Tesla announced today that the Supercharger network has now reached a total of 20,000 stalls around the world.
Over the last few years, Tesla has made several grand promises about expanding the Supercharger network, but it has been falling short.
The delay appeared to be at least partly related to the deployment of the new generation of the Supercharger technology, Supercharger V3, which itself…
Tesla is apparently starting to deliver cars with its own TeslaCam/Sentry Mode storage device.
Sentry Mode is Tesla’s integrated surveillance system inside its vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car to record potential vandalism or other incidents.
Tesla…
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla is going to expand its Full Self-Driving beta software to Canada and Norway.
As we have been reporting extensively over the last few weeks, Tesla has started pushing an early beta (alpha really) of its “Full Self-Driving” software.
The…
BMW to bring 2 new Mini electric crossovers to market
October 30, 2020
BMW announced that it will release several new all-electric vehicles under the Mini brand in the next few years, including electric crossovers.
When BMW had an announcement about the future of the Mini, we had a feeling that they could announce the brand is going all-electric.
The announcement fell short of that, but they still made a bigger commitment to electric vehicles:
In future, MINI will…
Tesla Autopilot loses to GM Super Cruise due to lack of driver monitoring in industry-wide test
October 30, 2020
Consumer Reports released a report based on a test of 17 driver-assist system and Tesla Autopilot came in second to GM’s Super Cruise due to the lack of driver monitoring in the former. The result is similar to their 2018 driver assist rankings.
The publication started…
Five-figure discounts on Nissan LEAF, Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in, Chevy Bolt, Audi e-tron Sportback, more
October 30, 2020
Year-end sales are kicking in! Manufacturers are sweetening their incentives, and dealers are increasing their markdowns on 2019 and 2020 models. Here are some of the most interesting offers we came across while updating our Electric Vehicle Price Guide and Electric Vehicle…
Elon Musk made some rare new comments on Tesla Cybertruck and gave a better idea of the production ramp for the electric pickup truck.
During the conference call following Tesla’s release of its Q3 2020 financial results, Musk was asked to give more color on the production ramp of the Cybertruck and when we can expect deliveries.
The CEO started by mentioning that he recently did a design…
New Texas EV startup unveils US-made electric motorcycle with the right specs and price
October 21, 2020
Volcon is the latest startup hoping to bite off a piece of the growing electric motorcycle pie. The company’s new Volcon Grunt is poised to fill a gap in the market with an interesting mix of specs and pricing.
Volcon Grunt electric motorcycle unveiled
The Volcon Grunt is…
GM has now officially revived the Hummer brand with the launch of the GMC Hummer EV pickup truck tonight.
We get to see the full “supertruck” with a super price tag.
In January, GM announced that they are bringing back Hummer, a defunct truck brand better known for its…
Since 2017, Waymo has offered a limited access to a sometimes “fully driverless” ride-hailing service, Waymo One, to select residents of Phoenix. Starting today, Waymo’s fully driverless rides will gradually become available to all customers in the Phoenix area.
As explained on the official Waymo blog, the company has gradually expanded fully driverless — meaning there’s no backup driver…
