After the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended last year that automakers provide car-specific instructions for extinguishing electric vehicle (EV) fires, eight of the 22 manufacturers have completed the suggested actions. On Wednesday, the NTSB said Honda, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Volvo completed the suggestions issued in a recommendation for emergency response guides to […]

After news that General Motors (GM) and Buick sought out a trademark for the Electra name in Canada, the company has officially begun working toward its first zero-emission release for the Electra lineup. Buick plans to bring the first Electra electric vehicle (EV) to U.S. and Canadian markets by 2024, and the automaker has committed […]

General Motors Co. is doing what virtually no other automaker, let alone electric vehicle (EV) maker, is doing right now: lowering prices. The veteran automaker is reducing the base prices for both the 2023 Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV by up to 18% compared to the 2022 model year — reports The Verge. The carmaker’s […]

Tesla has started rolling out its 2022.12.3.16 software update, as noted by third-party companion software, @Teslascope. This update was detected on a 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid in California, USA. No word on 2022.12.3.16 release notes, but stay tuned for updates. Earlier today, Tesla pushed out its 2022.12.3.20 software update, bringing more beta testers access […]

Despite being twice as fast as Volkswagen in many ways, one executive from the German automaker said on Wednesday that Tesla needs to find the right employees and ramp up its factory production to win the electric vehicle (EV) race. Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess says that the automaker’s momentum will make the race with Tesla […]

Following reports that NIO is hiring in the U.S. for its upcoming EV plant, the China-based automaker has revealed its delivery numbers for May, showing the company bouncing back after a long production halt. NIO has delivered 31,866 vehicles so far in 2022, marking an 11.8-percent increase year-over-year during the same period of time, as […]

Ford CEO Jim Farley spoke at the Alliance Bernstein Conference on Wednesday and said the company needs to revamp its century-long business model to compete in the electric vehicle marketplace. According to Farley, in order for Ford to make enough profit on its EVs, it will need to consider cutting ad spending and also overhauling […]

Tesla has scored a perfect 100 for the seventh year in a row on the Human Rights Campaign‘s Corporate Equality Index for LGBTQ persons working at the company. The news was shared by Tesla CEO @Elon Musk on Wednesday, along with a link to the index. Tesla scores 100/100 for 7th year in a row […]

Logan City police in Ohio have a new Tesla Model Y cruiser, received only last year, and saw a high-speed pursuit in the electric vehicle (EV) last month. A new video shows a Tesla Model Y police cruiser chasing down a gas Ford Mustang outside of Columbus, Ohio, as seen posted on Facebook last week […]

Panasonic has sent new 4680 electric vehicle battery cell samples to Tesla, ahead of expected surges in the automaker’s production using the next-generation batteries, according to Reuters. The new batteries are expected to begin mass production starting in March 2023, beginning first at its Wakayama, Japan factory and later moving production to North America. At […]

Elon Musk has been known to be fairly hard on his employees, and a recent email from the Tesla CEO shows that the automaker is no longer allowing remote work. Tesla is no longer letting employees perform remote work, as seen in an email sent to the company from Musk dated May 31, 2022 (via […]

Let’s take a look at a list of all the new Tesla Superchargers that went online over the past week, courtesy of data from Supercharge.info and the TMC Forums: Date Opened Location Number of Stalls Power Rating Official Listing May 23, 2022 Vinzenz-Pallotti-Straße 1, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany 20 250 kW Tesla May 24, 2022 9903 […]

Swedish premium electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Polestar earlier this month announced its new referral program. Through the Polestar referral program, drivers can earn rewards for person-to-person referrals. A Polestar owner can generate a personal referral code and share it with someone they know. If the other person joins the Polestar family by ordering a car […]

Italy’s Idra Group, the makers of Giga Press machines used by Tesla to stamp out parts for its vehicles, shared on Tuesday a new video detailing the “assembly of the Giga Press 9000t”. A clip of the video was shared by Tesla insider @SawyerMerritt, to which Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded, “Cybertruck body.” Cybertruck body […]

Volkswagen has unveiled a pair of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” inspired ID Buzz vehicles during a Star Wars event in Anaheim, California, as detailed over the weekend in a press release. The vehicles feature two different paint jobs, one of which is the “Dark Side Edition” in black and red, and the other of which is the […]