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10 Feb 2023, 13:00 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Despite a difficult production ramp-up, Lucid sees no other way forward than try and match Tesla’s price war with discounts on some of its models. This time, the discounts apply to purchases, not leases, as was the case a month ago when Tesla...
10 Feb 2023, 11:03 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / EV battery recycling is one of the hottest topics these days, as the EV market begins to heat up. Redwood Materials, a company that wants to recycle hundreds of gigawatt-hour of Li-ion Batteries, is one step closer to completing its first recycling...
10 Feb 2023, 09:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The Tesla Cybertruck and its imminent production start continue to ignite social media talks. A new picture of the production beta prototype showing its front left the internet in limbo. The strange appearance still features a humongous windshield ...
9 Feb 2023, 19:29 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian is well known for its timely software updates, which usually bring new features and bug fixes to the R1S/R1T vehicles. Nevertheless, the latest 2023.02.03 update didn’t go as planned because Rivian called it off. The reason is unknown,...
9 Feb 2023, 17:31 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Ford CEO Jim Farley teased the souped-up F-150 Lightning concept prepared by Ford Performance. Last week, when it announced the return to Formula 1, Ford hinted at a new pickup truck in its EV performance demonstrator lineup. Ford F-150 Lightnin...
9 Feb 2023, 15:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A Tesla Model Y owner who had just taken delivery of the car on January 24 was stupefied to see the steering wheel suddenly falling off while driving on the highway. Initially, the service center wanted the owner to pay for the repairs, but Tesla e...
9 Feb 2023, 13:34 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / SpaceX has announced steps to curb Ukraine’s use of Starlink internet service for controlling drones. The move comes after SpaceX limited Starlink service on the front lines in Ukraine last September, causing internet outages at a critical ti...
9 Feb 2023, 10:59 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The British EV conversion startup Lunaz Design has completed its most challenging work so far on an extremely rare 1961 Bentley S2 Continental. One of four examples ever made, the British classic was originally powered by a 6.2-liter V8 but is now ...
9 Feb 2023, 09:30 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / On April 16, 2021, a Tesla Model S crashed and burned near Springs, Texas, killing two people. Police reports indicated that no one was in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash, which put Tesla’s automated driving systems in a bad ...
8 Feb 2023, 19:14 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / French battery startup Gouach discovered that 80 percent of Li-ion cells in a worn-out battery pack are still in perfect condition when thrown away. That’s why it developed the technology to salvage the good cells and used them to build repai...
8 Feb 2023, 17:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Rivian was busy filing patents for the past year, and the USPTO granted dozens in the past month alone. One of them is really interesting, as it depicts a modular low-range gearbox attachment that would vastly expand a truck’s off-road capabi...
8 Feb 2023, 15:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla removed the ultrasonic sensors from the recently-built cars in a move many framed as a cost-cutting measure. Without them, some parking features and distance measurements to obstacles around the vehicle were disabled. Nevertheless, a prospect...
8 Feb 2023, 13:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is scouting for locations to build new gigafactories as it seeks to expand its manufacturing footprint. Several countries rushed to court Musk and offered incentives with the hope they would host Tesla’s next gigafactory. Indonesia is o...
8 Feb 2023, 11:26 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / We all know Elon Musk loves easter eggs, and the Investor Day invite that Tesla sent to investors is the latest to prove that. The background picture doesn’t seem much at first sight, but upon closer inspection, it reveals a wall of car body ...
8 Feb 2023, 09:30 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk’s famous master plans started as the billionaire’s vision of Tesla’s future but expanded to include many other areas Musk considers of utmost importance. Musk has yet to accomplish all objectives outlined in the Master P...
7 Feb 2023, 18:44 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Hertz posted record earnings for 2022, citing electrification as one of the things that contributed to the result. Nevertheless, the company seems to be well behind with its electrification plans. Hertz revealed it has around 430,000 vehicles in it...
7 Feb 2023, 16:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Researchers at a Tesla-funded battery research facility in Halifax, Canada, have discovered by chance what’s causing Li-ion batteries to self-discharge. Thanks to their discovery, a very simple solution is now being worked out, improving Li-i...
7 Feb 2023, 14:28 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Many Tesla owners in North America have waited for years to get the FSD Beta. While Tesla opened the program to everyone who paid for the Full Self-Driving capability in November, not all who got the software were happy with it. One owner in Atlant...
7 Feb 2023, 11:40 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / As the benefits of electric vehicles are becoming more obvious, Police departments across the country have done their math and chosen to replace ICE vehicles in their fleets. The Somerset Police Department in Wisconsin bought a Tesla Model Y cruise...
7 Feb 2023, 09:45 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have conducted one of the first studies linking electric vehicle adoption with a reduction in air pollution and respiratory problems. Until now, research on the benefits of adopting electric vehic...