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Although there are still plenty of car manufacturers pumping out new designs for human controlled, combustion equipped vehicles, many believe the writing is on the wall for the car industry. Along with being electric, our cars are going to drive us around autonomously and we may not even own them …

The Motorrad, as BMW is calling it, is a self-balancing, sometimes-autonomous motorbike, which could make two wheeled travel far safer than it is at the moment. The marketing for the new concept tells us that it's so safe, you don't even need to wear a helmet. While the legislation of …

The Chevrolet Bolt from General Motors, set to become available in late 2016, is being priced deliberately competitively with Tesla's upcoming Model 3. The fully electric Bolt will offer a range of 238 miles on a single charge, as well as a number of neat in-car features, all for just …

Off of the back of its announcement on a final price for the Tesla Model 3, the electric car firm announced that it had once again made a loss: $107 million for the quarter closing out 2015. It also reported plans to spend upwards of $1.5 billion on investment in …

Although many details still need to be made clear about the upcoming Tesla Model 3 electric car, one thing we do know is the price: $35,000 in the U.S.. However that comes before any incentives or subsidies from state and federal authorities, which in some cases could bring the price …

A team of students from ETH Zurich, Switzerland are hoping to help change the perception many people still have about electric cars, by having their home-spun, F1 inspired vehicle beat petrol racers in an annual contest known as Formula Student. Their car, known as the Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) Fluela, …

Although we've seen concept imagery and teasers for Tesla's Model X 4×4 electric car, it was only officially unveiled and launched in the early hours of this morning at an event in the U.S. Tesla debuted the vehicle itself along with a laundry list of features, announcing that the first …

While electric cars might be quiet, economical and much more futuristic-feeling than the gas guzzling vehicles we've been used to for the past century, they do have a number of drawbacks: namely charging time and a relatively short distance per charge. However, if you drive carefully, keep the air conditioning …

If you've been on the market for an electric car for some time, but weren't impressed by the offerings from various manufactures to date, then perhaps Tesla's upcoming Model X will be to your taste. Not much is known about the repeatedly delayed sports utility vehicle, other than it comes …

One of the fundamental  issues with electric cars at the moment is the limitations of the batteries that power them.  There are a number of electric vehicles currently available on the UK market such as the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and none of them are capable of much more than 100 miles …

Walking along the streets of Belfast, you are constantly reminded that this is where Back To The Future's super electric DeLorean car was assembled. While no one is expecting time travel any time soon, we're definitely moving into a world of electric dreams. BMW had dreams of its own, which …