hard to imagine the coming year will top 2024—until you see our picks for the best EVs of 2025.

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#wired.com. × #Dec.21.2024 The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs. Plagued by delays, tied to a rival’s electric platform, yet somehow still being clever and innovative, Ford’s European EV experiment embodies the automaker’s failure to commit to electric cars.

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#wired.com. × #May.19.2020 A Lawmaker Wants Fast Trains to Rev Up the US Economy. US representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts proposes spending $205 billion over 5 years to connect Chicago with Atlanta, Portland with Vancouver.

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#wired.com. × #May.11.2020 Elon Musk Defies Lockdown Orders and Reopens Tesla's Factory. The CEO sued a California county over the weekend and threatened to move the company to Texas—his latest tangle with government authorities.

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#wired.com. × #May.09.2020 Covid-19 Casts a Dark Cloud Over the Flying Car Future. An economic slump is no good for a long shot business that's just starting to take off.

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#wired.com. × #May.07.2020 Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs Scraps Its Ambitious Toronto Project. The Google sibling envisioned a tech-enabled and eco-friendly neighborhood. But residents rebelled over plans to collect and use their data, among other things.

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#wired.com. × #May.06.2020 Sleeker Lidar Moves Volvo Closer to Selling a Self-Driving Car. Using technology from Silicon Valley's Luminar, the Swedish automaker plans to offer completely autonomous highway driving by 2022.

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#wired.com. × #May.05.2020 California Sues Uber and Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees. The state and three cities say the ride-hail companies are violating a new state law. The suit could lead to tens of millions of dollars in fines.

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