Cleantech & EV'sNews

Watch Tesla Autopilot help avoid a truck out-of-control

A Tesla owner shared a video of what appears to be Tesla Autopilot helping avoid a truck out-of-control in the right lane. During the early days of Autopilot, Tesla was limiting the system from making drastic evasion maneuvers in order to avoid causing accidents. Instead, it would only apply brakes or steer away if it wasn’t 100% certain a collision was inevitable. It could still reduce the…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: September 2, 2020

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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ford is going for Tesla with Mustang Mach-E dealer training material highlighting price advantage

Ford is training dealers to favorably compare the Mustang Mach-E against the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y in new training material. When Ford first launched the Mustang Mach-E, it came with some inevitable comparisons with Tesla. As the market leader in electric cars, most automakers are benchmarking against Tesla vehicles, and EV buyers are quick to compare new entrants with the now…
Read more
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Only 54% of EV owners know about home charger rebates — survey

For electric vehicle owners, figuring out the right charging method, installing a charger at home, and navigating the available government or utility rebates can be overwhelming, according to a HomeServe survey of 500 EV owners. Home repair and improvement company HomeServe operates in the UK, US, Canada, France, Spain, and Japan. The survey found that the vast majority of electric car owners…
Read more