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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12834270d) A Tesla electric car using an EV Charging Point in London. According to the consumer group Which?, 31% of electric car owners reported problems with their vehicle in the first four years compared with 19% with petrol cars, and 29% with diesel cars. The survey found that the most common faults with electric vehicles were software issues, not motor or battery problems. Electric cars may be less reliable than petrol and diesel cars in London, UK - 03 Mar 2022

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Too many electric cars charging at night may overload electrical grid

As electric car ownership rises, we will need new infrastructure to avoid overwhelming electricity grids – including public charging stations and more daytime charging

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Show children how to make a simple electric motor with a magnet

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Supercharging tweak could fill electric car batteries 90% in 10 mins

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Kevin Hansen and Niclas Groenholm perform during the World Rallycross Championship in Hell, Norway on August 13, 2022.

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All-electric rallycross leads motorsport’s transition away from petrol

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Efforts to regulate 'killer robots' are threatened by war in Ukraine

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Gel-coated battery could stop mobile phones catching fire or exploding

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Driverless cars can be tricked into seeing red traffic lights as green

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Electric car plugged in and changing on urban city street

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Fix the Planet newsletter: Solving charging anxiety for electric cars

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Fix the Planet newsletter: The weird and wonderful rivals to batteries

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Jenson Button in Extreme E car

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Jenson Button: ‘Extreme E is great racing without combustion engines’

Extreme E, an off-road racing series that started this year, aims to prove that internal combustion engines are no longer required in motor sport. New ��˾þ� spoke to Jenson Button about the burgeoning sport

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Electric cars expected to outsell diesel ones in the UK next year

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What’s next now Tesla is worth a trillion dollars?

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No councils in England introduced incentives for green number plates

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Autonomous walking excavator can build walls and dig trenches

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