The first deliveries of the Polestar 2 began last year, and a new update from the company shows new plans to grow the Polestar 2 family into new variants. In a press release Tuesday, Polestar announced its plans to expand the Polestar 2 model to include three variants, including three separate powertrains, both dual and […]
According to Business Insider Germany, Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess had an employment contract from Tesla in 2015 to become CEO which was ready to be signed. Current Tesla CEO Elon Musk was ready to hand over management of the electric vehicle (EV) company to Diess, though he eventually decided against it – for one mysterious […]
Magna and LG Electronics announced the formation of a partnership to build electric vehicle (EV) components last year, and in a new update, the joint venture may be likely to win a contract to build Apple’s upcoming autonomous vehicle. On Tuesday, an anonymous person familiar with the matter told the Korea Times that LG Magna […]
Domino’s announced on Monday it will be launching self-driving pizza delivery, starting this week in the United States. The world’s largest pizza company based on global retail sales said it has partnered with self-driving delivery company Nuro and the latter’s R2 autonomous vehicle. Domino’s in Woodland Heights at 3209 Houston Avenue in Houston, Texas, will […]
A subsidiary of Intel, Mobileye, has huge plans for the future of autonomous vehicles, and it recently announced a partnership with Udelv to help build the framework for new driverless delivery technology. On Monday, Mobileye announced its new deal with Udelv to produce over 35,000 driverless delivery vehicles, called Transporters, by 2028, with commercial operations […]
The Volkswagen ID.4 SUV is a direct competitor with the Tesla Model Y, and a new update has revealed that its range will compete with some of the Model Y’s range offerings too. On Monday, Volkswagen announced that the ID.4 Pro, the model’s entry-level variant, has received a range of 260 miles from the Environmental […]
Earlier this week, Chinese electric vehicle automaker, NIO, recently celebrated producing its 100,000th electric vehicle, a black ES8 7-seater SUV that rolled off the line. NIO is known for opting for battery swaps in China for its electric vehicles. On Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated NIO on its achievement, responding to a CleanTechnica story […]
British Columbia, Canada, is one of many regions looking to make increase its electric vehicle (EV) customer base and infrastructure, and its new emissions report details how it did in 2020. According to British Columbia’s 2020 annual emissions report released this week, the province’s light-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) made up 9.4% of all light-duty vehicle […]
Elon Musk’s Boring Company shared new pictures of the company’s underground “Hyperloop” tunnels in Las Vegas earlier this year, and in a new update from CNBC TV, we can see inside the 43-foot underground tunnel with more than just photos. The underground tunnel is part of a “Convention Center Loop” in Las Vegas, where it will […]
Volkswagen’s ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) is set to launch in Canada this summer, and the vehicle’s reviews are already starting to trickle around the internet. The VW ID.4 will be sold in Canada at a starting price of $44,995 CAD ($35,790 USD) for the rear-wheel-drive ID.4 Pro model, while the ID.4 all-wheel-drive Pro variant will […]
One Canadian company is betting big on Tesla’s Semi truck for the logging industry. Mosaic Forest Management has announced a partnership with local Vancouver Island, British Columbia-based service provider EcoWest Driven, in order to introduce a number of Tesla Semis to the logging industry, according to Business Examiner (via CHEK News). EcoWest Driven plans to […]
Following President Joe Biden’s $174 billion infrastructure plan, which included various support angles for electric vehicles (EVs), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Yahoo Finance that “EVs shouldn’t be a luxury item,” in a show of support for the ever-expanding industry. Tesla Buyers May See $7,000 Tax Credits from President Biden Soon https://t.co/HCaFyYTnkm — TeslaNorth.com (@RealTeslaNorth) February […]
Despite the fact that governments around the world are attempting to incentivize sales of electric cars, in order to spur on the mainstream adoption of non-gas vehicles, one Canadian province has elected to increase a tax on the zero-emission technology. According to a report from CBC, Saskatchewan government officials have voted to create a $150 CAD […]
Warren Buffett-backed Chinese automaker BYD has outsold fellow Chinese vehicle manufacturers Xpeng Motors and NIO in March, according to CNBC, as the race for EV supremacy in China heats up. On Wednesday, BYD disclosed that it sold 16,301 battery electric vehicles in March, compared to just 7,257 deliveries from NIO in the same month, and […]
Shanghai-based electric automaker, NIO, has reached a milestone and produced its 100,000th electric vehicle. The company delivered 7,257 cars in its recent first quarter, a 373% year-over-year increase, while for the quarter ending March 31, 2021, 20,060 vehicles were delivered, a record increase of 423% year-over-year and up 16% from Q4 2020. As for total […]
