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Tesla unveils its Model Y SUV to a lukewarm reception

Mar 15, 2019

Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s new Model Y compact SUV Thursday night, ahead of a fall 2020 release, according to The Verge. As Tesla’s second mass-market electric vehicle, the Model Y offers specifications simi...

Volkswagen will invest $50 billion to mass produce electric cars

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Dec 1, 2018

Business, Science

In its most significant move since its notorious diesel emission scandal, Volkswagen is vastly expanding its production of electric cars, according to Reuters. The company will spend nearly 44 billion euros ($5...

General Motors is calling on the Trump administration to promote electric vehicles

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Oct 29, 2018

Business, Policy, Science

General Motors is calling on the Trump Administration to create a federal program to promote sales of zero-emissions vehicles such as electric cars, according to a Reuters report. The nationwide program would b...

Tesla’s Model 3 to start production this week, ahead of schedule

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Jul 4, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

According to CEO Elon Musk, Tesla Motor’s Model 3 will begin production this week. “Model 3 passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule,” he said, adding that the first car ...

Norwegian shipping company to debut fully electric, eventually self-driving, transport vessel

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Jun 17, 2017

Business, Innovation, Science

A Norwegian shipping company will begin using a fully-electric, emissions-free container ship, which will also be able to operate fully automatically by 2020. The ship, the Yara Birkeland, will bring several ri...

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