Genesis, Hyundai, and Kia announced that their EV models will adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) in a year’s time. Thus, owners of those three brands will have access to 12,000+ Tesla Superchargers across North America – the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Further, the companies expect to make available CCS1-to-NACS (Combined Charging System) adapters…
Lucid Air Pure RWD was launched priced at USD 77,400 and comes with a driving range of up to 410 miles and very well equipped. Standard features include Apple CarPlay, a 34-inch curved Glass Cockpit display, heated front and rear seats and steering wheel, brilliant nighttime illumination from Lucid’s patented Micro Lens Array LED headlights,…
With the highly anticipated all-new 2024 Kia EV9 expected to arrive in showrooms in the fourth quarter of 2023, Kia America announced the opportunity for customers to make a reservation request for the three-row all-electric SUV. Expected to begin on October 16th at 10 am PST, customers can visit Kia.com to configure and make a…
LAM Research, a global provider of semiconductor equipment and services, has shown interest in setting up a lab in Karnataka. LAM Research, LeoLabs and Tsecond are among the American companies that have evinced interest in setting up units in Karnataka. Karnataka industries minister MB Patil is in the US to attract investments into the state…
Zapmap, the UK’s leading charge point mapping service, has published new statistics for charge point installations in 2023. The new figures not only show that the number of high-power charging hubs in the UK has more than doubled since September last year, but demonstrate encouraging growth in two key areas of the country’s charge point…
A trailer carrying several Tesla Model Ys became engulfed in flames today at around 02:30 AM in Turkey (11:30 PM GMT), reported Turkish news agency IHA. The fire broke out in one of six Teslas and spread to all the cars that were being transported out of Istanbul. However, the root cause of the flames…
We Americans don’t hear much from Daihatsu these days, but the Japanese brand hasn’t lost its talent for producing microcars, vans and trucks we secretly want. The major difference is that Daihatsu’s going electric at the upcoming Japan Mobility Show in a few weeks. Three of them are utilitarian offerings, but the other is a high-riding, open-roof…
Kaiser Permanente health care workers were finishing a three-day strike on Friday, and were expected to return to work early Saturday morning without a new contract. No new negotiation sessions were scheduled until Thursday, Oct. 12, and Friday, Oct. 13. Union officials warned another walkout was possible. The two sides had not yet come to…
Tesla is rumored to start initial customer deliveries of the Cybertruck this month, and while it’s anyone’s guess whether that will actually happen, there are signs that something big is cooking at Gigafactory Texas. Namely, what does it mean when we see so many Cybertruck front and rear castings just sitting around? Drone operator Joe Tegtmeyer…
Now in its 21st day, the United Auto Workers’ strike on General Motors, Ford and Stellantis has proven to be a bitter, protracted affair. But electric vehicles have been looming large over all of it — namely, the fact that most EV battery plants in the U.S. are not unionized, and future EVs may require…
