The Tesla Powerwall is one of the most popular home battery energy storage systems, which earlier this year reached 500,000 global installations. According to the most recent reports, Tesla quietly started installations of the new, third generation of the Powerwall (PW3 in short). Last Friday, teslamotorsclub.com forum member andy92782 posted photos of its new Powerwall installation, which…
The 2024 Hyundai Kona is already reaching dealerships, while the Kona Electric version, Hyundai says, won’t arrive until late fall. You should wait, because the EV version of Hyundai’s small utility vehicle is hands-down the best of the bunch. We had two brief stints in a prototype Kona Electric in the rolling Maryland horse country…
For over a month, a pig’s kidney that was transplanted into a human body has worked normally — a step surgeons hope can one day lead to using this type of operation to save patients’ lives. The experimental surgery was performed with the consent of the family of a man who had been declared brain…
Samsung SDI, one of the world’s largest EV battery manufacturers, continues to expand its battery business during the first half of 2023. Our attention was caught by the recent quarterly report, in which the South Korean manufacturer mentioned solid-state batteries (SSB) and 46xx-type cylindrical battery cells (a diameter of 46 mm and unspecified height), as…
THE SIX: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts, by Loren Grush It’s difficult to imagine a place more coded as masculine than the cockpit of a rocket ship. The tales of the space race enshrined in American history too often center on white men and elevate machismo. From the first pages of “The…
The third-generation Peugeot 3008 has been officially unveiled by the French automaker seven years after the previous iteration debuted in Europe, marking a new chapter for the brand’s best-seller in terms of electric powertrains and interior tech. Shown in all-electric guise first, known as the E-3008 (with mild-hybrid powertrains to follow), the all-new C segment…
Tesla users in Taiwan recently discovered a very interesting and unique item at some of the Supercharging stations. According to ddcar.com, at a few sites, Tesla installed a stand-alone display, which shows charging details. More specifically, they display the energy used for each individual stall. One might ask why Tesla would install such a thing…
The clip is short — about 30 seconds — yet it evokes an entire Hollywood history. Posted to Los Angeles Dodgers Aerial Photography, a little-followed account on X, formerly known as Twitter, it opens on an out-of-focus shot of Dodger Stadium, filmed through a rain-slicked helicopter window. The rhythmic thump of propellers is the only…
GlobalData’s latest report “Global Sector Overview & Forecast: Cockpits and Instrumentation,” reveals that the APAC cockpits and instrumentation market is estimated to stand at 144.3 million units in 2023. New Delhi: Accelerated digitization in the auto industry, the continual rise in the proliferation of technological advancements in vehicle telematics and navigation, and increased focus on…
With its latest design concept, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is showcasing what the next generation of vehicles from its core BMW brand will look like. The Vision Vehicle, which will be unveiled for the first time in public at the IAA Mobility 2023 International Motor Show in Munich, embodies a clear…
