Polestar At the Geneva Motor Show last month, Volvo flaunted its long-range plug-in hybrid Polestar 1, which can pull with 600 horsepower thanks to its two electric motors and a 2.0 liter turbo engine. The final price on such a beast has just been revealed at Auto China 2018 in Beijing: $155,000 in the US,… Continue reading Volvo’s Polestar 1 luxury hybrid will cost $155,000
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Byton teases its second “experience-driven” vehicle
Byton Byton wowed us at CES back in January with its first autonomous EV concept car, a smart SUV built for passenger comfort. At the Beijing Motor Show, the company teased its second vehicle concept, an electric sedan slated to go into series production in 2021. Byton isn’t releasing details for the unnamed sedan until… Continue reading Byton teases its second “experience-driven” vehicle
Tesla: Workplace safety, unions and the color yellow
Tesla’s troubles with media reports on working conditions and union organizing took a hard right turn on Monday. In response to Reveal’s report on Tesla’s workplace safety, the auto manufacturer accused the Pulitzer-finalist of being “an extremist organization working directly with union supporters to create a calculated disinformation campaign against Tesla.” When reached for response… Continue reading Tesla: Workplace safety, unions and the color yellow
Lyft promises to make all rides carbon neutral
Lyft Lyft announced today that it will purchase enough carbon offsets to make every Lyft ride carbon neutral. Just within the first year of this program, the company says it will put millions of dollars towards the effort and expects to offset over a million metric tons of carbon. To make every ride carbon neutral,… Continue reading Lyft promises to make all rides carbon neutral
Use Chevy’s in-dash system to pay for your Shell gas
Chevy/Shell If you have a 2017-and-later Chevy with access to GM’s on-board marketplace, you might be able pay for gas without having to take out your wallet. The automaker has teamed up with Shell to roll out what it says is the first in-dash fuel payment in the US. If you’re fueling up at participating… Continue reading Use Chevy’s in-dash system to pay for your Shell gas
Alibaba is the latest Chinese internet giant to test self-driving cars
Tim Graham via Getty Images China’s Alibaba Group has been testing its own autonomous vehicle technology, the South China Morning Post reports, and is looking to hire an additional 50 self-driving vehicle experts. Alibaba’s rivals Baidu and Tencent have also been working on autonomous technology and last month, Baidu received the go-ahead from the Chinese… Continue reading Alibaba is the latest Chinese internet giant to test self-driving cars
VW will debut cars with autonomous parking in 2020
Volkswagen Automakers are fond of experimenting with self-parking cars, but VW intends to make it a practical reality. It’s promising that vehicles in the company group (which includes brands like Audi, Bentley, Porsche and Lamborghini) will start including autonomous parking as of 2020. The system will only be available in “selected” parking garages at first,… Continue reading VW will debut cars with autonomous parking in 2020
Inside BMW’s Autonomous Driving Campus and plans
Dr. Dirk Wisselmann, senior expert for autonomous driving at BMW, tells me that the automaker’s first level 3 car will have the technical capabilities for level 4 or 5 highway driving. “We can create a software update (for the car) and inform our drivers, ‘We are are very confident on this road. We are very… Continue reading Inside BMW’s Autonomous Driving Campus and plans
Ford’s self-driving car network will launch ‘at scale’ in 2021
Ford Ford hasn’t been shy about its plans for a self-driving car network in 2021, including its hopes of fielding a purpose-built vehicle that year. However, there have been questions about the size — will this be like the services we’ve seen so far, where one city gets a limited taste of the autonomous future?… Continue reading Ford’s self-driving car network will launch ‘at scale’ in 2021
Elon Musk agrees robot glut slowed Model 3 production
Tesla’s affordable Model 3 has been trapped in development hell for what seems like ages now, and in an interview with CBS’s Gayle King, CEO Elon Musk offered a little more insight into how the production process has fallen short. While escorting King through the company’s Fremont, California-based factory, Musk conceded that Tesla might’ve been… Continue reading Elon Musk agrees robot glut slowed Model 3 production