Electric Cars

The Fisker Ocean electric SUV finally entered production last week at manufacturing partner Magna Steyr’s plant in Graz, Austria. It’s a huge milestone for the EV startup, which first showed its electric SUV in concept form in spring 2019. As you would expect, production will start off low, with 300 vehicles planned for the first quarter

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 22, 2022 Tesla has 40,000 Superchargers worldwide, the company announced on its its Charging Twitter account. This makes the company the largest DC fast-charging network on Earth. The Supercharging network has been a key asset in Tesla’s role as leader of the EV industry. 40k Superchargers around the world

Just because we’re still a week away from Thanksgiving doesn’t mean you can’t already save big on a new electric bicycle. That’s because most of the e-bike companies have jumped the gun this year in an attempt to beat each other to the punch. And when they fight over us, we win. Case in point:

Mazda announced today a major update to its Mid-Term Management Plan and basic management policies up to 2030, which is now more electrifying than ever. The Japanese company said that it recognizes the significant changes that have occurred in the business environment and intends to accelerate its electrification efforts. Mazda outlined a plan to become

By Joey Klender Posted on November 21, 2022 Italian hypercar maker Automobili Pininfarina released record-breaking acceleration and braking metrics for its Battista hypercar. The Battista spent several days at the Dubai Autodrome, where its credentials were confirmed through a set of record-breaking runs. The Battista achieved 0-60 MPH acceleration in just 1.79 seconds and 0-120

Oops, I did it again. I bought another quirky, cheap, yet kind of awesome-looking electric vehicle on the Chinese mega-shopping site Alibaba. This time it was a five-seater electric boat. Here’s how it happened. You may or may not be familiar with my weekly tongue-in-cheek column The Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week.

The Renault Megane E-Tech is the latest all-electric model tested in Bjørn Nyland’s 1,000 km challenge, which is designed to test long-distance travel capabilities related to the combination of range, efficiency, and fast charging. After a promising range test, it was expected that the French EV might be pretty strong on a longer distance test.

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 19, 2022 Audi provided a behind-the-scenes look at its S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron designed for Ken Block’s first Electrikhana video on Friday. In August, the Audi S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron made its U.S. debut during Monterey Car Week. The all-electric vehicle is being featured in Ken Block’s first Electrikhana

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Italy is the latest country listed by Tesla in the European Non-Tesla Supercharger Pilot program, which currently includes a three-digit number of stations. As in the case of most of the other countries, also in Italy only some of the Tesla Supercharging stations are available to non-Tesla electric vehicles. The company does not provide a

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 18, 2022 Elon Musk announced that negative and hate tweets will be “max deboosted & demonetized.” He said that Twitter’s new policy is freedom of speed, but it is not freedom of reach. He made this announcement after reinstating three Twitter accounts, one of which was Kathy Griffin, who

Are you noticing more electric vehicles driving by on your daily commute? It’s not just you. The US EV market just breached 6.7% in the first half of 2022, up from just 1.8% in 2019. And, new data suggests this is just the start as recent US climate initiatives put the US EV market into

The jury for the 2023 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) Awards has picked the nine finalist vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show.  Out of 26 vehicles voted semifinalists earlier this year from an initial field of 47 eligible vehicles, NACTOY’s 50 jurors from the United States and Canada

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 16, 2022 James Murdoch, a member of Tesla’s board of directors, said that CEO Elon Musk had identified someone as a potential successor during the last few months. Murdoch was testifying in a trial over Elon Musks’ $56 billion Tesla pay package. Murdoch didn’t name the possible successor, but

A year after Waymo announced a custom robotaxi for its ride-hailing service, the Alphabet company today previewed the autonomous electric vehicle.  The Google Self-Driving Car Project did have the custom “Firefly” that also lacked a steering wheel, but was just for testing. Waymo’s modern vehicles are the Chrysler Pacifica and Jaguar I-Pace with various cameras

The latest batch of Euro NCAP safety tests includes the upcoming all-new Hyundai Ioniq 6 sedan, which not only received a 5- star rating but also set the bar for all E-GMP-based models. According to the report, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 noted a near-perfect Adult Occupant protection of 97%. That’s better than the Tesla Model

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 15, 2022 Elon Musk announced the date of the relaunch of Twitter’s Blue Verification subscription; November 29, 2022, a day before Neuralink’s show-and-tell event. He also said that the new release would cause any verified user who changes their name to lose their verification until Twitter can confirm that

The largest bus and transport services vehicle dealer in the US, Creative Bus Sales, is teaming up with Forest River Bus to meet the surging demand for zero-emission paratransit electric vans. Creative Bus Sales says it will have 1,000 Ford E-Transit EVs customized by Forest river available by the end of 2022. Zero-emission electric vehicles