Ford says it is increasing the price of its electric Ford F-150 Lightning Pro by nearly 11%, set to apply for the 2023 model year. According to a Ford spokesperson speaking with Reuters, the price hikes come as the automaker grapples with supply chain issues and inflation, specifically blaming “”ongoing supply chain constraints, rising material […]

After SpaceX confirmed that everything looked good for the Crew-5 Mission launch this week, the company has officially completed the launch. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on Wednesday launched from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with its Dragon spaceship atop the rocket. This Dragon spacecraft previously flew Crew-3 to the space […]

Plugin vehicle shares in the UK reached 22.4 percent, up from 21.6 percent year over year, according to CleanTechnica. The figure is made up of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) at 16.9 percent and plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) at 5.5 percent of the overall market share. A year ago, these figures landed at 15.2 percent and […]

Since entering the Australian market in August, the Tesla Model Y has been making waves, with many customers flocking toward the electric SUV in recent months. Tesla delivered 4,359 Model Y units in Australia in September, as reported by The Driven. The figure nearly doubles the next top-selling EV in the country, showing a dominant […]

Car hauling companies are requesting that the Biden administration raise weight limits aboard semi-trucks to let them move heavier EVs, as reported by Automotive News. The move to increase truck weight limits is heavily opposed by the rail industry and safety advocates, which claim that heavier loads are a lot more dangerous. While EVs have […]

Our Next Energy plans to spend $1.6 billion on a new battery cell plant in suburban Detroit to produce lithium iron phosphate cells and battery packs, as detailed in a report from Automotive News. The company, often dubbed “ONE,” signed a lease in Michigan for a 659,589-square-foot building located 25 miles west of downtown Detroit […]

Hyundai’s flagship electric vehicle (EV) is back with a new model year, and yesterday the embargo lifted on early reviews from automotive publications. Motortrend shared its first drive of the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 on Tuesday, boasting an aerodynamic design for a quiet and smooth ride. The Ioniq 6 has the same G-EMP platform and […]

SpaceX is set to provide Starlink internet to Wise County, Virginia through a grant from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority (VCEDA), as detailed in a report from the Bristol Herald Courier. The grant money will be dedicated to providing the low-Earth orbit satellite internet service to unserved and underserved households with school children in […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spoken out in regards to his agreement to buy Twitter on the original terms, after news broke on Tuesday morning. Musk said just now, “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” When asked if it would be easier to build X from scratch, Musk replied, “Twitter […]

Tesla has announced it will be removing ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles, the next step of its camera-based Tesla Vision Autopilot. “Today, we are taking the next step in Tesla Vision by removing ultrasonic sensors (USS) from Model 3 and Model Y. We will continue this rollout with Model 3 and Model Y, globally, over […]

Tesla announced on Tuesday it has hit a milestone of reaching 10,000 Superchargers in Europe. “Tesla owners in Europe now have access to over 10,000 Superchargers, spread over 30 countries,” said the automaker on LinkedIn. “The European network has already grown more in 2022 than any other year, with still 3 months to go,” said […]

BYD is partnering with e-mobility company Sixt in a sale of several thousands of EVs, with deliveries set to begin taking place this year, as detailed in a press release from the ride-sharing platform this week. Following initial deliveries in Q4 2022 in Europe, Sixt also plans to purchase 100,000 EVs through 2028 and the […]

The Tesla Model Y has become a popular choice on EV car-hire service Evee in Australia, as reported by The Driven. The news makes Evee the first car-hire company to receive the Model Y in Australia, even beating out Hertz and Sixt — the latter of which already has the Tesla Model 3 and the […]

Ahead of the Crew-5 Mission launch this week, SpaceX is looking to upgrade a secondary pad at the Cape Canaveral launch site. SpaceX is planning upgrades on another launchpad at Kennedy Space Center to be used as a backup for future cargo and crew missions, as reported by Space News. The news comes as SpaceX […]

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more popular in Europe with each passing quarter, and a new milestone has been reached with one of Tesla’s EVs at the forefront. The Tesla Model Y led Europe’s EV sales year to date through August, with 7,011 units of the electric SUV sold in the month, according to CleanTechnica. […]