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7 Jul 2023, 16:20 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Chinese media insists that Elon Musk saw the revamped Model 3 during his visit to Giga Shanghai at the end of May. A new report claims that production line upgrades are almost complete, and Tesla is already testing the refreshed Model 3 prototypes ...
7 Jul 2023, 14:49 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / There's a new TikTok challenge that makes waves in San Francisco, but its promoters think it's for a good cause. A viral video encourages citizens of San Francisco to place traffic cones on the hood of autonomous vehicles operated by Crui...
7 Jul 2023, 11:11 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Reports from China show that Tesla is laying off half of the workers on the battery pack assembly line at Giga Shanghai. The move may have been triggered by a change in production strategy, as Tesla will rely more on suppliers to provide complete b...
7 Jul 2023, 09:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Electric pickup truck owners discovered that towing affects range significantly. Still, this doesn't mean that towing a trailer during vacation is impossible. One Rivian R1T owner shared his experience after going on a 2,500-mile road trip wit...
6 Jul 2023, 19:15 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk is again confident that Tesla will have fully-autonomous vehicles "later this year." This is not the first time Tesla's CEO has made similar predictions. Musk admitted that he was wrong in the past, but he feels this time, ...
6 Jul 2023, 16:43 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / In a petition sent to the NHTSA, Ronald Belt claimed that the sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) cases reported by many owners were caused by a faulty inverter design. Since autoevolution broke the story, Tesla hackers have offered their own side...
6 Jul 2023, 14:59 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen will start testing its autonomous-driving technology developed in partnership with Mobileye in the US. The 10 Volkswagen ID. Buzz minivans assigned to the test fleet will start operations in Tesla's yard in Austin, Texas. The riv...
6 Jul 2023, 11:47 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian accumulated a significant R1S backlog, considering that the majority of electric vehicles it produced were the R1T trucks. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the supply chain is healthy, allowing the company to fulfill all those R1S orders. His wor...
6 Jul 2023, 09:48 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Despite bullish statements, GM is running out of steam with electric vehicle production. The carmaker fell short of its objective to sell 50,000 EVs in the first half of 2023, with only 36,000 units delivered. The Ultium production ramps too slowly...
5 Jul 2023, 16:55 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / As part of the agreement to implement the NACS connector, carmakers were given unfettered access to Tesla’s Supercharger network. Many Tesla owners fear this will cause waiting lines at Supercharger, as more EVs will use them. Still, Tesla ow...
5 Jul 2023, 15:14 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Waymo and Cruise are two startups that have been allowed to offer commercial robotaxi services in San Francisco, although in limited areas and time intervals. California regulators are weighing whether to allow those companies to expand their opera...
5 Jul 2023, 13:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Chevrolet Blazer EV was announced last year as GM's mainstream electric model and arguably the best response to the Tesla Model Y's success. The electric crossover was expected to start sales this summer, with the hottest version SS plann...
5 Jul 2023, 11:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian R1S has been praised for getting a lot of things right to become one of the best three-row electric SUVs on the market. As more R1S SUVs have been delivered, owners were keen on sharing their experience, even when it wasn't always the b...
5 Jul 2023, 09:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / LFP batteries have lower energy density but are also cheaper to produce. This makes them suitable for entry-level EVs like the Tesla Model 3 RWD. If you wondered how far you can drive on a highway in the base-model Tesla, Ryan from the Out of Spec ...
4 Jul 2023, 18:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian announced that Amazon would deploy the EDV-500, a smaller version of its Electric Delivery Van, in Europe. More than 300 vans will start delivering packages for Amazon in Germany over the coming weeks, with more countries planned in the futu...
4 Jul 2023, 14:25 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / New information received by the NHTSA shows that sudden unintended acceleration events with Tesla EVs were real and not driver errors. The report explains in detail what caused the cars to accelerate even when the accelerator pedal was not pressed....
4 Jul 2023, 11:07 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Lucid Motors is now busy ramping up Air production and jump-starting the Gravity SUV production next year, but it's already working on its next vehicle models. CEO Peter Rawlinson confirmed these would be direct competitors with Tesla Model 3 ...
4 Jul 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / For the past 10 years, Tesla skeptics have been waiting for traditional carmakers to catch up with electric vehicle production. That moment may never come, as Volkswagen appears to have hit a wall and is now forced to cut production at its main EV ...
3 Jul 2023, 18:21 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / We've recently learned that Tesla has sent the Cybertruck to New Zealand for the winter testing season. It appears it will not be alone, as the entire Tesla lineup, including the refreshed Model 3, is testing in the snow. Tesla is working ...
3 Jul 2023, 16:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / An early Rivian R1T reservation holder who recently took delivery of his truck discovered many quality problems after delivery. He was told that he could either wait for a repair or have his vehicle replaced. The only problem is that this means pay...