Electric Cars

Toyota Motor North America (Toyota and Lexus brands) reports sales of 531,105 vehicles in the US during the second quarter of 2022, which is 23% less than a year ago. The year-to-date result is almost 20% below H1 2021 at 1,045,697. The Japanese manufacturer was noticeably affected by the “ongoing inventory challenges” in Q2: Toyota:

By Maria Merano Posted on July 4, 2022 Since January 2022, Tesla has built over 1,200 Supercharger stations with more than 8,700 Superchargers in Mainland China. Tesla also installed 700 destination charging stations with 1,800 destination charging piles in various hotels/resorts, dining halls, shopping centers, and office buildings in the country. Tesla China’s Supercharger stations

Tesla is reportedly going to shut down production at Gigafactory Berlin in order to upgrade the factory and add a shift to achieve higher production capacity. The top priority at Tesla is to ramp up production to catch up with customer demand. The automaker is doing that at all its factories, but the ramps are

If you’re considering an electric car, you probably have many questions, especially if you’ve never owned one before. The Tesla Model 3 is the most popular EV across the globe, which makes it a solid option for introducing the pros and cons of EV ownership, as well as the typical costs involved. Even if the

By Joey Klender Posted on July 2, 2022 Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) said it would announce its Earnings for the second quarter of 2022 on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Tesla will first release a Shareholder Deck at market close, which will then be followed by the company’s Earnings Call at around

Tesla announces its second quarter (Q2) 2022 production and delivery results today and confirmed just over 250,000 deliveries – its first down quarter in a long time. While most of the auto industry saw a significant decline in deliveries in 2020 due to the pandemic and subsequent chip shortage, Tesla managed to grow at an

Tesla has just released its Q2 2022 production and delivery report, so the numbers are now in. See how Tesla fared this quarter right here. At 254,695 global deliveries of the Model Y, Model 3, Model S and Model X combined, Tesla beat expectations, which was at around 257,000 to 270,000 units. The previous record was

By Simon Alvarez Posted on July 1, 2022 Back in May, the Orlando Police Pension Fund, which holds Twitter shares, filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s efforts to acquire the social media company. This lawsuit was dismissed Friday, removing yet another hurdle to Musk and his potential Twitter buyout. 

It’s time to consider what tools are still in your garage that are powered by gas and oil. While you might already have replaced your mower or other larger tools, like chainsaws or hedge trimmers, is your string trimmer and blower still gas-powered? Well, if so, then BLACK+DECKER’s 2-tool electric string trimmer and blower combo

Omvos, a Los Angeles-based company, calls itself an innovator in the e-scooter industry. Its most recent two-wheeler, although having a cutesy toy appearance, is marketed as a high-performance machine for the contemporary metropolitan commuter. Omvos is calling it the Vida-a-gogo—pretty interesting, if you ask me. Why don’t we take a closer look? The Vida-a-gogo is

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 29, 2022 In a recent press release, the Leawood Police Department in Kansas announced that it had acquired a Tesla Model Y Long Range for its fleet. The vehicle would be used as one of the Leawood PD’s patrol cars. The Model Y has already been painted in the

Marine fast charging network Aqua superPower has expanded overseas into the US, beginning operations of its first marine fast charger in Lake Tahoe, California. The new Aqua high power DC charger at Tahoe City Marina is the first of a planned network of smart marine chargers to be rolled out along the lakeshore to support

Transition Bikes is set to launch a new electric mountain bike soon, one that aims to blur the lines between electric bikes and standard bicycles. As you probably know, electric bikes are a lot heavier than their non-motorized counterparts. When you put this in the context of off-road riding, particularly in an enduro scenario, this

By Maria Merano Posted on June 28, 2022 Tesla’s mass layoffs reached the Autopilot team in San Mateo. Autopilot workers have started posting the news on LinkedIn.  People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Tesla laid off about 200 Autopilot workers from its San Mateo office. San Mateo had around 350 employees before the recent layoffs.

Volkswagen and Siemens announced that they raised $450 million for Electrify America to accelerate its deployment of charging infrastructure in the US. If you are “punished” by the US government by being forced to invest in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, you might as well make the best of it, double down, and make it an

Ford has announced the company is issuing a recall for certain 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks. The safety recall is specifically for vehicles with 20” or 22” all-season tires and is centered on the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). The TPMS light may not illuminate properly which can lead to customers not being provided

By Maria Merano Posted on June 26, 2022 Stellantis made a €50 million (about $52 million) equity investment in Vulcan recently to increase lithium production for EV manufacturing.  Vulcan plans to use the investment for expansion drilling in its Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field (URVBF), where it aims to produce lithium hydroxide. Vulcan’s URVBF already

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