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By Johnna Crider Posted on November 13, 2022 General Motors (GM) is expanding its hands-free Super Cruise advanced driver assistance system to full-size SUVs starting in mid-November. The first vehicles to receive the expansion will be full-sized SUVs that were built on October 3, 2022, or later, the company said. The company said that it’s

Electric motorcycles will be used in all-electric motorcades to escort delegates from the international community attending the annual G20 Summit. The G20 is a global forum that includes 19 countries and the European Union, together representing the world’s 20 largest economies. The main goals of the G20 Summit are to address issues with the global

BMW iX1 production has officially started in Regensburg, Germany ahead of first deliveries in the coming weeks. The fully electric crossover was revealed back in May and will be sold in Europe and China. For now, only one variant is available – the xDrive 30.  Powered by a 66.5 kWh battery pack, the iX1 is capable of

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 12, 2022 Elon Musk addressed some rumors that were floating around Twitter on Saturday, adding that Twitter’s remote work policy is the same as Tesla and SpaceX.  He responded to @Balinares on Twitter, who claimed that Elon Musk “ordered his Ireland workforce back to Dublin by Monday, or else.” @Balinares

Odometers have deeper roots in the auto industry than many drivers appreciate. In addition to tracking how far a vehicle has traveled, they have also been the guide post for current value and future life expectancy.  For electric cars, the battery is more important than its odometer. With up to a third of the cost

The Renault Group has created a new standalone company for its electric vehicle and software activities called Ampere, after French physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère. Described as “the first EV and software pure player born from an OEM disruption,” Ampere will develop, manufacture and sell fully electric passenger cars featuring cutting-edge software-defined vehicle (SDV) technology under

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 10, 2022 Update: Robin Wheeler confirmed that she is still working for Twitter.  I’m still here. — Robin Wheeler  (@robinw) November 11, 2022 Twitter CEO Elon Musk held an all-hands meeting on Thursday, and following that, there have been reports of several executives departing the company as Twitter’s

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New passenger car registrations in France increased in October by 5.5% year-over-year to 124,982, continuing the rebound. Nonetheless, the year-to-date result of 1.24 million is 10% lower than a year ago. Plug-in electric car sales also noted a positive result, although the rate of growth was not particularly high. According to L’Avere-France, last month some 30,006

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 9, 2022 U.S. President Biden said that he thinks Elon Musk’s relationships with other nations are “worthy of being looked at,” during a White House press conference on Wednesday. You did it mr president. Maybe Elon Musk only purchased Twitter so you can say his name, say Tesla, and

Tesla and Zoom have announced that they are officially teaming up to bring video conferencing inside Tesla vehicles. Over the last few years, Tesla has invested heavily in features that are aimed to be useful for the in-car experience when its vehicles become self-driving. I am talking about in-car video games and Tesla Theater, which

Audi has had an electric SUV on the market, the E-Tron, since 2018, but now for its mid lifecycle update, the automaker has made a multitude of improvements and also changed the model’s name. The automaker chose simply call it the E-Tron at the time because it was its only EV, but now that it’s

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 7, 2022 Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani shared what she hoped to see from Twitter now that Elon Musk has taken over the platform after acquiring it. Saujani was speaking with Emily Chang, host of Bloomberg Technology. Chang wanted to know Saujani’s thoughts on Twitter’s new direction under

Retail sales of EVs have yet to fully take off in the US heartland states, according to new analysis from S&P Global Mobility. How come? The top eight EV markets in the United States are all in coastal states, and those markets represent more than half – 50.5% – of total EV registrations in 2022.

On November 2, Panasonic officially began construction of its new lithium-ion battery manufacturing factory in De Soto, Kansas (rendering image above), at the Astra Enterprise Park site. This $4 billion investment was announced in July and recently approved by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. The Japanese company already has one EV battery manufacturer site

By Joey Klender Posted on November 5, 2022 Tesla recently displayed the power and prowess of the Tesla Bot’s primary leg actuators in a video as it lifted a half-ton grand piano without any issues. The display is both fascinating and frightening as the Tesla Bot project continues to move forward. Tesla shared the video

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