Cruise last month said it would halt operations nationwide after California regulators suspended the robotaxi operator’s license. More than two dozen unions urged U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday to open an industry-wide probe into driverless vehicles including Alphabet’s Waymo and Amazon.com’s Zoox. The unions, including the Transportation Trades Department, Transport Workers Union of America,…
Alfa Romeo is readying a large all-electric SUV that will go head-to-head with the BMW iXand next-generation Porsche Cayenne in 2027 in an attempt to win the brand new fans inboth North America and China – regions where Alfa Romeo has previously struggled. Confirming the all-new battery-electric flagship is on the way to Autocar, the…
Teslas have both the highest and lowest 5-year depreciation among EVs with the Model S claiming the highest and Model 3 the lowest. According to an iSeeCars study, electric vehicles are the worst in terms of holding value, while hybrids and pickup trucks are the best at retaining value over a 5-year period. iSeeCars stated:…
Polestar didn’t come to play. Sure, the electric performance brand just had to adjust investor expectations amid uneven global EV demand. But if its inaugural Polestar Day event is any indication, the nascent company has some very big plans that go well beyond the cars it’s making now – and well beyond cars altogether, in…
If you happen to own a Lucid Air, you’ll soon be able to charge other EVs with your car’s stored battery power. This is all thanks to the introduction of Lucid’s new vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) feature with a catchy name: “RangeXchange.” After receiving the latest over-the-air update, all existing Lucid vehicles will be able to use…
Polestar is working with StoreDot to bring their extreme fast charging (XFC) technology to production. Dubbed ‘100-in-5’, it sees 100 miles (160 km) of range charged in just five minutes, can be integrated into battery pack formats that are already available, and does not need to rely on a battery pack design revolution. At Polestar…
German e-bike specialist Rotwild is all about high-performance machinery that’s proudly made in Germany. The brand’s newest offering takes the form of a lightweight electric racer, and is called the R.R275 X. According to the company, the bike was inspired by top Italian racers, and has a high level of attention to detail. Let’s take…
The electric vehicle brand Polestar has announced that it plans to make the first EV with extremely fast-charging, semi-solid-state battery cells from the tech firm StoreDot. The announcement was made as part of a Polestar Day event held in Los Angeles on Thursday, where the companies demonstrated both the charging of StoreDot’s “100-in-5” XFC cell…
Volkswagen would like to introduce a new, more affordable all-electric model in the United States in the not-too-distant future. According to Reuters, Reinhard Fischer, senior vice president and head of strategy at Volkswagen Group of America, said at the Reuters Events Automotive USA 2023 conference in Detroit that the company plans to build an electric…
A Polestar 5 electric car prototype fitted with Israeli battery startup StoreDot’s extreme fast charging (XFC) cells will be tested next year, the automaker announced at its Polestar Day event in California today. In theory, these cells would allow the coupe-like sedan to add 100 miles of range in just five minutes of charging. StoreDot,…
