Tesla late Thursday introduced yet another price cut for its Model 3 and Model Y, as represented on its consumer website, bringing the price of these new EVs down to their lowest ever. The move, cutting up to $2,250 off these models, depending on the version, directly follows news earlier this week that, globally, third-quarter…
When Ford shocked the world (pun very much intended) by announcing its future electric vehicles would use Tesla’s once-proprietary plug standard, the move received considerable praise—but also a lot of questions. What other automakers would join Ford in switching to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) plug? What did this mean for the current Combined…
Two Tesla Cybertruck prototypes were spotted while charging in Mexico, revealing what could be a set of official accessories undergoing testing before the truck’s imminent commercial launch sometime later this year. We already reported on the pair yesterday, saying that there was an apparent Starlink satellite internet dish on one of the vehicles, but now…
Toyota has big plans for its future electric vehicle lineup, and has made sure the world is aware of that by making multiple announcements in recent months. The Japanese automaker said earlier this year that it aimed to launch 10 new battery-electric vehicles by 2026, when its annual production of BEVs should hit 1.5 million….
America’s electric vehicle tax credits are changing yet again, and this time they’re going to be more accessible than ever. If you’ve been waiting to buy an EV, now might be the moment you’ve been holding out for. Last year, the Inflation Reduction Act introduced a new set of modernized tax credits for new and used…
Lucid Motors on Thursday confirmed that the base single-motor rear-wheel-drive Pure version of its Air electric luxury sedan will offer 410 miles of EPA-rated driving range—more than a Tesla Model S—for less than $80,000. The Lucid Air Pure RWD is available to order now with a base price of $78,900 (including a mandatory $1,500 destination…
The Kia and Genesis brands, following Hyundai, announced the upcoming switch from the Combined Charging System (CCS1) charging connector to the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) in North America. All three companies are part of the broader Hyundai Motor Group, meaning the entire group will make the switch simultaneously, starting with new or refreshed…
Volvo Cars global sales reached 61,666 cars in September, up 25 per cent compared to the same period last year as Europe, the US and China all reported sales growth for the month. For the first nine months of 2023, the company sold 509,158 cars, an increase of 19 per cent compared to last year….
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, 17,000 feet up in the Himalayas just south of India’s border with China, some slight shift started an avalanche. Snow, ice and boulders slid into a giant glacial lake a mile below, causing it to burst its banks. From there, catastrophes multiplied as the water cascaded down mountain valleys below….
Tesla posted several job listings on the careers section of its website that will be responsible for the Gigafactory Nevada expansion and subsequently the production ramp-up for the Class 8 Semi truck. No fewer than 10 job postings have been listed online, including one for a Senior Architect who will work on “large-scale ground-up Engineering-Procurement-Construction…
