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U.S. EPA to propose new vehicle emission cuts, expects big EV push

According to a Reuters report Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set as early as next week to propose new rules to spur sweeping cuts in vehicle emissions. The new rules are expected to cover the 2027 through 2032 model years and will push automakers to dramatically expand electric... More

Tesla (TSLA) employees shared sensitive images recorded by customer vehicles: 'It was a breach of privacy'

A special story by Reuters Thursday reports that between 2019 and 2022, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) employees privately shared videos and images, some of them highly invasive, recorded by customers car cameras.

Some of the recordings caught Tesla customers in embarrassing situations. One ex-employee described a video of a man approaching a vehicle completely naked.

Tesla assured its electric car owners that their privacy is and will always be enormously important to us. The cameras it builds into vehicles to assist driving, it notes on its website, are designed from the ground up to protect your... More

Walmart (WMT) plans expansion of EV charging network across America

Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced Thursday that the American retailer plans to build their own EV fast-charging network at thousands of Walmart and Sams Club locations across the country by 2030. This would be in addition to the almost 1,300 EV fast-charging stations already available at more than 280 U.S. facilities.

Vishal Kapadia, Senior Vice President of Energy Transformation at Walmart, wrote in the... More

UK EV sales reach record highs in best month ever

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) released data Wednesday that showed new car registrations jumped to 287,825 units as supply chain challenges continued to ease, making the first quarter of 2023 the strongest three-month period since 2019. Battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales reached a record monthly high of 46,626, representing 18.6% year-on-year... More