Trump’s transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit
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Trump’s transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit

ByNews Polite

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Ending the tax credit could have grave implications for an already stalling U.S. EV transition. And yet…

Ford puts six-week pause on manufacturing electric F-150 pickups
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Ford puts six-week pause on manufacturing electric F-150 pickups

ByNews Polite

Ford is temporarily halting production of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck in the face of slowing demand for battery-powered vehicles. The Detroit automaker announced Thursday that it would pause manufacturing of the pickup truck for several weeks beginning in mid-November. Ford employees will resume manufacturing of the F-150 on…

Cybertruck owner regrets pumping rounds into his electric vehicle to test its bulletproof ability
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Cybertruck owner regrets pumping rounds into his electric vehicle to test its bulletproof ability

ByNews Polite

A gun-toting Cybertruck owner took it upon himself to test out how bulletproof the electric vehicle is — and it did not go as expected. Adult film star Dante Colle posted a video to his X account pointing a handgun at the $100K truck in the middle of an open…

Tesla recalling 27K Cybertrucks over rear-view camera issue
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Tesla recalling 27K Cybertrucks over rear-view camera issue

ByNews Polite

Tesla said Thursday it would recall more than 27,000 Cybertrucks in the US due to delayed rear-view camera images that could impair driver visibility and increase crash risks. This is the fifth recall issued by Tesla for 2024 Cybertruck models since January. Tesla is issuing a software update to address the latest issue. The latest…

US official warns of potential dangers of Chinese tech in cars
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US official warns of potential dangers of Chinese tech in cars

ByNews Polite

The United States has moved to ban Chinese connected-car technology over fears vehicles can spy on – and assassinate – their drivers. “Cars today have cameras, microphones, GPS tracking and other technologies connected to the internet. It doesn’t take much imagination to understand how a foreign adversary with access to…

Kathy Hochul may be waking to NY energy woes—yet won’t fix the problem
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Kathy Hochul may be waking to NY energy woes—yet won’t fix the problem

ByNews Polite

Gov. Hochul may have finally awoken to the state’s looming energy nightmare. Too bad she’s befuddled about how to prevent it. Her energy summit last week was meant to reckon with an inconvenient truth: All the pixie dust in the world won’t help New York meet its goals to abandon…

Computer mouse controlled by your tongue? 11 life-changing gadgets shocking techies at CES 2024
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Computer mouse controlled by your tongue? 11 life-changing gadgets shocking techies at CES 2024

ByNews Polite

Welcome to the world of tomorrow. World-changing breakthroughs are being debuted and displayed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as companies harness recent, vast breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to bring the future to today’s market. These on-display innovations at the four-day demo span from big, even life-altering game-changers…

Hertz plans to sell 20,000 EVs, including Teslas
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Hertz plans to sell 20,000 EVs, including Teslas

ByNews Polite

Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings said Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles from its US fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles. Shares of the company, which operates vehicles from Elon Musk’s Tesla and Swedish EV maker Polestar among others, fell about 3%…