Tesla chief Elon Musk has given the clearest indication yet that prices of its electric cars could get even cheaper in future. Off the back of multiple price decreases that have seen Tesla demand surge, the world’s dominant electric car brand has hinted that more price drops could be in the wings if economic conditions…
For reasons unknown, the spin of Mars is speeding up. NASA’s InSight lander fell silent in December after dust accumulated on its solar panels. But scientists continue to sift through the four years’ worth of data it gathered, learning more about what is deep inside the red planet. Most of what they have learned about…
Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs, Manoj Joshi said the scheme will be rolled out in 169 cities and states are required to submit their proposals by September 30. New Delhi: The ‘PM-eBus Sewa’ scheme, under which 10,000 electric buses will be provided to 169 cities under a public-private partnership (PPP) model, will be rolled out…
Karma Automotive, the California-based automaker that started in life as Fisker and was subsequently acquired by a Chinese group in 2014, will unveil its new portfolio of battery-electric vehicles on November 11 at the Wynn Concours in Las Vegas. As part of the announcement, Karma teased a very dark image of one of its upcoming…
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,…
Two Tesla Cybertruck test vehicles were recently seen driving side-by-side down a highway during the night. The video was shared by Greggertruck (@greggertruck / X), who points out that both pickups are marked as Release Candidate (RC), which means potentially the final version before series production. The night scenery allows us to take a closer…
Fast-moving thunderstorms swept across the Las Vegas valley on Friday, causing flash flooding along parts of the Las Vegas Strip as the region braced for more rain into Saturday. The National Weather Service reported that 1.14 inches of rain fell on Friday in Boulder City, Nev., about 26 miles southeast of Las Vegas. Just over…
In September, the total sales of Ford and Lincoln vehicles in the United States increased by 16 percent year-over-year to 165,565. After the first nine months of the year, the total result amounted to 1,508,072 (up nine percent year-over-year). Results last month and year-to-date: Ford sales: 158,432 (up 17%) and 1,448,631 (up 10%) Lincoln sales:…
As a fan of Mazda, I can’t help but be rather disappointed by how it’s meeting the current moment. While other automakers are building battery plants, announcing huge new electric vehicle lineups and even issuing end dates for internal combustion, the “Zoom-Zoom” brand offers exactly one plug-in hybrid in its U.S. lineup, and it starts…
When a mountain-size slab of space rock rammed into the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years ago, the fallout was apocalyptic. Tsunamis washed away coastlines, raging fires engulfed forests and dust and debris blotted out the sun for months. Roughly three-fourths of the planet’s species, most notably non-avian dinosaurs, were wiped out. But one group appears…
