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Stellantis is putting solid-state batteries into a demo fleet of Dodge Charger Daytona EVs this year — the first road test of a cell that resists catching fire

The self-driving truck is beating the self-driving car to market — long, predictable highway routes are letting robot big rigs launch years ahead of robotaxis

Bosch and Kodiak are about to hand a Texas energy firm its first fully driverless semi-trucks — big rigs that haul sand across open highway with empty cabs

An XPeng flying car just clipped another aircraft mid-formation during a demo flight — a crash that casts a shadow over the company’s 2026 mass-production promise

U.S. EV range just jumped 11% in a single year — and the fastest chargers now add 100 miles in under 10 minutes as old battery-fade fears fade

Semi-solid-state EV batteries just started powering light trucks and flying cars — a hybrid cell squeezing out 350 watt-hours per kilogram without bursting into flame

Semi-solid-state batteries are jumping out of cars and into flying taxis — packing 350 watt-hours per kilogram into aircraft light enough to lift off

Driverless big rigs are about to roll onto Texas highways — Bosch and Kodiak are delivering the first level 4 semi-trucks that drive with no one in the cab

Used electric cars are selling faster than ever — 43,000 changed hands in a single month as long-standing battery-fade fears quietly collapse

EV range in the U.S. just jumped 11% in a single year — and the fastest chargers now add 100 miles in under 10 minutes

A TAP Air Portugal jet just scraped its tail on the runway taking off from Rome — then circled back and landed safely with no injuries

California just opened a $1 billion rebate program for electric trucks — offering up to $120,000 off per vehicle to push diesel rigs off the road

Two-thirds of used electric SUVs still beat their original EPA range after three years — defying the assumption that EV batteries fade fast

Cold-weather testing just showed EV pickups lose 39% of their range in deep cold — cutting a 300-mile electric truck down to 183 on the same loop

The Lucid Gravity just topped the 2026 EV range chart at 450 miles — ahead of the Rivian R1S at 410 and the Mercedes EQS SUV at 390

After three years on the road, EVs still hold 97% of their original range — and just 0.3% of batteries have ever needed replacing

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