Sony and Honda have officially signed a joint venture agreement to establish a company to build electric cars together. The new company will be called “Sony Honda Mobility Inc.,” notably giving Sony top billing over the established automaker.
The company will also focus on “mobility services,” building on Sony’s January announcement of the formation of “Sony Mobility, Inc.”
Sony…
Tesla is sending some of its employees who are not in service and are untrained to work on cars into service centers to fix vehicles. It looks like Tesla’s service issues are bigger than we thought.
Earlier this month, we reported on CEO Elon Musk’s announcement that…
Tesla expands Supercharger pilot program for non-Tesla EV owners to a large part of Europe
June 16, 2022
Tesla expands Supercharger pilot program for non-Tesla EV owners to Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
The program to give access to the Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric car owners is now in most of Europe.
Over the last year, we have been…
GM announces Cadillac Celestiq electric car is going to be hand-built and 3D printed in low volume
June 16, 2022
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 planning to quickly electrify…
Tesla has topped the list of most satisfied customers in the entire auto industry, with Model 3 taking the top spot for for all cars globally.
Zutobi released a report tracking four different car owner rating reports from Parkers, HonestJohn, Autotrader, and Edmunds in order…
VinFast’s new ‘Charged-Up Program’ offers US customers unlimited charging or a free home charger
June 16, 2022
Fresh off news of a similar reward subscription for new VF 8 and VF 9 customers in Europe, Vinfast has introduced a new program for US consumers that not only offers subscriptions within newly purchased EVs, but additional charging perks as well. Customers who buy a VinFast…
The UK government’s £1,500 EV grants were discontinued yesterday, nearly a year earlier than planned.
The UK’s new EV grant is axed.
The UK Department for Transport announced that new EV grant funding will be shifted to support improving EV charging and funding “electric taxis, vans, trucks, motorcycles, and wheelchair accessible vehicles.”
The grant scheme, which first started in 2011…
Tesla (TSLA) has significantly increased the prices of its electric cars across its entire lineup with some models going up by as much as $6,000.
After a year of increasing prices almost every month in 2021, Tesla slowed down the rapid rise in prices across its electric…
Tesla Autopilot tops the list of most crashes on driver-assist features in new NHTSA report
June 15, 2022
Tesla has topped the list of most crashes on advanced driver-assist (ADAS) features – Autopilot in Tesla’s case – in NHTSA’s first report on “Safety Performance of Advanced Vehicle Technologies.”
Dr. Steven Cliff, NHTSA’s Administrator, commented on the…
First ride experience on Energica’s Italian electric motorcycles: I can’t stop grinning
June 15, 2022
Earlier this year, I was invited to the Nasdaq by the electric vehicle investment company Ideanomics to get a closer look at the company’s newest acquisition: Energica’s high-power racing electric motorcycles. The morning started by watching suited up executives (as in Brooks Brothers, not Dainese) throwing a leg over the bikes in Times Square. But the next day, it was my turn. And while the…
