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By once again acknowledging the collective voice of its reservation holder community, Sono Motors has introduced its own bidirectional wallbox AC charger for home charging, vehicle-to-grid (V2G), and vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging. All are at a more affordable price. The German SEV automaker is calling its new charger the first bidirectional AC wallbox on the market. Sono Motors was founded in…

Subaru has released today new pictures and details of its first electric vehicle, the Solterra, which is coming to market next year. Like its partner Toyota, Subaru is taking its sweet time to get on board with battery-electric vehicles. Earlier this year, it finally announced its first all-electric vehicle: the Solterra. At the time, the Japanese automaker only released a teaser image and…

Tesla has started to expand driver monitoring to more vehicles using its driver-facing cabin camera. This is something that many industry watchers have been calling for. Tesla’s approach to driver-assist features has been criticized for several reasons, but a recurring criticism has been the lack of strong driver monitoring capability. It has been limited to trying to keep the driver’s hands…