Cleantech & EV’s

Lucid Motors (LCID) dropped a teaser for its Lucid Air Midnight Dream Edition featuring its sinister Stealth theme. The blacked-out luxury EV will debut at the International Motor Show (IAA Mobility). The Lucid Air Midnight Dream Edition is a new limited-production model that will showcase its sinister Stealth theme. It will feature dark polished exterior trim and 21-inch Aero Dream wheels…

I was testing Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta update last night (v11.4.7), and a new aggressive bug has nearly made me crash at highway speed twice. Please take this as a public service announcement. I received the new FSD Beta v11.4.7 update on my Model 3 this week. Tesla has been known to have a “two-step forward, one step back” process with FSD Beta. Last night, I decided to…

Tesla has cut the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software by $3,000, to $12K, down from $15K in the US. North America might not have gotten an official Model 3 refresh announcement yet like Europe did, but it did get something Europe didn’t get overnight – a big drop in the price of FSD. Almost exactly a year ago, Tesla raised the price of its FSD package from $12K to $15K alongside the…

The last NIO model to convert to the automaker’s second-generation platform, the EC6, was spotted ahead of its official debut in September. NIO’s CEO, William Li, believes the new EC6 “will be dominating the major market share” in its segment after launching. NIO unveiled the first-gen EC6, a five-seat premium electric coupe SUV, in December 2019, with deliveries beginning in 2020. By…