Tesla’s transition to its Tesla Vision system without radar on new Model 3 and Model Y is resulting in confusion over the availability of Autopilot safety features as the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) updates its safety report on those electric vehicles.
As we reported earlier this week, Tesla announced the transition to its “Tesla Vision” Autopilot without…
Rivian is preparing its buyers for the first deliveries of its R1T electric pickup truck, which the automaker has now confirmed will be delayed to July.
There’s currently a race to bring electric pickup trucks to the US market.
Pickups are the best-selling vehicles in…
General Motors (GM) continues to expand its electric vehicle fleet and has decided Earth simply isn’t enough. Together with Lockheed Martin, GM plans to develop an electric lunar rover for NASA to be operated by Artemis astronauts to explore our Moon.
GM is no stranger…
New data from the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) reflects which parts of the UK are adopting electric vehicles the quickest, and it’s not London or its southeastern suburbs. And while there’s been a big jump in just a year, the mountain Britain has to climb to reach its 2030 target is still high.
UK EV growth
In 2020, more than twice the amount of people in the…
Tesla’s plan for a retractable solar bed cover on its Cybertruck electric pickup truck has been revealed in a new patent application.
After the launch of the Cybertruck, CEO Elon Musk surprised many when he said that Tesla’s new electric pickup truck will have a solar…
Extreme E, the electric off-road racing series, is back this weekend with their second race, this time on the beach at Lac Rose/Lake Retba outside Dakar, Senegal.
Each Extreme E venue is picked to bring awareness to one aspect of environmental damage humans are doing to…
The Swiss may be better known for their precision manufacturing, but it’s the cuteness of the Microlino electric car that has captured the hearts and minds of the internet. And now the company’s latest prototype can be seen showing off its full bubble body in a new test driving video.
The Microlino displays some serious BMW Isetta-vibes with its front opening, bubble car format.
But unlike…
A new bill to reform the federal electric car tax incentive in the US has passed the US Senate Finance Committee.
It includes increasing the electric vehicle tax credit to up to $12,500, but it was expertly crafted to give less to Tesla vehicle buyers.
Ever since the Biden…
Volvo Cars has announced that its Torslanda site in Sweden has become the company’s first climate neutral car manufacturing plant. The automaker is calling this achievement a significant step toward its goal of making its global manufacturing network climate neutral by…
Tesla announced today that they have just surpassed 200,000 Powerwalls installed globally.
It means that Tesla installed as many Powerwalls over the last year as it did for the first five years of the home battery pack’s existence.
Tesla introduced Powerwall 2 in 2016, and it took the home energy storage business by storm with a leading cost per kWh of energy capacity.
The automaker received…
