Honda, Toyota, and other members of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) on Thursday welcomed electronics giant Sony to the car business with hopes the debutant will help revitalize the industry in a time of uncertainty, supply chain issues, and a tumultuous chip shortage  — reports Automotive News. At the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) […]

SpaceX has some ambitious plans for 2022, as it has been revealed it’s aiming for a staggering 52 launches this year. That’s according to panel member Sandra Magnus, during a meeting of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) on Thursday, reports CNBC. Magnus, an astronaut, said there is “an ambitious 52 launch manifest” by SpaceX […]

President Joe Biden continues to ignore mentioning or acknowledging the achievements of Tesla, when it comes to electric vehicles. Biden shared a video on social media yesterday, where he stands beside General Motors CEO Mary Barra, touting the latter’s recent $7 billion EV investment into the state of Michigan. “I meant it when I said […]

After ranking high in both a satisfaction survey and a charging survey from J.D. Power last year, Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) are following up with high satisfaction ratings from their customers, according to results from a new survey. The Tesla Model 3 topped J.D. Power’s EV satisfaction survey for the second year in a row, […]

Tesla held its 2021 Q4 earnings call on Wednesday, and one channel has taken to cutting up the highlights to make the call a quick listen, rather than a long, slow burn. Solving The Money Problem shared a 15 1/2-minute supercut of Tesla’s Q4 earnings call on Wednesday, featuring mostly the highlights from the investor’s […]

Volkswagen plans to reveal its electric ID Buzz van on March 9, but that isn’t stopping users from sharing their first looks at the vehicle. A series of photos of the VW ID Buzz electric van were shared on the VWidTalk Forum on Wednesday (via @klwtts), depicting the electric vehicle’s (EV’s) interior from front to […]

Update: SpaceX says the launch has been delayed due to “unfavorable weather” and they will now try again on Friday, January 28: Due to unfavorable weather, now targeting Friday, January 28 at 6:11 p.m. EST for launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 27, 2022 SpaceX announced on Thursday it is set […]

After Nissan unveiled its Ariya electric SUV last year, the company is officially partnering with two other automakers to invest in the future of zero-emission technology. Nissan and Renault announced plans on Thursday to invest 23 billion euros ($26 billion USD) over the next five years into electric vehicle (EV) technology, according to Yahoo Finance. […]

Famous podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan saw the Tesla Cybertruck in person this week, and he reported back with high reviews of the unreleased vehicle. Rogan shared photos of the Tesla Cybertruck on Instagram on Thursday, going on to call the electric truck a “huge leap into the future.” The pictures look to be taken […]

One of the many benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) is the ability to improve them over time through over-the-air (OTA) software updates, like the one that is just now rolling out to Tesla customers in China for the Lunar New Year. Tesla China’s 2022.2.1 Lunar New Year software update began rolling out to customers on […]

Kia America has announced the U.S. pricing for the 2022 EV6, the Hyundai subsidiary’s very first all-electric model, starting at $40,900 USD ($33,400 after the $7,500 federal vehicle tax credit). Originally teased by Kia in March 2021, the 2022 EV6 is an electric crossover powered by state-of-the-art, high-density lithium-ion batteries that allow for an EPA-rated […]

Tesla shared more details about its Tesla Bots, or humanoid robots at its Q4 2021 earnings call today.  The automaker stressed it would not be launching any new vehicles this year, as it would put constraints on existing production and deliveries. But in the meantime, it would be still working on engineering and tooling used […]

During Tesla’s Q4 2021 earnings call, the automaker provided an update on its $25,000 USD car. “We’re not currently working on the $25,000 car,” said CEO Elon Musk. “At some point we will,” he added, saying Tesla has “enough on our plate right now,” and it’s “too much, frankly” at the moment. Musk said the […]

Tesla announced on its Q4 2021 earnings call the next market for its Tesla Insurance product, which offers insurance based on real-time driving data collected by the company’s Safety Score metric, will be Europe. Currently, Tesla Insurance is only available in Arizona, California, Illinois, Ohio and Texas. Tesla says its insurance product “encourages safer driving,” […]

Tesla confirmed on its Q4 2021 earnings call its Cybertruck and new Roadster won’t launch this year and will “hopefully” launch next year, said CEO Elon Musk. The company said while it won’t be launching new vehicles this year, it will be creating engineering and tools to create those vehicles, and start production hopefully by […]