Electric Cars

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Alex Dykes, of Alex on Autos, chose to produce a video comparing two electric cars you might not consider rivals: the Tesla Model S and Kia EV6. While people sometimes wonder why we chose to compare any two EVs, it’s simple. If they’re both electric cars – of which there are still few options, and many

By Maria Merano Posted on May 24, 2022 Tesla started rolling out its 2022.16.0.2 over-the-air update. The update includes navigation energy prediction, blended brakes, improvements to driver profiles, and Supercharger wait times. Teslascope first detected the 2022.16.0.2 update rollout on a 2019 Model 3 Performance in New South Wales, Australia. Since then, a few more Tesla

High-capacity portable power stations and home backup batteries that can store lots of energy and dump lots of power are already changing the game when it comes to going off-grid or preparing for a disaster that you hope will never come. And the Bluetti AC200MAX showcases a great example of how far the industry is

Jay Leno received a special guest recently at his garage, Ford Motor Company’s CEO Jim Farley. The Blue Oval’s big boss came around to show Jay the company’s most recent electric vehicle, the F-150 Lightning. The first thing Jay wanted to know was how hard was the F-150 Lightning to sell to the bean counters

By Joey Klender Posted on May 23, 2022 Volkswagen announced on Friday that it had officially started production of the ID.4 all-electric crossover at a new facility in Emden, Germany. The plant is the newest electric vehicle manufacturing facility for Volkswagen and is another step in the automaker’s plan to expand its global manufacturing footprint

Elon Musk told reporters in Brazil that Tesla will have self-driving cars without the need for human drivers behind the wheel for supervision or at all really around this time next year. It’s Musk’s latest timeline on Tesla’s full self-driving effort, but he has been wrong about those in the past. The Tesla CEO was

The Lucid Air is, on paper at least, a seriously compelling package. While some electric sedans like the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan focus on performance, and others like the Mercedes EQS prioritize comfort, the Lucid Air seemingly blends the best of both worlds. YouTuber Tesla Joy recently spoke to Lucid owner Ian. He

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 20, 2022 Federal Judge James Donato from California has formally dismissed a securities fraud and defamation lawsuit filed by a Tesla bear against CEO Elon Musk, Tesla, and a Model 3 owner. The order was filed on Thursday.  In the order, Judge Donato noted that the lawsuit filed by

I’ll admit it – things have gotten pretty weird and wild in this column in the past. But while vehicles like electric submarines, backyard trains, and party buses shaped like tigers all have a certain indescribable charm to them, this week’s electric vehicle stretches the limits of what you could reasonably call “a vehicle.” But

Take a trip to Oslo, the capital of Norway, today and you may be surprised to observe that so many of the vehicles driving around the city are electric. In today’s Norway, if you buy a new car, it will take some explaining to your friends why you didn’t get a fully electric model –

By Maria Merano Posted on May 20, 2022 Tesla plans to stay in Shanghai’s closed loop system until mid-June. Giga Shanghai employees may move into a dormitory, keeping them within the closed loop system.  People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that Tesla China plans to stay in the closed loop system until June 13. Giga

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

General Motors is now fully committed to a future of electric cars in all classes, shapes, and sizes. The automaker now suggests that producing and selling an entire lineup of EVs that will eventually be on sale at the same time will work to promote sales. GM believes that the upcoming “full portfolio” plan will

By Maria Merano Posted on May 18, 2022 The Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta V10.12 update is now going out to employees as 2022.12.3.10. According to Teslascope, the release notes for the update have not been released yet. Last week, Elon Musk noted that Tesla FSD Beta 10.12 contains a lot of updates to the self-driving code,

Tesla has started to offer its new Giga Texas-built Model Y to some customers as an option to accelerate delivery. At the Cyber Rodeo event last month, Tesla delivered its first made-in-Texas Model Y vehicles. We noted that it was strange that Tesla didn’t reveal any details, like specs and pricing, about the new version of

Electrify America and Genesis today announced a collaboration that will offer three years of unlimited 30-minute charging sessions to Genesis GV60 owners and leasees. The deal was announced on the same day that the GV60 officially went on sale in the US, with a starting MSRP of $58,890 ($59,980 after destination charges). The GV60 utilizes

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 17, 2022 Twitter’s acquisition for $44 billion cannot move forward, at least until the social media company can properly provide proof of its claim that fake or spam accounts comprise less than 5% of its users.  In a filing with the SEC, Twitter noted that its bot estimate came