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Check Out This Totaled $150,000 Tesla Model S Plaid
It did not appear to be so severe at first. More…
Volocopter to create first public eVTOL system in the futuristic region of NEOM, Saudi Arabia
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) developer Volocopter announced a joint venture with the sustainable development of NEOM in Saudi Arabia to design, implement, and operate the world’s first bespoke public eVTOL mobility system. The initial order is for 15 Volocopter aircraft that will begin initial operation in the next two to three years.. More…
Mazda Reveals How Many MX-30 Were Sold In The US
The numbers barely exceed its range. More…
Tesla Model S Plaid gets a minigun in the frunk and night vision
A Tesla Model S Plaid was modified to have a minigun in the frunk and night vision system. If you’re asking yourself, “Why?” I don’t really have an answer for you in this article. More…
Ex-Tesla VP turned Apple Car engineer poached by electric plane startup in latest staff loss
Apple has lost a senior member of its autonomous electric car team to a startup focused on electric aviation. Michael Schwekutsch, who left Tesla to join Apple as senior director of engineering for Special Projects Group in 2019, has left the company to work for Archer. This is just the latest in a revolving door situation surrounding Apple’s years-long effort to develop an electric vehicle with self-driving features. More…
Tesla announces it has officially moved its headquarters next to Gigafactory Texas
Tesla today announced that it has officially moved its headquarters to a location next to Gigafactory Texas in Austin. More…
Tesla’s center display is showing massive performance improvement with new AMD chip
Tesla’s center display is showing a massive performance improvement with its new AMD Ryzen chip. Hopefully, it will make it into more vehicles. More…
Full Self-Driving Diary: A longtime Tesla driver’s perspective on FSD beta
After a month of safe and cautious driving, I finally achieved a Safety Score of 99 last week, and shortly thereafter, I was granted access to the Full Self-Driving Beta for my 2021 Model Y. The experience with the FSD Beta over the last seven days has made a few things clear: it’s very much a beta, but it’s very, very impressive when it works. More…
Stellantis CEO: Electrification Costs Are ‘Beyond The Limits’
“There is no way we can transfer 50% of additional costs to the final consumer.” More…
Tesla Cyberwhistle Launches At $50 A Pop, Sells Out In Hours
We don’t know how many were available, but the Cyberwhistle sold out less than two hours after Elon Musk tweeted about it. More…
GM to construct North American materials processing factory for Ultium EV batteries
General Motors announced a joint venture alongside POSCO Chemical to erect a new factory in North America to process Cathode Active Material (CAM). CAM will be vital to GM’s production of its proprietary Ultium EV batteries, as the legacy automaker looks to establish a larger presence in US EV production. More…
Tesla hearse conversion enters real-life operations in the UK
The UK sees a fully electric hearse based on the Tesla Model S coming to the south of England. The car is driven by Southern Co-op, operator of almost 60 funeral homes in Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex and Wiltshire. It is, however, not the first we hear of it. British […] More…
Mercedes-Benz unveils wild new rugged but luxurious off-road electric vehicle concept
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a wild new luxurious off-road electric vehicle concept: Project MAYBACH. More…
Norway: Plug-In Car Sales Up, Gas/Diesel Marginalized In November 2021
Tesla Model Y and Model 3 were the two most most registered models. More…
Will Tesla’s Giga Texas Open Ahead Of Giga Berlin? The Race Is On
It looks like both factories could open in the very near future, as several reviews were just completed in Texas. More…
Germany’s EDAG patents wireless EV charging technology
As part of the German LaneCharge research project, the development service provider EDAG has developed a new process for inductive charging of electric cars and applied for a patent. A key point: unlike previous approaches, EDAG set the charging intelligence in the vehicle and no longer embedded in the road. To recapture, the LaneCharge project […] More…
Battery material plant will feed GM’s North American EV supply chain
In order to produce affordable electric vehicles at scale, automakers need to both drive down battery costs and secure a stable supply of critical materials. For General Motors and its Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture battery plants with LG Energy Solution, that will be aided by plans announced Wednesday to form a joint venture between the automaker… More…
Cenntro delivers 2,000 all-electric Kei-cars to Japan
US manufacturer Cenntro Automotive has sold 2,000 electric vehicles to Japan with Amazon Fleet and Hana Cupid among the companies deploying these minivans called Metro. The EV had recently become the first vehicle not made in Japan to receive Kei-car approval. To be considered Kei-car, strict size requirements apply, while benefits include not requiring proof […] More…
Morgan Stanley Expects Ford To Overtake GM In US EV Sales This Year
In a note to investors, analyst Adam Jonas forecasts that the Mustang Mach-E will help Ford sell more EVs than GM in 2021. More…
