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Is it an electric SUV, a van, or both? The EX30 is Volvo’s smallest, most affordable EV, and now it’s available as a mini electric van.

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I’ll be honest with you: when Heybike first teased the Villain ($1399), my reaction was somewhere between amazed, intrigued and skeptical. Heybike makes fantastic commuter e-bikes and impressive folders: the kind of bike your unc (me) buys to ride to the farmer’s market. So when they showed up at CES with a Sur-Ron-ish-style electric dirt bike claiming 45 mph and 190 Nm of torque, at less than half the price, I had serious questions.

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See the interior of the 2026 Toyota bZ Woodland from every angle.

See the exterior of the 2026 Toyota bZ Woodland from every angle.

The Woodland is a powerful and comfortable electric family cruiser with plenty of room for both people and cargo.

Elon Musk announced that Tesla is coming out with ‘something cooler than a minivan’ when pressed by fans for a vehicle with more passenger capacity.

However, we should temper our expectations as Tesla is greatly limiting new vehicle programs amid its transition into a ‘transportation as a service’ company.

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The Afeela 1 was supposed to go on sale this year, but Honda's decision to cancel its own EV plans is also killing the car from its joint venture with Sony.

The Afeela EV, Honda and Sony’s PlayStation on wheels, has been discontinued as Honda struggles to turn things around.

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Many states across the US have spent the last several years promoting electric bikes as a climate solution. California, one of the leaders in e-bike adoption in the US, has funded rebate programs, invested in bike infrastructure, and championed e-bikes as a way to reduce car trips and cut emissions. At the same time, however, another trend has emerged: a sharp increase in youth ridership – and with it, a growing number of complaints about unsafe riding.

Now, some lawmakers in states with high e-bike usage are proposing something that would have sounded unthinkable just a few years ago: license plates for e-bikes.

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GM is killing the unpopular transmission type, replacing the CVT with a traditional eight-speed automatic transmission.

If you’ve ever wished your daily commute felt less like a chore and more like, well, an experience, AOTOS thinks it has the answer. The smart mobility company is launching its new Flux X26 e-bike on Kickstarter this month, and it’s not your typical e-bike. This one leans hard into futuristic design, smart tech, and even a one-click wheelie feature.

Let’s take a closer look.

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The worst kind of vehicle emissions aren’t the ones that move dirt or haul freight – they’re the ones that don’t. Every hour, every minute, ever second a combustion engine spends idling at a truck stop or job site is fuel burned, money lost, and air polluted for no productive reason. Vanair’s patented solar panel system for semi trucks is ready to help slash idle times.

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Tesla has filed new site plans with Travis County detailing a significant expansion of its Giga Texas campus, including the long-promised “ecological paradise” along the Colorado River and infrastructure for the recently announced Terafab North Campus.

The filings, which include a permit application for “Tesla North Campus” submitted to the Travis County Fire Marshal on March 13, reveal the scope of Tesla’s ambitions for a campus that already stretches across 2,500 acres in southeast Austin.

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The updated Xiaomi SU7 and SAIC’s Z7 and Z7T just launched, and the new EVs are already racking up thousands of pre-orders in minutes.

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Lamborghini's CEO said what's missing from the lineup is a two-door GT, the body style that kick-started the brand in the early 1960s.

See the exterior of the 2026 Audi Q3 from every angle.

Car theft numbers are down, but these cars, trucks, and (one) SUV were most often stolen in the United States in 2025.

See the interior of the 2026 Audi Q3 from every angle.

Audi's small SUV is quick and cute, but it has one major flaw.