Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla has started to release a new Full Self-Driving Beta software update (10.7) that improves the situation with “phantom braking” and even helps the FSD beta be more energy efficient. For more than a year now, Tesla has been slowly rolling out what it is calling “Full Self-Driving Beta” (FSD Beta), which is an early version of its self-driving software that is currently being tested by…

Tesla announced that is going to offer free Supercharging during off-peak hours for the holidays in order to help curb traffic at charging stations. The holidays have been tough stress tests for Tesla’s Supercharger network, and it has not always passed with flying colors. Especially in California, one of Tesla’s biggest markets per capita and where there’s the largest concentration of…

KYMCO, the largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer in Taiwan, says it is likely to spin-off its IONEX line of electric vehicles as a new public entity with an overseas IPO. The move would take a page out of Harley-Davidson’s book. Back in the summer, Harley-Davidson announced that its single electric motorcycle, the Harley-Davidson LiveWire, would be spun off into its own startup known…

FedEx confirmed today that it has taken delivery of the first electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop division. The first 5 EVs of the 500 that the logistic giant ordered. BrightDrop was launched earlier this year as a new electric delivery and logistic unit of GM. The new division launched by announcing that FedEx has already placed an order of 500 electric Light Commercial Vehicles…