Electric Cars

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 27, 2020 Inasmuch as the Model Y seems to be on track to become Tesla’s best-selling vehicle to date, the attention given to the vehicle, seemingly even by the company itself, has been quite tempered at best. Its unveiling was subtle and not at all like the Cybertruck’s flashy,

We’ve spotted a number of third-party Tesla accessories on sale today at Amazon for Black Friday. Some prices are reflected with extra savings at checkout. Free shipping is available for all. Headlining is the TAPTES Model 3 USB Hub for $20. That’s down 20% from the regular going rate and the best price we’ve tracked

Carlos Ghosn was considered a brilliant CEO until Japan decided to arrest him. That led Renault and its alliance with Nissan to suddenly lose the guidance that made them work. Renault knew it needed another brilliant executive to run its business and hired Luca de Meo, who has just shown why he was a good pick

By Joey Klender Posted on November 25, 2020 Tesla has officially launched a new Battery Jobs portion of its website, inviting engineers, manufacturing, materials, equipment, and operations workers to join its monumental push toward a “terawatt-scale battery production” effort. “Tera is the new Giga,” the page’s catchphrase says. It is no secret that Tesla has

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Tesla did not decide to work without a dealership network for no reason. Electric cars demand a lot less servicing if they are well built and have proper quality control. That makes it difficult for dealers to make a profit with them apart from the sale of new vehicles. That’s just part of Cadillac’s reasons to

By Joey Klender Posted on November 23, 2020 Ford’s EV initiative has barely gotten off of the ground, but it still hasn’t stopped the American automaker from casting stones in the direction of Tesla. A billboard posting in Hollywood, California from Ford implies that it is the only American car company to support the State’s

KYMCO has a big digital press conference planned for this Thursday, November 26th. And it appears that one of the major unveilings will be a new electric motorcycle known as the KYMCO F9. We only have a few brief shots of the new bike, which is visible in a short 18-second teaser video shown below.

After the Tesla Model S Long Range Plus had been officially rated at 402 miles (647 km) in June 2020, Tesla now delivers versions that can go even further. According to Electrek, who obtained a photo of the Monroney sticker of the newly produced Model S Plus (November), it shows 409 miles (658 km) of EPA

By Joey Klender Posted on November 21, 2020 Chinese electric car company Xpeng will use LiDAR sensors in its mass-market vehicles that are produced in 2021. The announcement from Xpeng came on Friday and deviated the company away from the current lawsuit that Tesla has against one of its former employees who took Autopilot sourcing

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Today at the Guangzhou Motor Show, Xpeng Motors (NYSE: XPEV), announced its next-generation autonomous driving architecture will include Lidar technology. Xpeng announced it has significantly upgraded its autonomous driving software and hardware systems for the 2021 production models making Xpeng the first car manufacturer in the world to integrate Lidar technology into production vehicles.  The

By Joey Klender Posted on November 19, 2020 Consumer Reports dropped its recommendation of Tesla’s flagship sedan, the Model S, after the organization performed its annual Auto Reliability Survey and found issues with the vehicle’s air suspension and main computer and touchscreen controls. Additionally, the Model Y contributed to a lowering in Tesla’s reliability from

Tesla (TSLA) is surging to a new, near-record high on investors buying big into the stock following the announcement that it will be added to the S&P500. Even Warren Buffett is rumored to be buying into Tesla. Over the last two days, since it was confirmed that Tesla will be added to the S&P500, the

Southern California Edison (SCE) has become the first utility to test the all-electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 semi truck, envisioned for production in mid-2022. SCE, which operates more than 6,200 vehicles, will use one of the pre-production prototypes from the Freightliner Customer Experience (CX) Fleet, over a three-month period “for material transport, moving heavy equipment

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 17, 2020 Teslas just became even more attractive to California-based car buyers. As could be seen in Tesla’s online configurator for the Model S, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y, every vehicle order now comes with a $1,500 “Clean Fuel Reward,” making the company’s lineup of EVs more

Rivian is launching its configurator for its R1T electric pickup truck and we are taking a first look at all the options. As we reported last week, Rivian released the details of the first production versions of the R1T and R1S: Now the configurator is opened for people who placed a reservation with a $1,000

Over the years we were happy to see that more and more hotels are installing a proper charging infrastructure for EV drivers, but it seems that some would like to take it to the next level. YourParkingSpace.co.uk, an online marketplace that markets and manages over 65,000 parking locations UK-wide, is launching – together with Atlas

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 15, 2020 Teslas may be among the most formidable vehicles on the road today, but even as each of the company’s electric cars continually leaves behind a trail of victims on the drag strip, there is a good chance that an old anti-EV talking point will get thrown out

Tesla has been quickly expanding its Supercharger network lately and it just reached another milestone by opening the world’s new largest Supercharger station. It is located between two of Tesla’s biggest markets. Tesla’s fleet is growing at a fast pace and the automaker is adding more electric vehicles on the road than any other automaker.

“These are the symbol of generations of Petrolheads, of enthusiasts. Whoever owns one of this, lives that sense of belonging and feels part of something bigger. Porsche on the one hand, Harley Davidson on the other. They are two iconic brands, capable of conveying emotions. One comes from the “Old World”, the other has pure

By Simon Alvarez Posted on November 13, 2020 It appears that Tesla Energy is setting its sights on its next big market following the launch of its energy service in the UK and its ongoing battery storage ramp in the United States and countries like Australia. Based on recent reports, Tesla Energy has begun operating

Porsche has unveiled a series of concept vehicles that it killed over the years, including a new electric van concept. Dope or nope? The German automaker released a new series of concepts called “Porsche Unseen” today: “Under the title “Porsche Unseen”, Porsche is for the first time publishing design studies from 2005 to 2019 which

Electric cars are incredibly efficient machines. Jason Fenske once highlighted that his Tesla Model 3 made a 2,000-mile road trip with energy equivalent to one tank of gas. This is why things that only marginally affect fuel consumption on combustion-engined vehicles have big impacts on EV ranges. Tires are a great example, and Fenske did

By Joey Klender Posted on November 11, 2020 The cellular phone industry was changed forever on June 29, 2007, when the first generation Apple iPhone was released to the public. It was a fresh and new idea that changed how mobile phones would be used and looked at forever. However, it was a wake-up call

As if Arcimoto’s Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV) wasn’t already fun enough, the company has just unveiled a new open-top version known as the Arcimoto ROADSTER. The Arcimoto ROADSTER is built on the same base as the Arcimoto FUV, meaning it shares the three-wheeled delta-trike setup that employs a pair of front wheels. We actually took

Hyundai has just unveiled its all-new 2022 Tucson for the U.S. market. The newest edition of the best-selling Hyundai model will be available as ICE, HEV and finally also PHEV (hinted at in September). Conventional versions will hit the market in Spring 2021, while the plug-in hybrid will go on sale in Summer 2021 with

By Joey Klender Posted on November 9, 2020 Just about ten months into the project, the first photographs of the interiors of Tesla Giga Berlin’s Drive Unit and Body in While facilities have been posted. These photographs are the first looks inside of the buildings that will eventually produce all-electric cars for the European market.

FREY’s electric mountain bikes powered by the industry-leading Bafang Ultra mid-drive motor have expanded their reputation in the sport of electric mountain biking considerably over the past year. And now they are putting their powerful motors and high-end suspension to the test by taking on the world of enduro racing. Enduro mountain bike racing consists

Volvo Cars managed to increase its global car sales in October by 7.1% year-over-year to 65,290, although the result for the first ten months is still 9.2% lower than a year ago (516,418). The manufacturer’s brief report says also that the plug-in electric car sales more than doubled over the period and now 16.0% of