Swedish electric vehicle (EV) company Polestar announced in a press release Thursday that it has raised $550 million (USD) in investments in its recent round of fundraising. This effectively marks the first time external investors have backed Polestar, in everything from the company’s EVs, to its brand, production capacity, financial goals, and its high-growth potential. […]
Ford today unveiled BlueCruise, its new hands-free highway driving feature set to debut later this year to equipped 2021 F-150 and Mustang Mach-E vehicles later in 2021. BlueCruise looks to compete against Tesla’s Autopilot and GM’s Super Cruise when it comes to highway-only driving. The feature lets you remove your hands from the steering wheel […]
Lucid Motors on Wednesday shared a new video of its Lucid Air electric sedan cold weather testing, at -40 degrees Celsius (-40 F). The company said they tested the Lucid Air at a cold location, plus also cold-soaked the vehicle overnight using climate chambers to -40 C. “And that has all different kinds of impacts […]
In a report released Tuesday, Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Environment recommended that the federal government implement a new national Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) standard, as part of a huge list that includes 13 recommendations to “encourage the production and sale of ZEVs in Canada,” according to Electric Autonomy. The move also supports the […]
Taiwan component manufacturer Pegatron has officially selected an El Paso, Texas site to build a factory, which the company will use to supply electric vehicle (EV) parts to Tesla, as reported by the Commercial Times (via Reuters). While Pegatron said that certain details of the US factory investments were still in the planning stages, including […]
China-based automaker Xpeng Motors launched the P5 sedan on Wednesday, an electric vehicle (EV) sporting self-driving features, according to CNBC. The P5 is Xpeng’s third production model and is expected to be a direct competitor with Tesla’s Model 3 sedan. Xpeng’s P5 is equipped with LiDAR technology, a laser-based road sensing system that will allow […]
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 […]
