A dealership marked up a Hyundai IONIQ 5 N’s price by $20k

  • March 28, 2024
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Photo: Hyundai Hyundai just released the IONIQ 5 N’s price just a couple weeks ago, and a California dealer has already marked the MSRP up on the automaker’s newest, most powerful EV by $20,000. Redditor u/Qball1754 wrote in a post on the r/Ioniq5 subreddit yesterday that he’s a Hyundai influencer and the owner of a […]

How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend and early recruit helped put the FTX founder behind bars for 25 years

  • March 28, 2024
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Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, center, arrives at court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images In sentencing FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to a 25-year prison sentence on Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan cited testimony from Caroline Ellison, an ex-girlfriend of the […]

‘Pro-EV’ New Jersey just OK’ed the US’s highest dumb EV fee

  • March 28, 2024
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“I-95 North – Welcome to New Jersey Sign” by formulanone is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. New Jersey just signed a law approving a punitive new EV registration fee – and at $250, it’s the highest in the country. New Jersey’s EV registration fee kicks in July 1, and then rises by $10 each year […]

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I Just Want a Normal Drink

  • March 28, 2024
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Recently, a balmy spring day left me feeling parched. I needed a beverage—stat!—and had forgotten my water bottle at home. I ducked into a nearby CVS to pick up a drink. The choices were so overwhelming, I nearly forgot my thirst. The drink aisle included a bevy of the usual thirst-quenching options—and some that looked […]

Tesla starts using ‘Supervised Full Self-Driving’ language

  • March 28, 2024
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Tesla and Elon Musk have started using the term “Supervised Full Self-Driving” when discussing their self-driving efforts. What does it mean? Tesla, and especially its CEO Elon Musk, has used controversial language when discussing its self-driving effort. It started with calling and selling something called the “Full Self-Driving Capability” package all the way back in […]

BYD says EVs have entered the ‘knockout round’ with next-gen tech rolling out

  • March 28, 2024
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Global EV leader BYD believes new energy vehicles, including EVs and PHEVs, have entered the “knockout round” with gas-powered cars. BYD plans to more than double its overseas sales this year, as it aims for one million in 2025. Let the “liberation battle” begin After declaring a “liberation battle” against gas-powered cars earlier this year, […]