Ford CEO Jim Farley announced on Wednesday the company is set to hold a launch event on April 26, 2022. An image reads, “F-150 Lightning Strikes,” with the date and also a link to the company’s online configurator for the electric pick up. The event is set for 1:30pm ET, from the Rouge Electric Vehicle […]
Like many automakers, Volkswagen has recognized and imitated Tesla’s business model in a handful of ways, but now it’s also the first major automaker to implement an online ordering system like the EV giant. Volkswagen has launched the order configurator for online sales in Germany, first featuring the ID.4 and ID.5 models and later to […]
Honda, one of the last mass-market automakers to hold out on electrification, on Tuesday held a press briefing to announce its plans for automobile electrification. The press briefing featured Toyota’s Director, President and Representative Executive Officer Toshihiro Mibe, Director, Executive Vice President and Representative Executive Officer Kohei Takeuchi, and Senior Managing Executive Officer Shinji Aoyama. The […]
Toyota’s first entry into the electric vehicle (EV) space, the bZ4X, officially went on sale on Tuesday. At the same time, embargoes on media coverage of the new all-electric vehicle lifted. Take a look at the first reviews of the Toyota bZ4X: Autoblog 2023 Toyota bZ4X First Drive Review: Toyota’s First Real EV CNET 2023 […]
Lucid Motors on Tuesday announced the start of customer deliveries for the Lucid Air Grand Touring, and also unveiled the new Grand Touring Performance model that is slated to go into production later this spring. Lucid had previously teased the Grand Touring Performance on Monday. Get there, grandly. Now delivering Lucid Air Grand Touring and […]
Ford’s luxury division Lincoln announced on Monday it would be unveiling an electric vehicle concept later this month. Jim Farley, Ford CEO, said “Mark your calendar. @LincolnMotorCo EV concept coming April 20, 2022.” Mark your calendar. @LincolnMotorCo EV concept coming April 20, 2022 ⚡️✨ pic.twitter.com/ZdfFV1TX4k — Jim Farley (@jimfarley98) April 11, 2022 What we see in […]
Lucid Motors on Monday teased it will announce news on Tuesday, April 12, about its upcoming Lucid Air Grand Touring ‘P’. “Find out the numbers behind the letter tomorrow,” said Lucid Motors, noting the announcement would take place at 6am PT/9am ET on Tuesday. According to Lucid Motors’ Jeff Curry, the company’s Vice President of […]
A Chevy Bolt retrofitted into an autonomous vehicle (AV) by General Motors Co. subsidiary Cruise was pulled over by the San Francisco Police last week, upon which the car bolted to a safe spot a few yards away (via Electrek). The SFPD reportedly pulled the driverless car over because its headlights weren’t on at night. […]
Vancouver, British Columbia led Canada’s electric vehicle (EV) registrations for much of last summer, and now the city’s planners are considering a yearly fee for gas stations and business owners to help push the rollout of EV charging stations. Vancouver city hall proposed a policy that could force gas stations and other parking lot owners […]
Chinese Tesla rival NIO is now facing a factory shutdown in China, causing delays to current orders that will be passed to consumers, as stated by the company in a notice to customers. NIO warned customers over the weekend about upcoming delivery delays due to the automaker pausing production amidst the ongoing COVID-19 surge, according […]
Electric automaker NIO announced on Sunday that price increases are coming due to the “rise in global raw material prices”. The price changes to the company’s electric vehicles and other products are set to kick in on May 10, 2022. NIO says the starting price of its ES8, ES6 and EC6 vehicles will go up […]
Over 10% ($9 billion CAD) of Canada’s $85 billion CAD 2022 budget has been allocated to the development and advancement of the country’s zero-emission sector — reports Electric Autonomy Canada. $1.7 billion of the announced annual budget will go towards replenishing the federal Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) program, extending it until March 2025 and expanding […]
Woven Planet, a unit of Toyota Motor Corp., has unveiled camera-based self-driving technology similar to Tesla’s Vision-based Autopilot — reports Reuters. The Toyota subsidiary told Reuters that it has developed a way to use data collected from low-cost cameras to effectively train its self-driving system. Woven Planet hopes this “breakthrough” will help drive down the costs associated […]
After a rough year of fire risk recalls on every Chevy Bolt electric vehicle (EV) ever made, the automaker is back and is looking to have a much better 2022 model year for the EV. Chevrolet hopes to rebound sales of the Bolt EV this year, following a year plagued with fire risk recalls, according […]
General Motors (GM) announced that the GMC Hummer EV is increasing production output after reservations surpassed 65,000 a couple of weeks ago, and now the electric truck is making its first rounds out in the world. A number of publications are putting out their very first reviews of the new GMC Hummer EV, and the […]
