Electric Cars

This story began when Kyle Conner showed us a post from The Vehicle Finder on Facebook. No info, just images. Some of them just presented a Model S being apparently repaired, but then we saw the one you have above: the Tesla had an engine on its front axle. If you look closer, you’ll see it

By Dacia J. Ferris Posted on August 4, 2020 Tesla’s newest Gigafactory under construction in Texas continues to keep pace with expectations set by the company during its other building projects in Shanghai and Berlin. In doing so, the all-electric carmaker’s construction strategy looks to be quite scalable given the size of the Texas Gigafactory

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Electrification of passenger cars in Europe accelerated in June, according to the latest report from JATO Dynamics. The overall market went down 24% year-over-year to 1.13 million. The data shows that some 16.2% of new passenger car registrations were xEVs (BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs). The xEV growth year-over-year is impressive – 65% from 111,300 to

By Eric Ralph Posted on August 2, 2020 SpaceX has successfully landed NASA astronauts in the ocean for the first time in almost half a century, completing the most important mission in the company’s history and setting it up for an imminent operational launch debut. Roughly 19 hours after NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug

Switching to electric vehicles (EV) is one of the ways we can help the UK meet its net zero targets, and as part of the move to decarbonise its fleet in line with the SSE Group’s EV100 commitment, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has been trialling the Nissan ENV200 electric van with staff across

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Government policies aimed at phasing out the sale of traditional combustion-engined vehicles will lead to EV sales jumping by as many as 30 million, according to Automotive News Europe. The report cites three out of four scenarios modelled by the National Grid operator. They say that power production emissions will be negative 13 years from now,

By Dacia J. Ferris Posted on July 31, 2020 NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached yet another milestone in its journey into deep space outside of our solar system by crossing a threshold of 150 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun. Each AU represents about 93 million miles, the approximate distance from our planet to

Polestar has today delivered the first European Polestar 2 customer car at the company’s iconic global headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Thunder-coloured fastback is specified with a Charcoal WeaveTech vegan interior. The new owner, Sture Stensson gets a walk through the extensive technology onboard. New owner Sture Stensson commented: “I ordered my Polestar 2 on

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If you thought Giga Austin would be just another Tesla plant, the map above will give you an entirely new perspective. Thanks to the Reddit user brandude87, we can see it will probably be the biggest of all Tesla factories until now, at least in what relates to the size of its terrain. The Reddit

By Joey Klender Posted on July 29, 2020 Tesla is making a substantial mark in the South Korean electric automotive market as the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association (KAMA) stated that the company had attained an annual sales increase of more than 1,500% in the first half of 2020 thanks to the automaker’s Model 3 sedan.

The UK’s largest free retail charging network for electric vehicles has so far given away enough renewable energy to power the homes of almost 130,000 people. Volkswagen, Tesco and Pod Point teamed up to provide the largest free retail charging network for electric vehicle owners across the UK. The partnership has now hit the landmark

Over the next week or so, I’ll be documenting my Tesla Model Y buying experience along with first impressions of the car. The end of my 2017 Model X three-year lease would have been August 11, and I tried to line up my Model Y delivery time as close as possible. However, Tesla representatives said

Mitsubishi (part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance) announced a bunch of bad news on July 27, 2020 starting with a very poor financial report. For the fiscal year ending March 2021, the Japanese company anticipates an operating loss of 140 billion yen ($1.33 billion). It will be the second year of losses in a row, and

By Eric Ralph Posted on July 27, 2020 SpaceX is currently tracking towards the first Raptor engine static fire of its fifth full-scale Starship prototype sometime later today, although there is a strong chance of more delays. Originally scheduled as early as July 8th, Starship SN5’s first static fire test – a crucial precursor to

Although Amsterdam’s main Pride event is canceled, several virtual Pride events are still planned to take place in the coming weeks so that the LGBTQ community and its allies can celebrate virtually. Considering the challenging times that we live in today, celebrating diversity and establishing dialogues between different groups of people is more important than

If you have been on the internet lately, you might have seen people hating on Tesla and Elon Musk for other reasons than the usual claims of only going after government subsidies and Musk’s controversial comments, now some people are accusing Tesla and its CEO of being involve in a coup in Bolivia to secure

Renault has announced that the Twingo Z.E. will be available for order in Europe this summer, starting with a limited edition named Vibes, enhanced with colorful accents. In France specifically, orders will be accepted from September. Slightly quicker, in mid-August, the car will be available in Germany, where prices already emerged. The first deliveries are

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 25, 2020 There are times when small gestures could mean the difference between a company that cares and a company that simply treats its customers as numbers on a balance sheet. Just recently, Tesla proved that it is an example of the former, with CEO Elon Musk notifying a

Day6 is a bike company on the path to electrify their bike lineup. Although the bike is made for accessibility, the detail that has gone into the geometry and design really shine through in a race-car feeling. Day6 bikes are new to me and I believe new to a lot of the electric bike community

When Elon Musk said there would be no Tesla Model Y Standard Range Plus, his excuse was that the range would be too low, below 250 mi. That must have frustrated a lot of Tesla fans, but they may start to support this decision when they realize it may be very beneficial to the company.

By Joey Klender Posted on July 23, 2020 It is no secret that batteries play a massive role in Tesla’s future. Not only do the materials that are mined for the company’s electric cars need to be sustainably sourced, but they need to fit the company’s long and short-term goals. For a long time, the

A new Italian-designed electric motorcycle from Velocifero takes an extra helping when it comes to tire width, giving it all the more cushion for the pushin’. Sure, people laughed when the first fat-tire bicycles came out. But once riders realized how much fun they were to ride in areas where normal bicycles could never fathom,

Electrical power is ubiquitous and as much a staple of modern life as water and food. But while there may be variations in daily use, what would happen to the energy grid if everybody suddenly switched to electric vehicles. National grids are responsible for a country’s energy generation, typically via a mix of coal, gas

By Dacia J. Ferris Posted on July 21, 2020 Elon Musk may be promising the market debut of Teslaquila as just around the corner (or many), but whether or not the name will stay the same may be a question thanks to issues with procuring the trademark rights. According to the US Patent and Trademark

The GoTrax XR Elite is the newest budget-minded electric scooter from GoTrax. And at the silly low price of $399, the GoTrax XR Elite is as affordable as it is whelming. Which is to say, quite. If you want high-end suspension, underdeck lighting, a long range battery, and enough power to climb the Rockies, that’s

The year 2019 was spectacular for Tesla sales in Europe, but in 2020 things are worrying, according to the latest report by industry analyst Matthias Schmidt. The all-electric car segment is booming in Western Europe*. During the first half of the year, sales increased by 34% year-over-year to 216,000. The growth in Q1 was 57%,

By Joey Klender Posted on July 20, 2020 Tesla’s Giga Berlin production facility made leaps late last week into the weekend as construction crews continued foundational work in the drive unit facility and installed fire protection infrastructure in the paint shop area. The property also received its second cement mixing plant as crews on site