Tesla's patent drawing (FIG. 9) depicts a Cybertruck towing a trailer housing an auxiliary battery pack connected via a high-voltage interface. Image: Tesla/USPTO A newly published Tesla patent ...

The VW ID. Era 9X is the new 5.21 m long SUV that the SAIC-VW joint venture offers on the Chinese market. It has a traction battery with either 51 or 65 kWh capacity and a 220 kW electric motor on the ...

View post: I Drove the 2026 Genesis GV80 Coupe 3.5T Prestige Black e-SC AWD. It’s One of the Best Luxury SUVs Today. While BMW started dabbling with electrification as far back as the ’70s, the ball ...

While BMW started dabbling with electrification as far back as the '70s, the ball really started rolling in the 2010s with the original i3 and i8. While those models didn't exactly set the market ...

Almost every household experiences a WiFi dead zone, especially in South African homes with concrete and/or brick walls. Reliable home internet is no longer a luxury but rather a home essential. The ...

Ready to beef up your Wi-Fi network? A wireless range extender is a less expensive alternative to a new router. (Some can even turn your router setup into a mesh system.) Here are the top performers ...

Mainstream carmakers in Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea are reassessing battery electric vehicle (BEV) strategies amid range anxiety, weak charging infrastructure, high vehicle costs, and ...

BMW says it could build a range extender again, but hasn’t decided there’s a real need for one. Faster-charging EVs reduce the case for REx, as BMW calls the technology, but patchy infrastructure ...

You might have heard of ‘Range Extender’ hybrids and wondered why they’re still not prevalent in Europe. In theory, they propose a near-compromise-free combination of EV-like electric range with a ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...