Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk biography has been the source of several interesting revelations, and the latest one to make headlines is about Tesla’s approach on privacy, more specifically a controversial use for the internal monitoring camera fitted to the brand’s cars. As it turns out, Elon Musk at one point insisted on Tesla using the…
BMW will make Chinese-market-specific EVs riding on the automaker’s Neue Klasse platform. Company CEO Oliver Zipse made the announcement at the World New Energy Vehicle Congress during the IAA show in Munich, Germany. “I cannot reveal too much today, but BMW Design Shanghai is already working on special designs and functions for China-specific models of the New…
A herd of 2,000 rhinoceroses urgently in need of a new owner has finally found one: The rhinos and the farm where they live in South Africa have been purchased by a conservation group that plans to release the animals into the wild over the next decade. The southern white rhinos, thought to be the…
When Tesla released the Smart Summon feature in September 2019, it became a feature that instantly gave the owner of a compatible EV bragging rights, but after a couple of months, the number of social media posts showing the parking assistant doing its thing slowly but surely went lower and lower. However, that doesn’t mean…
Funding for new EV chargers is a major feature of the Biden administration’s infrastructure law, but the law is now also freeing up $100 million to replace existing chargers that don’t work. The White House on Wednesday announced that it was accepting applications for this funding, under a new program called the Electric Vehicle Charger…
Convenient urban mobility is at the heart of many electric bicycle manufacturers from Europe. With electric bicycles forecasted to be a major driver of mobility in the coming years (the global e-bike market is estimated to be worth $120 billion by 2030), we can only expect manufacturers to continue ramping up their technology. One of…
While NavIC is as good as other GPS in accuracy, it is more suitable for Indian terrain and has better performance since it’s focused on India and neighbouring areas alone. The story of NavIC, India’s homegrown GPS alternative, is the story of how India changed from a country that depended on others for its crucial…
Ola S1 Air vs. Ola S1X vs. Ola S1 Pro Gen.2 Ola, one of the biggest players in the two-wheeler segment in the electric vehicle market in India, has introduced a number of new models with numerous enhancements and modifications. One of the reasons these new electric scooters from Ola became so well-known in the…
In August, new passenger car registrations in Germany increased by 37 percent year-over-year to 273,417. During the first eight months of 2023, 1,913,564 new cars were registered (up 16.5 percent year-over-year). Last month was very strong in terms of plug-in electric car sales, which increased to the highest level so far this year. In August,…
Plug-in hybrid versions of the Dodge Hornet and Alfa Romeo Tonale crossover SUVs are being recalled over possible loose battery cables that could lead to fires. The two related crossovers are the first plug-in models from their respective brands, both part of Stellantis. The Tonale launched for the 2024 model year with a standard plug-in…
