Polestar Has a Bold Plan—Get Better at Selling Cars
The China-controled EV brand has been losing tens of thousands of dollars on every car sold. With a US ban on Chinese car sales looming, the company needs to quickly turn things around.
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Business, Business / Transportation, Gear, Gear / Gear News and Events, Get Moving, Tech Industry, Tech NewsEurope Wanted to Lead the World on EVs. Its Carmakers Can’t Keep Up
Read more: Europe Wanted to Lead the World on EVs. Its Carmakers Can’t Keep UpThe lack of cheap EVs and the reliance on combustion engines is putting Europe’s plan to ban new petrol cars by 2035 at risk.
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It’s Official: Boring Cities Are Bad for Your Health
Read more: It’s Official: Boring Cities Are Bad for Your HealthOppressive, unstimulating urban architecture isn’t just about eyesores; there’s evidence that it can cause actual harm to its residents. To fix this in 2025, we must start building for joy.
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How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank
Read more: How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West BankOne user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that’s been up since 2003.”
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The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs
Read more: The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVsPlagued by delays, tied to a rival’s electric platform, yet somehow still being clever and innovative, Ford’s European EV experiment embodies the automaker’s failure to commit to electric cars.
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Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
Read more: Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and TicketsDigital license plates sold by Reviver, already legal to buy in some states and drive with nationwide, can be hacked by their owners to evade traffic regulations or even law enforcement surveillance.
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The UK Now Has Its Own Illegal Rubberized Cybertruck on the Road
Read more: The UK Now Has Its Own Illegal Rubberized Cybertruck on the RoadFollowing the Czech Cybertruck’s example, now there’s a rubber bumper-pimped Tesla truck attempting to be certified for use on British highways. This time, however, the chances of success look slim.
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Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and Tesla
Read more: Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and TeslaUnlike Waymo’s hybrid system of AI training with hand-coded instructions, Wayve’s AI handles the entire self-driving process, learning unsupervised to cope with the unpredictable and drive more like we do.
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To Build Electric Cars, Jaguar Land Rover Had to Redesign the Factory
Read more: To Build Electric Cars, Jaguar Land Rover Had to Redesign the FactoryAt Jaguar Land Rover’s historic Halewood factory in Merseyside, England, state-of-the art assembly robots are now building the cars of the future.
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Electric Cars Could Last Much Longer Than You Think
Read more: Electric Cars Could Last Much Longer Than You ThinkRather than having a shorter lifespan than internal combustion engines, EV batteries are lasting way longer than expected, surprising even the automakers themselves.
