Electric Cars

Out of Spec Reviews has been spending its time testing the all-new Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T of late. Kyle Conner just picked up his own R1T, and the channels have been putting the Lightning to the test for some time now. In this recent video, Kyle and Jordan head out on a perfect

By Maria Merano Posted on June 16, 2022 Elon Musk shared his goal to reach 1 billion Twitter users during an all hands virtual meeting with workers on Thursday, June 16.  According to Yahoo Finance tech editor Dan Howley, Twitter currently has 229 million daily active users, which the social media platform calls daily monetizable active users.

GM announces today that the Cadillac Celestiq, the brand’s electric car after the Lyriq, is going to be a hand-built and 3D-printed ultra-luxury low-volume production vehicle. GM has just started production of the Cadilac Lyriq, the brand’s first all-electric vehicle and GM’s second electric vehicle based on its new Ulitum electric platform. The automaker is

In December 2021, Citroën unveiled the My Ami Buggy concept, a tough-looking variant of the electric quadricycle that proved so popular with the public it spawned a production model. Meet the Citroën My Ami Buggy, an ultra limited edition that will be built in only 50 numbered units going on sale from June 21 on

By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 15, 2022 An updated prototype of the Tesla Semi was recently sighted on a California highway, and just like in previous encounters, the Class 8 all-electric truck stood out among the other vehicles on the road. Part of this is due to the Tesla Semi’s futuristic appearance, as well

West Lafayette, Indiana-based Purdue Research Foundation recently completed a licensing agreement with an international energy company – the name of which was not disclosed – for the commercialization of a new process discovered at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) for the biological production of green hydrogen from food waste. A second licensing agreement with a company

Italy’s car market kept tumbling in April. As widely expected, with the government delaying the re-introduction of incentives for zero or low carbon models, and the promise to include some internal combustion engine options in the scheme, car buyers paused their purchase plans and waited. This affected the whole car market across all powertrains, resulting

By William Johnson Posted on June 13, 2022 Last week, Elon Musk tweeted in a series of updates that Tesla would be attempting to service two-thirds of customer requests “same day.” One of the many benefits of owning an electric vehicle is the lack of service required. According to Autoblog, of the top 5 most

Tesla is operating a virtual power plant demonstration in Texas to show the grid authorities the potential of such a product. But until some rule changes, the company needs the collaboration of local Powerwall owners without compensation. Last month, we reported on Tesla lobbying for any homeowner with solar and batteries to participate in Texas’s

In July 2021, the European Commission published an official plan that covered renewable energy sources, renovating buildings, and a proposed ban on the sale of new cars equipped with combustion engines from 2035. The green strategy was widely discussed and some of the largest economies in the European Union were not particularly happy with the

By William Johnson Posted on June 11, 2022 Larry Ellison will not return to the Tesla board, the automaker said in a 14A filing with the SEC yesterday. In the filing, which was released on June 10, Tesla announced that Larry Ellison, a board member and close friend of CEO Elon Musk’s, would be stepping

Tesla is now producing more cars at its Fremont factory than when it was the NUMMI factory operated in partnership by GM and Toyota. And it’s only the beginning. CEO Elon Musk says it could grow production by about 50%. It was chaos before it became Tesla Factory New United Motor Manufacturing, better known as

Nikola Corporation has announced that its Tre BEV Class 8 electric tractor has been deemed eligible for the New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program (NYTVIP), which means buyers now qualify for an incentive of up to $185,000 per truck. NYTVIP provides vouchers, or discounts, to fleets across New York State that purchase or lease medium-

By Joey Klender Posted on June 10, 2022 Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 3:1 split for the company’s common stock in the form of a dividend. The move will make the ownership of TSLA stock more available for both employees and investors alike. On Friday, Tesla submitted

Tesla has reportedly secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Samsung to get new cameras for its self-driving sensor suite. Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program relies on cameras to get imagery to feed its neural nets. Unlike most other self-driving programs, the automaker doesn’t use radar and lidar. However, we recently reported on Tesla’s filing with the

Last year Hyundai showed off its autonomous Ioniq 5 capable of Level 4 self-driving and now it is being put to use as part of a driverless ride hailing service opened today in Seoul, South Korea. The city’s mayor and another official were the first RoboRide passengers as they were taken along a route in

By Eric Ralph Posted on June 9, 2022 Several months after the first prototype was spotted floating around Starbase, SpaceX has finished assembling a tank designed to put upgraded Starship domes to the test. Known only as “EDOME” per a tracking label taped to its side, the prototype looks fairly ordinary from the outside and

Tesla is planning to get Gigafactory Shanghai out of its ‘closed loop’ system with workers sleeping at the factory by the end of the week. Like many other companies, Tesla had to shut down production at its Shanghai factory last month after local authorities imposed serious lockdowns on the population in an attempt to limit