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Suspected Texas vehicle thief dies in shootout with vehicle owner who tracked him down, police say

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A suspected vehicle thief has died in a mall parking lot gunfight in Texas after the owner of the truck he allegedly stole managed to track him down, police say. 

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told reporters that the shooting happened outside the South Park Mall on Thursday just two minutes after officers received a call about the theft. 

“The owner of the stolen vehicle certainly has the right to track down their vehicle,” he said. “Now, we would

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G.M. and Other Automakers Will Build 30,000 Electric Vehicle Chargers

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Seven major automakers announced a plan on Wednesday to nearly double the number of fast chargers in the United States in an effort to address one of the main reasons that people hesitate to buy electric cars.

The carmakers — BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group and Stellantis — will initially invest at least $1 billion in a joint venture that will build 30,000 charging ports on major highways and other locations in the United States and

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Will e-bike fires turn electric vehicle progress to ash?

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In the meantime, the current wave of fires has cost lives, property and money. A January presentation from the Department of Energy Storage and Electric Transportation at the Idaho National Laboratory notes that automakers and insurance companies could face warranty- and liability-related financial losses, and losses from negative public perception of electric vehicles.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently signed a law that requires micromobility devices sold in the city to meet UL standards. That rule goes into effect

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New electric vehicle battery could cut charging times by 25 percent

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With 12.6 million drivers expected to hit the roads this summer, many families will be spending some of their time at the services whilst their electric car charges.

However, Elysia, the battery technology developer owned by the motorsport group WAE Technologies has revealed a new EV battery pack that will cut rapid charging times by 25 percent.

Joe Jones, Commercial Lead for Elysia, explained how the new battery could improve the experience of owning an electric vehicle.

He said: “By

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The suburbs where Tesla drivers live in Australia as electric vehicle sales surge

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Tesla drivers are much more likely to live in Australia’s wealthiest postcodes – but there are a few surprises in a trove of data.

Well-heeled suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane dominate the top 20 list of where electric cars are registered, with the Gold Coast intriguingly having the most per capita.

For the first time ever, a Tesla was Australia’s second most popular car, outselling a ute that had topped the monthly sales charts three times this year, with

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There’s good and bad news with California’s electric vehicle program

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A worldwide gearshift from fossil fuel–powered cars to electric vehicles could significantly reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that humans emit to the atmosphere. But current strategies for vehicle electrification can also shift some pollution to communities already suffering under higher economic, health and environmental burdens, researchers warn.

California, which leads the United States by a mile when it comes to EV adoption, offers a window into this evolving problem. The state is aggressively seeking to reduce its carbon footprint

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2023 JD Power Vehicle Zuverlässigkeitsstudie: Lexus, Kia führen

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Insgesamt hat sich die Branche gegenüber dem Vorjahr mit durchschnittlich 186 Problemen pro 100 Fahrzeuge leicht verbessert – sechs Probleme weniger als in der Studie von 2022.

Im vergangenen Jahr belegte Lexus mit 159 Problemen pro Fahrzeug Platz 6, ein großer Rückgang gegenüber seinem ersten Platz im Jahr 2021. In diesem Jahr meldete Lexus 133 Probleme pro 100 Fahrzeuge und kehrte damit auf Platz 1 zurück.

Genesis stieg von Platz 4 im Jahr 2022 auf den zweiten Platz in diesem

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How lack of chargers and soaring power costs have sent the electric vehicle revolution into reverse 

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Heading to Blackpool to attend an awards ceremony, businesswoman Sophie Preston-Hall not only arrived late, but barely had time to get dressed.

‘I’ve made the journey lots of times. From my home in Essex, it should have taken about four-and-a-half hours,’ says the 49-year-old.

‘Instead it took almost 12. I was an hour and a half late to the dinner and ended up having to change in a Tesco toilet — where I had to ask a woman to zip

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SLS v Saturn V: How NASA’s new rocket compares to Neil Armstrong’s launch vehicle

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Standing taller than the Statue of Liberty and having cost an eye-watering $23 billion (£19 billion) to build, NASA’s brand new mega moon rocket is now just weeks away from its maiden launch.

The enormous Space Launch System (SLS) is scheduled to blast into space on August 29 as part of a six-week mission that will see it carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to lunar orbit and back. 

It will be the first of three planned trips to the moon

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