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 […]
General Motors on Tuesday announced it plans to build a new Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup truck, at the company’s Factory ZERO assembly plant in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan. The company says the full-size pickup will be designed “from the ground up” as an electric vehicle, leveraging the Ultium Platform. “The vehicles coming from Factory ZERO […]
On Saturday, Sergio Rodriguez, 41, began receiving death threats from Tesla fans on social media after driving his Ford Mustang Mach-E across the US, according to the Detroit Free Press. Rodriguez, a Tesla owner himself, had positive things to say about the experience, despite the fact that fans of Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) didn’t share […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at the company’s autonomous vehicles on Kara Swisher’s Sway podcast on Monday, along with mentioning Tesla and Elon Musk, as reported by CNBC. On the podcast, Cook said, “The autonomy itself is a core technology, in my view. If you sort of step back, the car, in a lot of […]
GMC announced its 2024 GMC Hummer electric vehicle SUV during the NCAA Final Four on Saturday, with the new EV set to join the Hummer pickup. The first GMC Hummer EV SUV model is set to debut in early 2023, with all versions of the vehicle built on the company’s next-gen Ultium Platform. “The GMC […]
According to Bloomberg, the CEO of Alphabet’s self-driving unit, Waymo, has stepped down. CEO John Krafcik said to employees, “after five and a half exhilarating years leading this team, I’ve decided to depart from my CEO role with Waymo and kick-off new adventures,” reports Bloomberg, who obtained the memo. Krafcik will remain as an adviser to […]
Starting May 1, electric vehicle (EV) owners in the province of British Columbia, Canada, will begin incurring new charging fees, as reported by City News. BC Hydro has approved the use of user fees at its fast-charging stations, which will effectively up the cost of charging for any EV driver. Still, some experts worry that […]
As electric vehicles (EVs) have increased in popularity, we’ve been able to get a peek at a few different business models from companies around the world. And one US-based EV company has just announced some important changes to its service plans. On Thursday, Rivian announced a new service plan, in which it seems to be […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasing in popularity around the world, though they’re growing particularly popular and competitive in China, the world’s largest auto market. Chinese automakers NIO and Xpeng each saw record-breaking EV sales in the first quarter of the year, as deliveries increased five-fold compared to Q1 2020, according to South China Morning Post. […]
Elon Musk has been chosen to join the board of directors for Endeavor Group, the owning body of live events like UFC, Miss Universe Contest, and New York Fashion Week, among others, according to a filing on Wednesday (via CNBC). Endeavor Group is now filing to go public for the first time since scrapping its […]
On Wednesday, Lucid Motors released brand new footage from inside its AMP-1 factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, where it will produce the Lucid Air electric sedan. The dedicated electric vehicle (EV) factory plans to begin delivering Lucid Air units by the second half of 2021, and in this first look from behind the scenes, we […]
President Joe Biden has consistently supported the mainstream adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), supporting them through his Buy American plan in January. President Biden is supporting a national EV charging network through a proposed $2 trillion infrastructure bill, as reported by CNBC. Within the plan, Biden also promises to have at least 500,000 installed throughout […]
This is getting out of hand, Volkswagen. Originally, we suspected the supposed U.S. name change to ‘Voltswagen’ was an April Fool’s Day joke, but on March 30, the German automaker issued a press release noting it was indeed changing its name. But now, Volkswagen explains to the Wall Street Journal the name change stunt was […]
CNBC reports that Lexus has announced plans to introduce 20 new or re-worked vehicles in either electric vehicle (EV) or hybrid models by 2025, with the company’s new EV direction based on a newly-announced luxury concept car called the LF-Z Electrified. The Toyota-owned vehicle manufacturer is set to include many of Lexus’s design elements, like […]
Update March 30: It was a joke after all, as we suspected. Shame on you, Volkswagen. Volkswagen has made major announcements in the last year about its moves towards zero-emission vehicles, and in a new announcement, the company has taken these goals one step further. On Tuesday, Volkswagen unveiled a new name for its U.S. […]
