Mercedes-Benz’s native in-car payment system marks a significant development in the automotive industry. Mercedes-Benz has introduced an innovative payment feature in Germany, allowing customers to make digital payments through the MBUX system using fingerprint authentication. In partnership with Mastercard, the company has launched this embedded payment service, initially available at 3,600 service stations in Germany….
The electric vehicle (EVs) is a rapidly growing segment in India, especially in the two-wheeler category, most of which are powered by lithium-ion batteries. At present, India majorly relies on imports to fulfill its demand for the elements required for manufacturing li-ion cells used in EV batteries due to the lack of raw materials on…
An urban electric vehicle with innovative charging and interior flexibility is the first of a series of concepts Nissan has revealed ahead of the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo later this month. Dubbed the Nissan Hyper Urban, it is a compact scissor-doored concept with vehicle to house (V2H) and vehicle to grid (V2G) charging and…
The day almost two years ago when Harvard Business School informed Francesca Gino, a prominent professor, that she was being investigated for data fraud also happened to be her husband’s 50th birthday. An administrator instructed her to turn in any Harvard-issued computer equipment that she had by 5 p.m. She canceled the birthday celebration she…
A new study highlighted the disparity between the ownership costs of premium electric vehicles and their gas counterparts, versus the ownership costs of mass-market EVs and equivalent gas cars. The data is part of JD Power’s E-Vision Intelligence Report, and it highlights one of the major challenges facing the EV industry: Price parity with gas…
Jay Leno has posted a special video on his Jay Leno’s Garage channel in which he gets to drive the Tesla Semi Class 8 electric truck, something he had been wanting to do for a long time. His wish came true thanks to Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen and Tesla’s Senior Manager of Semi-Truck…
There are a lot of EV charging adapters out there, but there’s never been one that will allow non-Tesla EVs to charge at Tesla Superchargers in North America – until now. That’s because even if such an adapter was developed, it wouldn’t work because Tesla Superchargers have an authentication process that ensures only authorized vehicles…
If you have a pulse and an internet connection, companies want all the details they can get on what you’re willing to buy — and it’s getting harder to tell where they’re getting all that info. Retailers can now track what customers purchase to influence their buying patterns. Loyalty programs collect data on your purchases, frequency…
How does an electric truck, claimed to be “nearly impenetrable” by its maker, and built with “ultra hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel,” fare in a crash test? New pictures from a drone flyover might have some initial clues. Drone pilot Joe Tegtmeyer released images of a crash-tested Tesla Cybertruck from a flyover above the Gigafactory Texas….
Rivian’s fresh quarterly electric vehicle production and delivery numbers reveal another outstanding quarter and significant ramp-up progress. During the third quarter of 2023, the company produced 16,304 battery electric vehicles (BEV) at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, which is 121 percent more than a year ago and a new record. In terms of vehicle…
