Electric Cars

By Maria Merano Posted on May 20, 2022 Tesla plans to stay in Shanghai’s closed loop system until mid-June. Giga Shanghai employees may move into a dormitory, keeping them within the closed loop system.  People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Tesla China plans to stay in the closed loop system until June 13. Giga

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Lucid Group and its partners from Saudi Arabia have signed several agreements for the construction of the EV maker’s production factory in the Middle Eastern country. The agreements signed with the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA), the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), Emaar The Economic City at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) and

By Maria Merano Posted on May 18, 2022 The Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta V10.12 update is now going out to employees as 2022.12.3.10. According to Teslascope, the release notes for the update have not been released yet. Last week, Elon Musk noted that Tesla FSD Beta 10.12 contains a lot of updates to the self-driving code,

Tesla has started to offer its new Giga Texas-built Model Y to some customers as an option to accelerate delivery. At the Cyber Rodeo event last month, Tesla delivered its first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles. We noted that it was strange that Tesla didn’t reveal any details, like specs and pricing, about the new version of

Electrify America and Genesis today announced a collaboration that will offer three years of unlimited 30-minute charging sessions to Genesis GV60 owners and leasees. The deal was announced on the same day that the GV60 officially went on sale in the US, with a starting MSRP of $58,890 ($59,980 after destination charges). The GV60 utilizes

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 17, 2022 Ford has made it clear over the past months that dealers should not overcharge for popular electric vehicles like the F-150 Lightning. CEO Jim Farley himself has spoken up against it, and Ford itself has written a sternly-worded letter to dealers warning them of the consequences they

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Not long ago, we shared with you reports of General Motors benchmarking Tesla’s Model S Plaid performance sedan. Now, the automaker is reportedly benchmarking the Tesla Model Y as well. Automakers benchmark competing vehicles all the time, as they should. GM has made it abundantly clear time and time again that it plans to surpass

By Maria Merano Posted on May 15, 2022 On Saturday, May 15, Elon Musk took Indonesia’s President Joko Widow, also known as Jokowi, around SpaceX in Texas. Musk showed the President around SpaceX’s rocket production facility in Boca Chica for an hour. According to Indonesia’s President, he met with Elon Musk to discuss innovation and

Electric cargo bikes, especially four-wheeled versions that function as mini delivery vans, are becoming an increasingly common solution for mail delivery around the world. As the USPS struggles with its own delivery van ordering scandal, the latest example of alternative lightweight and efficient electric four-wheeler delivery vehicles sees yet another European country demonstrating the effectiveness

The Made-in-China (MIC) Tesla Model Y remains the best selling premium model in the crossover/SUV category in China, regardless of the powertrain. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA)’s data, in April, Tesla sold in China only 1,512 units, which is an extremely low result (compared to over 65,000 in March) that was caused

By Joey Klender Posted on May 14, 2022 In order to determine how many of Twitter’s user accounts could be automated, Tesla CEO and potential Twitter owner Elon Musk is carrying out his own statistics project to get a real answer. Musk, who put his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media platform on

Heading into the weekend, Greekworks is kicking off its latest sale and discounting a selection of its popular electric mowers in the process. Taking 15% off a selection of ways to get the lawn in shape for spring, you’ll find high-end self-propelled models to go alongside more affordable ways to kick gas and oil to

Car sharing schemes are quite popular all across North America and Europe, since many now prefer to use a car only when they need to, instead of owning even though they don’t really use it enough to justify its purchase and the inherent extra hassle. The prospect seems very attractive from an end user’s perspective,

By Joey Klender Posted on May 12, 2022 Lordstown Motors announced last night it has closed the sale of its manufacturing facility in Ohio to Foxconn after the two companies signed a contract manufacturing agreement and joint venture agreement for product development. After several years of delays and challenges that prevented the launch of its

Electric bikes and motorcycles have been seeing increased military use for several years. So it should come as no surprise that Ukrainian forces have found them to be an effective tactical vehicle to fight back against Russian aggression. It’s been more than two months now since Russian soldiers invaded Ukraine’s borders, indiscriminately attacking both civilian

Volkswagen Group announced today the decision to launch an all-electric pickup and rugged EV SUV (R-SUV) in the US under the iconic Scout brand. The possibility of reviving and electrification of the Scout brand was hinted at recently and is not a surprise, as it fits in the general trend to electrify icons (like Mustang,

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 11, 2022 Elon Musk recently confirmed that he intends to stay at Tesla as long as he can provide value for the electric vehicle maker. Musk’s comments were shared during his interview at the Financial Times‘ Future of the Car 2022 Summit.  Musk is a multitasker, so much so that he

Following the recent Q1 2022 report from EV startup Canoo, we find the feature image rather fitting. After admitting a net loss over $125 million for the first three months of this year, Canoo is very much stuck out in the woods. With a lack of current cash on hand to realistically get through Q2,

We wonder what prompted the reborn DeLorean company to choose to reveal its new electric sports car sooner than initially planned. Usually in the industry, things are the other way around and vehicles get postponed, they hardly ever are shown sooner than previously announced. DeLorean wanted to first show the vehicle it calls EVolved on

By Eric Ralph Posted on May 9, 2022 Argentinian Earth observation company Satellogic has signed an agreement with SpaceX to launch at least 68 more satellites on multiple Falcon 9 missions over the next few years. If fully realized, the deal could be worth tens of millions of dollars. It also demonstrates that SpaceX’s Smallsat

Lightning eMotors announced a partnership with Perrone Robotics to integrate Level 2 and Level 4 autonomous capabilities into its medium-duty electric fleet vehicles. By utilizing Perrone’s TONY retrofit autonomy kit, Lightning eMotors can now offer Class 3-7 commercial EVs that can self-drive in a range of scenarios. Lightning eMotors ($ZEV) is an auto manufacturer based in Colorado

The Rivian R1T is finally here, with the first few customers now able to give their thoughts on their trucks. One such owner, Utah-based Eugene, recently gave insight into his R1T experience.  Eugene initially discussed build quality, stating it was better than he expected. While startups like Lucid Motors have struggled with panel gaps and

By Joey Klender Posted on May 7, 2022 Tesla’s vision for the Robotaxi fleet has always been to revolutionize the way vehicle ownership is perceived. Tesla owners would eventually be able to let their car run an entire shift of ride-hailing without the presence of a driver, letting a $40,000 side-hustle compile an additional American

Fucare’s new Gemini X electric bike pairs a novel looking trellis-style frame with some high performance electric bike parts to create a fast Class 3 e-bike that looks at home on both the streets and the trails. The frame is rated for 400 lb (181 kg) of load and gives the Gemini X a look

We saw the Volkswagen ID Life concept at its debut in Munich last year and it seemed to have been fairly well received at the motor show and by the press generally speaking. But it looks like they did not deem it the right direction for the brand’s small EV, set to be unveiled in

By Joey Klender Posted on May 6, 2022 Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) said in March 2021 that it would invest $5 billion into potential electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing sites in North America. CATL is now moving closer to locking in a plant in the United States, according to an exclusive report from Reuters,

Electric bicycles that blur the line with electric motorcycles and mopeds are an increasingly popular category of the e-bike industry. The latest new e-bike to take a full-throttle approach to this design philosophy is the C3STROM Astro. Available in both the Astro and Astro Pro models, C3STROM is definitely packing both high-power looks and the

General Motors CEO Mary Barra remains confident that the company she’s heading will surpass Tesla in EV manufacturing. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, the executive said that GM can pivot and snatch the world’s largest EV maker title from the company headed by Elon Musk. Barra believes GM will become the eventual leader in the