Toyota is planning to unveil a new, three-year electric vehicle (EV) plan which includes changes in its main supplier relationships, according to two people familiar with the matter in a report from Reuters. The Japanese automaker will share updated EV plans through 2026. It will highlight important adjustments to some of its key suppliers, according […]
Tesla is planning to open its largest Supercharger station in Australia next month, planned to include 12 V3 charging stalls in Box Hill outside of Melbourne (via The Driven). The Supercharger station is expected to become operational just after New Year’s, and construction on the site has already begun, according to sources who spoke with […]
Starlink is continuing to expand its service reach, and new information seems to show that customers in Nigeria are now set to receive the first of the user terminals for SpaceX’s satellite internet service ahead of a full-scale launch in the country. SpaceX has begun shipping some Starlink pre-orders to customers in Nigeria, as part […]
A new review of Tesla’s Model X Plaid surfaced on Sunday in a video from the YouTube channel Autogefühl. The in-depth review focuses on the luxury electric SUV’s exterior and interior, as well as how it feels when driving, looking at nearly every aspect of the vehicle from the user interface and cabin noise cancellation […]
Tesla has been approved by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to begin a “statewide market design pilot” for its Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program, according to statements made by an official on LinkedIn on Sunday (via electrek). Arushi Sharma Frank, U.S. energy markets policy lead for Tesla, said that the pilot could now […]
Tesla appears to have brought out the big guns as it rushes to make its final deliveries in the last few weeks of the year. The automaker maker was recently spotted hauling a ridiculous number of electric vehicles (EVs) across Europe on a train. Twitter user @Luc Waterlot spotted a train loaded full of Model […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid has added yet another notch to its belt this week, breaking the lap record for all vehicles — electric or otherwise — at the Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California (via InsideEVs). The Model S Plaid, modified by Unplugged Performance, posted a lap time of 1:13.51. It handily toppled the previous […]
Tesla has hit the ground running in Thailand, racking up more than 5,000 Model 3 and Model Y orders within just three days of launching the two electric vehicles (EVs) in the country (via The Nation Thailand). The automaker touted the warm welcome it has received on its Thai website. According to executives at Tesla’s […]
Autogefühl‘s Thomas Majchrzak recently posted his in-depth review of the 2023 Tesla Model S Plaid — or as he calls it, the “hypercar from stock.” The first customer deliveries of the Model S/X Plaid in Germany were only just confirmed this week. Majchrzak, a journalist and car enthusiast from Germany, took the Model S Plaid […]
NIO on Friday opened its first showroom in Sweden, a little over a couple of weeks after the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker opened its first battery swap station in the European country (via CnEVPost). The “NIO Space,” as the company calls it, is located at the Westfield Täby Mall Centrum in the Swedish capital of […]
Volkswagen on Friday announced that its ID. Buzz all-electric van has received the highest possible five-star safety score and “very good” rating from the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP). a road safety evaluation organization. “As the Volkswagen bus of a new era, the ID. Buzz has already received many national prizes and awards […]
Tesla Model S/X Plaid units have started arriving in Germany, with the first Model X Plaid orders being delivered to customers in the country on Friday (via @Berlinergy). Model S/X Plaid arriving in 🇩🇪🤩-Trailer on Autobahn 8 (A8) near Pforzheim today Source TFF Forum -Model S Plaid tested on the Autobahn near Berlin Source https://t.co/viR6QwWH5E […]
Tesla’s Cybertruck is slated to start production soon and what appears to be the first image of a Cybertruck frame has popped up on the web. The image was shared with Kim Java by an anonymous source and what we see is the Cybertruck frame and casting parts at the back. The truck’s frame sits […]
A recent blog post spotted on the South Korean blog Naver appears to confirm that Tesla’s much-anticipated 2022 holiday update will roll out as software version 2022.44.25. Every year, Tesla releases a holiday update with significant improvements and some fun new features meant to spread holiday cheer. We reported earlier this week that this year’s […]
The dearMoon project to fly a crew of civilians around the moon has revealed its team members, ahead of the planned 2023 launch. SpaceX on Friday announced plans to launch the dearMoon mission, which includes ten crewmembers led by Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa (via Twitter). The crew is made up of artists, content creators, and […]
