While Mercedes-Benz announced its first electric vehicle (EV) earlier this year, the EQS, the company has now said it plans to start producing only electric cars later in this decade. Mercedes-Benz teased the VISION EQXX electric car in a strategy update press release on Thursday, emphasizing an upcoming world premiere to be held in 2022. […]
Samsung and LG completed 4680 battery cell samples earlier this month, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company’s still working on bringing the tech to high volume production, following the sale of a technology company that helped Tesla make the breakthrough. Tesla sold Maxwell Technologies to UCAP Power according to a press release dated […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke at The B Word Bitcoin conference earlier this week, and despite having built an impressive career from his companies Tesla and SpaceX, Musk also emphasized the difficulty Tesla has caused to his life. On Wednesday at The B Word conference, Musk said that Tesla may be able to play a […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to see mainstream adoption increase around the world, one Canadian city is paving the way for the rest of the country with its high levels of EV adoption, according to a report just weeks following a major climate-change-induced heatwave – which experts say is a reason to make the switch […]
Tesla put out its Full Self-Driving beta version 9 software last week, and one beta tester has just released footage of a zero-intervention drive through one American city’s downtown. On Monday, HyperChange shared footage of Tesla’s FSD beta version 9, a radar-free semi-autonomous driving software that makes use of cameras for sensors. The drive, which […]
Tesla released its long-anticipated Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software version 9 last week, which removes the use of radar and replaces it with camera-based sensors – which some have said puts other drivers on public roads at risk. Consumer Reports reported on Monday that its auto experts were “concerned” about the use of Tesla FSD […]
Police in Cleveland, England may stand to benefit from a recently-built Tesla Model 3 police car ahead of the country’s 2030 gas car sales ban, as electric vehicles (EVs) continue to rise in popularity around the world for use as police patrol cars. On Wednesday, Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Steve Turner wrote to Tesla […]
The Tesla Model S Plaid has received nothing but rave reviews in weeks since its unveiling, with some even calling the electric vehicle (EV) a “technical tour de force,” the “fastest car in the world,” and the “best car ever created” – among other lofty titles still. In a Tesla Model S Plaid review from […]
A number of police departments across the U.S. have received Tesla Model Y or Model 3 units in the past several months, and as electric cars grow in popularity among police, one Minnesota department has also decided to take the plunge into zero-emissions patrol cars. The Eden Prairie Police Department in Minnesota has officially deployed […]
When trying to decide which electric vehicle (EV) is best to buy, it can be a little intimidating knowing where to start, especially as legacy automakers like Ford join Tesla to offer the increasingly popular product. In a comparison test between the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Tesla Model Y from Autotrader, the Canadian publication […]
Earlier this year, Tesla stated that the Tesla Semi’s production was put on hold until the company could produce a high volume of its own batteries, but new reports show that the company is set to begin producing the electric 18-wheeler. The highly-regarded electric Tesla Semi is set to enter production with its drive axle […]
Autonomous driving has become a hot topic with the rise of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADASs) like Tesla’s Autopilot, and while the company is still only operating a Level 2 autonomy in its vehicles, they are impressing fans with the recent Tesla Vision camera-based navigation systems. On Monday Sandy Munro released a video alongside Chris […]
After announcements that Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company Tesla is providing free Supercharging for European residents affected by the recent floods, the entrepreneur’s space travel company, SpaceX, has announced another initiative for those affected using its Starlink satellite internet. Starlink is used to provide internet for the regions impacted by the flood in my […]
About 10 months ago, an 18-wheeler semi-truck drove over the top of a Tesla Model S which had Autopilot activated, in an attempt to merge across all four lanes to make it to an exit (via Reddit), in Tampa Bay, Florida. When the Model S driver (Reddit user ‘quarm813’) tried to swerve to the right […]
The billionaire space race is officially on, and as Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson headed to space earlier this month, even selling a ticket to SpaceX head Elon Musk, now Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has officially made it to space and back Jeff Bezos’s space travel company Blue Origin has completed its first trip to space […]
