Ola, often considered the Indian Uber, knows a thing or two about mobility. After committing to leading in the development of electric vehicle manufacturing with Ola Electric, we’re now getting a look at the company’s near-term plans. Ola Electric got a jump start on electric scooter design and manufacturing by acquiring the high-tech Dutch smart scooter startup Etergo. The company’s…

Tesla is expanding its test of limited-time discounts on Supercharging in order to reduce wait time during peak travel times. Last year, Tesla started testing temporary Supercharger discounts in California. In that case, it looked like Tesla was trying to incentivize people at night to offset expensive peak demand charges. During off-peak hours, Tesla was charging $0.09/kWh – a significant…

Elon Musk revealed that he has heard that Bill Gates had a big short position on Tesla (TSLA), and he might have lost a lot of money on it. Billionaires Musk and Gates don’t always have good words to say about each other, but they do appear to share similar concerns about climate change. However, Gates made some strange comments about electrification last year, including that electric trucks…

Elon Musk revealed the expected capacity of Tesla Semi’s battery pack ahead of the start of production, and it is surprisingly smaller than we thought. Back in 2017, Tesla unveiled its plan for an electric semi-truck, called the Tesla Semi, and at the time, the automaker announced two options capable of over 300 and 500 miles of range on a single charge. They are expected to cost $150,000 and…