Electric or gasoline: which car is cheaper to maintain

The magazine Consumer Reports calculated how much it costs to maintain and repair cars with gasoline engines, hybrids and electric vehicles, writes the Voice of America. The estimated range for a vehicle in the United States is 200 miles (000 kilometers). That is exactly how much, subject to high quality and timely ...

Will last 16 years or 2 million km: China has created a durable battery for Tesla

Chinese giant enterprise producing batteries for electric vehicles Tesla Inc. and Volkswagen AG, has created a battery capable of operating at a distance of 1,4 million miles (2 million kilometers) - an industry benchmark and a potential boon for automakers trying to motivate drivers to buy electric vehicles, Bloomberg writes. "Company…

'Kalashnikov' has created an electric car that will compete with Tesla

The Kalashnikov arms concern presented the CV-1 electric concept car based on the Izh-21 252 Kombi. At the moment, the electric car continues to be tested, writes "Rain". Sofia Ivanova, Director of External Communications of the concern, said: “We are talking about competing with Tesla, because at present it is ...

Israeli startup announced the development of electric vehicle charging technology in 10 minutes

Israeli startup Chakratec presented its charging station capable of replenishing the battery of an electric vehicle in ten minutes, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the ISRAEL21c scientific innovation portal. As noted in the article, General Motors has attracted Chakratec to implement the ambitious task set before the concern - to launch 20 models of electric vehicles on the market ...

Amazon has patented electric drone charging

Amazon has received a patent for an unmanned drone for recharging electric vehicles, Greentech Media reports. The company filed an application back in 2014, but the US Patent Office only approved it in October 2017. The patented technology allows electric vehicles and unmanned drones to communicate with each other. When the charge ...

Lukashenko after a test drive of an electric car Tesla ordered to create a Belarusian counterpart

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko drove a Tesla electric car and ordered the creation of a domestic analogue, and also called for the development of electric transport in the country, writes Current Time. After the trip, Lukashenko praised the car: “The Americans have created a supercar. Well done!” He added that the Belarusian electric car based on Geely “looks...

Tesla imposed fines for idle time at "gas stations"

The American company Tesla Motors has introduced an additional fee for the downtime of electric cars at fast charging stations, the company said. Thus, the owner of an electric car will pay 40 cents for every minute of downtime of a charged car. The company hopes that the innovation will discourage drivers from using the gas station ...

Electric car for billions: Tesla beats pre-order records

More than a quarter of a million people (276 thousand) from around the world have made a preliminary order for the purchase of the new Model-3 electric vehicle. The head of Tesla Motors Inc. wrote about this on his Twitter account. Elon Musk. The billionaire also writes about the company's profits. Only in a day ...

Tesla introduced an electric car for $35

Tesla has unveiled the Model 3 electric car, which starts at $35, about half the price of its two current predecessors, the Model S and Model X sedans. At the presentation of the new electric car, which took place in Hawthorne, California, Elon Max thanked buyers of the first models ...

Tesla has withdrawn all electric cars

Tesla Motors has recalled 90 electric vehicles for seat belt testing. The manufacturer sent out letters to customers asking Model S owners to schedule a visit to the service center. Earlier in November, a Tesla Model S owner revealed that her front passenger seat belt came unfastened when she turned to talk ...

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