Tesla has started to give back Supercharger access to owners of salvaged Tesla vehicles, reversing a move that angered many owners and that was contrary to Tesla’s mission.
When vehicles are totaled in crashes, they are sold as salvaged vehicles.
Some tech and mechanic savvy people buy those vehicles and disassemble them for parts or put them back into shape so they can go back on the…
Foxconn, a major assembler of the iPhone, announced plans to build EV manufacturing plants in the US and Thailand next year, with mass production scheduled for 2023. With this move, Foxconn looks to leap from the slowing wave of smartphone manufacturing to the tidal surge of…
Tesla pushes new Model 3 Standard Range Plus orders to 2022
August 13, 2021
Tesla has now pushed new Model 3 Standard Range Plus orders to 6 months out, all the way to January 2022. There are likely several factors at play.
Today, Tesla has updated its online configurator to push the delivery timeline for new Model 3 Standard Range Plus orders all…
In the latest news released as part of its impact report, Tesla claims that its battery packs lose only about 10% of their energy capacity after 200,000 miles.
Battery degradation, which represents the loss in capacity and range over time with increasing mileage, is one of the biggest concerns of new electric vehicle buyers.
It’s also an important part of the equation to make electric cars…
Ford has shared test-drive footage of its Mustang Mach-E facing extreme weather conditions with a newly hired driver, a robot. The footage comes from Ford’s state-of-the-art Weather Factory in Germany and shows the new robots performing driving test simulations under…
Driverless tech company Motional announced the expansion of its West Coast operations, including public road testing of its next-generation robotaxi in Los Angeles under an agreement with Lyft. Motional has also opened a Bay Area office for Compute Design.
Motional is an…
Tesla files to produce 5 more versions of Model Y at Gigafactory Shanghai, some for export
August 11, 2021
Tesla has filed with the Chinese government to produce five more versions of the Model Y electric SUV at Gigafactory Shanghai.
Some of those variants are expected to be exported to other markets that will get the electric SUV for the first time.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China released its latest batch of “new energy vehicle” applications for…
Ford delays Mach E orders by 6 weeks due to chip shortage, gives 250kWh free charging
August 11, 2021
Ford has sent out an email to future Mach-E owners warning of a six-week delay in delivery times for orders produced or scheduled between July 5 and October 1. To compensate affected customers, Ford will provide an additional 250kWh (about 700 miles) worth of complimentary…
Quick Charge Podcast: August 10, 2021
August 11, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
First look at Tesla’s new vision-based Autopark feature
August 11, 2021
Tesla has started updating its Autopark feature with its new Tesla Vision computer vision system, which now powers Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving Beta.
Like many other premium (and even non-premium) vehicles, Tesla vehicles have been equipped with an autonomous parking feature called ‘Autopark’.
Tesla’s Autopark has been relying on ultrasonic sensors around the vehicles.
It limited…
