Electric Cars

Take a trip to Oslo, the capital of Norway, today and you may be surprised to observe that so many of the vehicles driving around the city are electric. In today’s Norway, if you buy a new car, it will take some explaining to your friends why you didn’t get a fully electric model –

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

The Lightning Owners forum alerted us about some of the highest dealer markups it has seen on the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. The sad part is that the price gouging has only just begun since Ford just started selling the Lightning. Hopefully, the automaker’s policies will help deter such antics. The forum

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