The world’s largest battery supplier, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), may be set to supply Ford’s Oakville plant in Ontario, Canada, with electric vehicle (EV) batteries — if it can justify the move amidst political tensions. Ford is in talks with China electronics manufacturer CATL about supplying batteries to the automaker’s Ontario, Canada facility, […]
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is planning to file a lawsuit against Tesla, claiming the automaker has an issue with systematic racial discrimination and harassment, according to a post on Tesla’s website. The page, which features the header “The DFEH’s Misguided Lawsuit,” details the three-year DFEH investigation into Tesla’s workplace practices, […]
Tesla has issued a safety recall for up to 26,681 vehicles after a software update has resulted in poor defrosting, or in other words, loss of heat due to the vehicle’s heat pump, according to CNBC. The recall was announced on Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and it applies to 2021-2022 […]
After SpaceX launched 49 Starlink satellites last week, the company has reported a geomagnetic storm that’s threatening the newly-orbiting satellites. SpaceX’s 49 Starlink satellites launched on February 3 were affected by a geomagnetic storm, according to the company’s website. In a statement, SpaceX said, “These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at […]
Volvo plans to build its upcoming crossover EV at its Ridgeville, South Carolina plant, according to unnamed sources speaking with Automotive News. Though it doesn’t yet have a public name, the electric crossover is internally termed V546 and is expected to be the company’s third battery-electric vehicle (BEV), ahead of Volvo’s plans to go all-electric […]
SpaceX is renaming its Dragon recovery ships to celebrate two female astronauts. The names on SpaceX’s Dragon recovery ships have been painted over, with the company set to rename them, Megan and Shannon, after the company’s first two female astronauts, according to @SpaceOffshore. The post also points out that the change comes just six months […]
Electric pickup trucks are just beginning to be revealed and released by automakers, and one vehicle company is doing a little extra work to collect feedback from its customers. Ram is collecting input from fans ahead of an expected 2024 release of its Ram 1500 EV truck, as part of a new social media campaign. […]
President Biden announced that Australian EV charger manufacturer Tritium will build a charger production facility in Tennessee, according to Automotive News. The announcement took place alongside Tritium CEO Jane Hunter on Tuesday, who said the company chose to invest in the U.S. market after seeing demand for EVs increase following Biden’s infrastructure plan last year. […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) shift to become the best-sold vehicles in the years to come, one European automaker has announced new investments for upgrading a production facility to be more EV-forward. Volvo announced plans on Tuesday to invest SEK 10 billion ($1.09 billion) into its manufacturing plant in Torslanda, Sweden to develop its next-generation of […]
Tesla’s newest Superchargers are constantly being added, but this week fans are praising the automaker for how quickly it restored a Supercharger station following an incident with cable thieves. Tesla’s Oakhurst, California Supercharger station (8 stalls; up to 250kW) is back up and running just days after each stall had its cables cut, according to […]
Tesla faces continued legal battles as the company has revealed that it received a subpoena from a U.S. financial regulator last year. The automaker shared that it received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, according to its 10-K filing reported by MarketWatch. Tesla said in the filing that the subpoena […]
A local bowling alley in Ann Arbor, Michigan is set to close in April and reopen as a Tesla Service Center, according to M Live (via Reddit). The lot is located on 3530 Jackson Road in Ann Arbor, with the bowling alley having been sold to real estate developers who are planning to turn the […]
A new move to end the development of gas engines makes Nissan the first major Japanese automaker to begin moving fully to electric vehicles (EVs), as detailed in a new report. Nissan plans to end the development of internal combustion engines (ICEs) for cars in all major markets except the U.S., according to Nikkei. Instead, […]
Head of Tesla Elon Musk has been known for his public support of cryptocurrency, and a new update from the automaker shows that they ended last year with nearly $2 billion in Bitcoin. Tesla said on Monday it ended 2021 holding $1.99 billion in Bitcoin, after purchasing a total of $1.5 billion in the […]
Tesla has also continually added more employees to its workforce than other automakers, as revealed in its latest filing with the SEC. Tesla hired 28,533 new full-time employees in 2021, marking a whopping 40.3 percent increase in the automaker’s workforce, according to MarketWatch. The figure was revealed in a 10-K filing with the Securities and […]
