(Reuters) — Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with gasoline models, and allow EV batteries to have second and …
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What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Using my stimulus check2. Gas prices and hybrid cars3. Worried about returning to work4. Wedding planning suggestions?5. Safely storing …
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Inclement weather — particularly rain and snow — threaten to stop autonomous vehicles in their tracks. That’s because precipitation covers cameras critical to the cars’ self-awareness and tricks sensors into perceiving obstacles that aren’t there. Plus, bad weather has a tendency to obscure road signage and structures that normally serve …
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Photo by Nestor Rizhniak / Shutterstock.com Status-seeking luxury-brand buyers and frugal environmentalists rarely find themselves lumped into the same category. But both groups tend to see the value of the cars they prefer plunge dramatically, according to a recent analysis by iSeeCars. The online automotive search engine and research website …
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