Tesla’s solution to Cybertruck range anxiety is a strap-on battery pack

Tesla didn’t provide any information about the Cybertruck electric ute’s so-called “Range Extender” at its delivery event last week, but a company executive has subsequently shed some light. Tesla senior vice president of powertrain and energy Drew Baglino has confirmed the Cybertruck‘s Range Extender isn’t a combustion engine that can …

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Tracking Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia in maps

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. On February 24 2022, the world awoke to news that Russian tanks had rolled into Ukraine. This page is regularly updated with the latest maps, charts, videos and satellite …

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GM, Ford confident they’ll offset costly UAW contracts

Ford Motor Co. and General Motors are working to convince Wall Street that they can absorb billions of dollars in added labor costs resulting from newly ratified UAW contracts — but they’ll need to cut spending and run their businesses more efficiently to do so. The automakers said last week …

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