During a recent media event in Brussels, Toyota Europe outlined a plan for 100% CO2 reduction in all new vehicle sales in the market by 2035. | Continue reading
Tesla has withdrawn an application for over $1 billion in subsidies for battery production at Gigafactory Berlin. CEO Elon Musk appears to imply that Tesla withdrew because they don’t want government subsidies, but there are other theories. After announcing plans to build a large … | Continue reading
IONITY has announced an investment of €700 million to multiply its fast chargers throughout Europe from 1,500 to 7,000 by 2025. | Continue reading
Tesla took out a Tesla Semi truck to charge at its Megacharger station at Gigafactory Nevada as the company received an important visit. Things are starting to move on the Tesla Semi front. When unveiling the electric semi-truck back in 2017, Tesla said that deliveries would star … | Continue reading
Tesla has started to deploy Starlink antennas at Supercharger stations in an apparent effort to offer satellite-based internet to owners while charging. The Supercharger network currently undeniably offers the best charging experience for electric cars. Other charging networks ar … | Continue reading
At COP26, several major countries and automakers have agreed to set a new goal to go all-electric by 2040. The goal is uninspired and likely useless. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is currently being held in Glasgow, where world leaders ha … | Continue reading
A Tesla Model S Plaid owner has successfully removed the ‘yoke’ steering wheel and replaced it with a regular Model 3 steering – the stalks and all. When Tesla unveiled the new Model S with the “yoke” butterfly steering wheel, it was controversial. Some were worried about the act … | Continue reading
Today, Tesla is launching a new home charger that comes with a J1772 plug, which works with all electric cars in North America – not just Tesla vehicles. As of late, Tesla appears to be making a lot of moves to service electric vehicles beyond the ones that it makes itself. We ju … | Continue reading
Tesla is launching a pilot program for non-Tesla electric vehicles to use its Supercharger network for the first time. The pilot program is based at 10 Supercharger locations in the Netherlands. Over the last few months, Tesla has indicated that it plans to open the Supercharger … | Continue reading
Toyota has unveiled what could be considered as its first all-electric car: the bZ4X, an electric SUV packed with cool features. We already saw the car when Toyota unveiled it as a concept at the Shanghai Motor Show, but it didn’t release any spec or details on the features until … | Continue reading
Hertz CEO Mark Fields revealed that its deal to supply Tesla vehicles to Uber includes an option on 100,000 more Tesla Model 3s, which would double its total order to 200,000 vehicles. Earlier this week, Hertz announced that it ordered 100,000 Model 3 vehicles from Tesla as part … | Continue reading
Tesla has released a new whitepaper regarding a new standard for its Dojo supercomputing platform. CEO Elon Musk teased the paper as “more important than it may seem.” For years now, Tesla has been teasing the development of a new in-house supercomputer optimized for neural net v … | Continue reading
As someone who rides, reviews, and covers news on electric motorcycles, I hear the same thing all the time: “I’d love an electric motorcycle, but they’re all so expensive. Maybe when prices come down.” And I get it. Electric motorcycles really are expensive. Zero’s flagship elect … | Continue reading
BMW announced that it has started series production of the BMW i4 electric car today at its Munich factory. Milan Nedeljković, BMW AG board member for production, said that the start of i4 production marks the beginning of BMW’s important Munich plant going electric: For the plan … | Continue reading
Tesla stock (TSLA) has reached a new all-time high, surpassing a market capitalization of $900 billion. Until somewhat recently, Tesla was a rare pure play in all-electric vehicles and sustainable energy on the public market. It attracted a lot of retail and institutional investo … | Continue reading
Elon Musk confirmed that owners of Tesla vehicles who bought the Full Self-Driving (FSD) package on cars with Autopilot 2.0 are going to need a camera upgrade before they get access to the “FSD Beta.” Starting with the introduction of its Autopilot 2.0 suite of sensors in 2016, T … | Continue reading
Tesla has announced plans to triple the size of the Supercharger network within the next two years. It’s an ambitious goal, but the automaker has fallen short of its growth goals for the fast-charging network in the past. During Tesla’s Q3 2021 earnings call yesterday, investors … | Continue reading
Herbert Diess, CEO of VW, invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to call in to an internal conference with 200 VW executives in an effort to spur further innovation from his company. The two auto execs continue to have a beyond cordial relationship after Musk tried to hire Diess to become T … | Continue reading
Following the release of its Q3 results, Volkswagen Group's BEV deliveries are up 109% compared to last year, gaining ground on Tesla. | Continue reading
The Tesla Model 3 is now considered the best-selling used car in the US, and it is so popular that it even sometimes sells for higher prices than new. The current chip shortage affecting the auto industry has trickled down to the used car market. It can be so difficult to get a n … | Continue reading
Tesla unveils its latest crash safety technology based on real-world data collection using its large fleet of vehicles equipped with sensors for its self-driving technology. It appears that Tesla is releasing new videos about some of its latest technology differentiators. Last mo … | Continue reading
Tesla has officially started its “wider release” of Full Self-Driving Beta in the US, which consists of slowly allowing more owners to download based on their “safety score.” Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD) enables Tesla vehicles to virtually dri … | Continue reading
While Tesla is moving its headquarters out of California, CEO Elon Musk made it clear that the automaker would still grow in the state. He wasn’t lying, since Tesla is now taking over a large part of HP’s campus in Palo Alto. Last week, Musk announced that Tesla is officially mov … | Continue reading
Most of the fun and wacky electric vehicles I find while trawling Alibaba to feature in my Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week series are notable for being fairly far-fetched. I mean, it’s not every day you come across an electric motorcycle with only one wheel o … | Continue reading
Tesla released a new important detail about the Megafactory under construction in California. It aims to produce 40 GWh of Megapacks per year, which indicates a massive ramp-up in energy storage deployment. Last month, we learn that Tesla broke ground on a new “Megafactory” to pr … | Continue reading
Five Midwestern states create an EV charging network; natural gas prices have doubled in the US, here are some cleaner alternatives. | Continue reading
Online searches for electric cars in the UK exploded 1,600% on September 24, the day that gas shortages became a widespread problem. | Continue reading
Tesla told employees that it is launching a new lottery to encourage workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. There are several prizes to win, including a new $10,000 prize every month until the end of the year. Several states, municipalities, and other entities have launched … | Continue reading
Ford has issued a recall of 5,000 Mustang Mach-E electric SUVs in Canada over a risk of the glass roof and windshield potentially coming loose and falling off. Ironically, the automaker mocked Tesla for the same problem just a year ago. Last year, Darren Palmer, the head of devel … | Continue reading
A 10.5 GW solar and wind farm is going to be built in Morocco, and it's eventually going to power 7 million homes in the UK. | Continue reading
True to its (latest) word, Tesla released the “Button” late Friday/early Saturday, though it went from “opting in to Full Self Driving Beta” to “requesting access to Full Self Driving”. The caveats don’t stop there. I’m tempted to go on a riff about how Tesla always, always annou … | Continue reading
Norway is ahead of the game in EV sales, with gasoline’s share of the new car market vanishing more and more every month, faster than almost anyone outside of Electrek‘s Slack channel could have predicted. This has led Norway to have the earliest target for the phaseout of new ga … | Continue reading
Tesla has released a new video that unveils its “secret to a quiet cabin”: its propriety Tesla Glass. It is fairly rare for Tesla to produce marketing videos about its technology outside of actual special events, but the automaker decided to release one today about ‘Tesla Glass’. … | Continue reading
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software has leaked, and it’s being passed around in the Tesla hacking community. Fortunately, it’s not for any nefarious reason. As of now, Tesla’s FSD Beta software is only being tested internally and as part of the automaker’s “early access … | Continue reading
Elon Musk has confirmed and elaborated on the delayed timeline for the Cybertruck, Tesla’s upcoming electric pickup truck. It has been delayed to now late 2022. Tesla Cybertruck delivery timeline There are a lot of eyes on the Cybertruck delivery timeline. Not only because of the … | Continue reading
Elon Musk has told Tesla employees that the automaker is aiming to release its previously announced $25,000 electric car in 2023. The CEO hinted that it might not even be equipped with a steering wheel. At Tesla Battery Day last year, CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be ma … | Continue reading
Tesla started deliveries of the Model Y in Europe last month, and within a week it became the best-selling vehicle in Norway. It helped pushed all-electric car sales to 72% market share – a new record. Norway has been achieving some incredible levels of EV penetration in the mark … | Continue reading
Tesla has started to expand driver monitoring to more vehicles using its driver-facing cabin camera. This is something that many industry watchers have been calling for. Tesla’s approach to driver-assist features has been criticized for several reasons, but a recurring criticism … | Continue reading
German company Schaeffler has just revealed an innovative new drive system for electric bicycles that eschews traditional bike chains and belts for an entirely electrical-driven system. The new system is known as the Schaeffler Free Drive and marks the entry of one of the most di … | Continue reading
Lotus has announced a significant update to its business. The automaker known for its sports cars is now only going electric with four new models, and two of them are electric SUVs. Since being acquired by Geely with a majority stake, the British automaker Lotus has announced an … | Continue reading
A Tesla vehicle on Autopilot has crashed into a police car stopped on the highway just as the automaker is being investigated for similar crashes. Earlier this month, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it’s opening an investigation into T … | Continue reading
The Norwegian ship Yara Birkeland, the world's first net-zero, battery-powered autonomous container ship, is looking at a late 2021 launch. | Continue reading
Toyota Motor Corporation announced the immediate halt to all e-Palette self-driving pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games following a collision. | Continue reading
Rivian, better known as an electric pickup truck startup, has filed for a public offering (IPO) at an impressive $80 billion valuation. For years, we have been impressed by Rivian’s ability to raise capital. They set the bar for raising money in the electric vehicle sector. Since … | Continue reading
Candela has just revealed its latest hydrofoil electric boat, the Candela C-8. With the high-tech, ultra-premium electric boat designed for mass production, the company is calling this “an iPhone moment for the boat industry.” Candela’s first flying electric boat, the C-7, debute … | Continue reading
Tesla is working with famed video game engineer John Carmack to improve the interface performance in older vehicles. Carmack is a legend in the video game world and in the broader computer science industry. He made important advancements in 3D computer graphics and was the lead p … | Continue reading
Tesla plans to launch a new Full Self-Driving computer with Cybertruck electric pickup truck next year. The updated self-driving hardware should also include new cameras. Tesla’s self-driving hardware has been a point of controversy. Back in 2016, Tesla announced that all its veh … | Continue reading
Norway shows us yet another glimpse of the future as electric cars are making gas-powered car sales vanish in the market. The latest new car sales data from Norway shows a gas-powered car market disappearing at an insane pace. Norway is far ahead when it comes to electric car ado … | Continue reading