Apple has officially been granted a new patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for an electric vehicle (EV) charger featuring a docking process that would allow for both autonomous charging and for drivers to be able to charge without ever leaving their car — reports Patently Apple. The automotive industry as a […]
Lucid Motors announced on Monday it has started deliveries of its Lucid Air electric sedan in Canada. “Now delivering Dreams to our friends in Canada. Welcome to the #LucidOwnersClub. #DreamAhead”, said the automaker, including a short video of one of its Lucid Air sedans backing out of a trailer, accompanied by the background music of […]
Tesla’s position in the electric vehicle market and the auto market in general are both unmatched, and one legacy automaker’s head is noting that it may make it difficult to achieve some of the company’s lofty goals. Volkswagen may have a hard time reaching its goal of becoming the world’s biggest EV seller by 2025, […]
Ford Motor Co. is planning to sell 8 million shares out of its 12% stake in electric truck startup Rivian Automotive — reports CNBC. Ford will sell the shares through Goldman Sachs, sources told the publication. The veteran automaker currently owns a total of 102 million shares in Rivian. The shares will go on sale for […]
Lucid Group today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 ended March 31. The electric vehicle (EV) startup reported a total of 360 customer deliveries for Q1, with total revenue of $57.7 million USD. In comparison, electric truck startup Rivian delivered 1,227 vehicles during the same period, while Chinese EV maker NIO […]
Elon Musk’s underground tunnel company continues to solidify building plans with some cities, and it recently got approval from one suburb of Austin, Texas to build a pedestrian tunnel. The Boring Company has gotten the green light from Kyle City Council to begin engineering working on a pedestrian tunnel, according to the Austin Business Journal. […]
As Apple’s mysterious self-driving car project continues to test and grow behind the scenes, a new patent related to the company’s possible car tech was published this week. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent from Apple on Tuesday relating to autonomous driving and an advanced “Guidance System” that fine-tunes final destinations, according […]
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. (CATL), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), saw shares plunge after posting its quarterly earnings. CATL shares dropped off by 10.8 percent on Thursday after reporting its largest drop in quarterly earnings yet, according to Bloomberg. CATL’s net income dropped 24 percent to 1.49 billion […]
NIO plans to unveil the ES7 electric SUV at the end of the month, and a handful of pictures have surfaced showing the vehicle without any privacy wraps ahead of the release. The NIO ES7 was spotted in a series of photos without any camoflauge wrap, as shared on Thursday by Yiche (via CNEVPost). The […]
Volkswagen sold just over 99,000 electric vehicles (EVs) during the first quarter of this year across all of its brands, including Porsche, Audi, and Škoda in addition to the main Volkswagen line — reports the Financial Times. Output was lower than Volkswagen had hoped for due to supply chain constraints hampering global production. In fact, […]
The Ford Mustang Mach-E has been available for over a year now in Europe, and the automaker is announcing a few improvements to the vehicle’s extended-range variants across the pond. Ford increased the braked towing capacity of the Mustang Mach-E to 1,000 kilograms for the extended range models in both the rear and all-wheel drives […]
After Polestar unveiled design update and new features for the Polestar 2 last month, the automaker has officially shared pricing for the upcoming version of the vehicle. Polestar has revealed pricing and design updates for the 2023 Polestar 2, as detailed in a press release shared on Wednesday. The Polestar 2 long-range single-motor variant will […]
Fisker on Wednesday morning announced its upcoming third vehicle, an electric GT sports car codenamed Project Ronin, while also sharing a teaser image, showing a front that hints at a cross between Tesla’s upcoming Roadster and a classic Chevy Corvette. Project Ronin is the third electric vehicle offering from Fisker, following the unveiling of the […]
Lucid Motors has shared a short video offering what it says is a rare look into its private Design Studio in Newark, California. The video features Senior Vice President of Design and Brand, Derek Jenkins, sharing the company’s vision with CEO Peter Rawlinson. The Design Studio is a building inside a building, with an open […]
Ford began production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks last week, and as the automaker prepares to deliver them, starting with the Pro model, it has apparently increased the truck’s available horsepower rating. The Ford F-150 Lightning Standard- and Extended-range battery packs will include more horsepower than the automaker originally targeted, according to a […]
