LONDON — Clive Sinclair, the British inventor and entrepreneur who arguably did more than anyone else to inspire a whole generation of children into a life-long passion for computers and gaming, has died. He was 81. Sinclair, who rose to prominence in the early 1980s with a series of affordable home computers that offered millions

WASHINGTON —The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Friday it will send a team to investigate a Tesla vehicle crash this week that killed two people in Coral Gables, Florida. Coral Gables police have said it is unclear whether the Tesla Model 3 involved in the crash in a residential area on Monday

This is a weird story making the rounds of Oregon television outlets, but it’s also a sad story: Police in Eugene say they stopped the driver of a sedan who was trying to tow an old Bayliner boat. The boat looks to be in the 24- to 27-foot range on a tandem-axle trailer, meaning the

WASHINGTON — General Motors Co on Wednesday recommended that Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle owners parking in public garages do so on the top floor or on an open level, and at least 50 feet away from other vehicles, citing potential fire risks. The precaution would “reduce potential damage to structures and nearby vehicles in the

Today marks the beginning of the new normal in Normal, Ill., as the first production Rivian R1T electric pickup — meaning the first truck for commercial sale to a customer — rolled off the line at Rivian’s factory. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe tweeted photos of the truck, done up in namesake Rivian Blue and surrounded

Tesla has one simple request, and that is to have cars that have frickin’ laser beams attached to their hoods. That request is now one step closer to being a possibility, as Musk’s electric car company has obtained a patent for the use of laser beams to clean windshields. As Electrek discovered, Tesla successfully obtained the

Like all of its rivals, Hyundai is gradually adding electric cars to its range. It unveiled the Ioniq 5 earlier in 2021, and it released a dark preview image that shows a bigger, more family-friendly EV that could be called Ioniq 7. Posted on social media, the photo depicts three cars: the aforementioned Ioniq 5

At this year’s Munich Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz’s budget brand, Smart, has revealed a concept that shows the future of its electric cars. And with four doors and borderline conventional design, it hardly seems like a Smart. It’s called the Concept #1 (real original, we know), and it even seems like something that could find buyers in

BMW is on a roll with two-wheeled forms of transportation as of late. The Munich Motor Show is no exception, as it’s now home to the reveal of the BMW i Vision AMBY and Motorrad Vision AMBY. We’ll start with the Motorrad Vision AMBY, as it’s the closest looking to a motorcycle between the two

Royal Dutch Shell Plc is making a push to expand its network of electric vehicle chargers in the U.K. to drivers who don’t have private parking. Shell’s Ubitricity unit will install 50,000 on-street charging posts by 2025, according to a statement published Wednesday. It already has about 3,600 chargers in the country in existing infrastructure