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Electric vehicles (EVs) bring not just environmental promise, but also raise critical safety questions—chief among them, the fire risks posed by their lithium-ion batteries. While indispensable for powering EVs, these batteries present unique challenges, especially in confined spaces like parking garages, where the potential for fires carries significant consequences.... Read more

Being able to charge your car at home is a big drawcard for many electric vehicle buyers. But it's rare to find chargers installed at apartment complexes in Australia.... Read more

Electric vehicles are growing in popularity but still make up a small percentage of total car sales. More than two decades of vehicle and infrastructure development have yielded only a 6.8% market share for EVs in the United States. Part of the problem is range anxiety—owners' fear that they won't... Read more

Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast reported a net loss of $550 million for the third quarter, less than the same period last year as the firm recorded an uptick in sales.... Read more

While sales of electric vehicles surge in China, adoption of more environmentally friendly vehicles is stumbling in the United States and Europe as carmakers and governments struggle to meet years-old promises about affordability and charging stations.... Read more

German car giant Volkswagen said Wednesday it would sell its operations in China's Xinjiang region, where Beijing has been accused of widespread human rights abuses including forced labor.... Read more

President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Energy will make a $6.6 billion loan to Rivian Automotive to build a factory in Georgia that had stalled as the startup electric vehicle maker struggled to become profitable.... Read more

Car mechanic Adebola Omotosho has to drive eight kilometers across Nigeria's bustling commercial hub Lagos to fill his tank with compressed natural gas.... Read more

Monash University engineers have developed an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery, capable of powering long-haul EVs and commercial drones.... Read more

Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms can reduce road accidents through their ability to detect sleepy drivers and quickly and timely warn them of the dangers their drowsiness may cause, a study has found.... Read more

California will revive its own subsidy programs for electric vehicles if Donald Trump guts US federal tax breaks for such cars, the state's governor said Monday.... Read more

Distractions slow the reaction time of automated vehicle remote drivers by over five seconds, new research has shown.... Read more

Electric vehicles will now be able to go from zero battery power to an 80% charge thanks to researchers at the University of Waterloo who made a breakthrough in lithium-ion battery design to enable this extremely fast 15-minute charging. It is much faster than the current industry standard of nearly... Read more

US auto giants signaled Wednesday they could further slow the ramp-up of electric vehicle production as Detroit awaits the arrival of a Trump administration eager to reverse key Biden climate initiatives.... Read more

Devising countermeasures for improving pedestrian safety, especially targeted measures for severe and non-severe crashes, is crucial for road authorities. However, such efforts predominantly rely on police-reported crash data, facing obvious and ethical issues and hindering proactive safety management.... Read more