In a tweet on Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company had started rolling out an over-the-air software update for its Model 3 electric cars to address a problem with their braking performance, a problem revealed by Consumer Reports last week. In the tweet, Musk said the update should improve braking “by ~20 ft… Continue reading Tesla Model 3 gets over-the-air update for brakes
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Sono Sion solar electric car promises 18 miles of range from solar panels
Solar cells have gotten cheap enough to make solar cars practical. At least that’s the business model of one electric-car startup in Europe. Sono Motors plans to build a $25,000 electric car covered in solar cells that can provide up to 18 miles of range a day. The company plans to introduce it at the… Continue reading Sono Sion solar electric car promises 18 miles of range from solar panels
Volvo ditches diesel, but will half its cars be electric by 2024?
Volvo says it is going all-in on electric cars in an effort to turn the company into something of a Tesla alternative. To that end, the company has announced that half its cars will be battery electric models by 2024, according to a report in Road & Track earlier this year. It has also dedicated… Continue reading Volvo ditches diesel, but will half its cars be electric by 2024?
Honda starts production of new Insight hybrid in Indiana
Honda starts production of new Insight hybrid in Indiana Email This Page Your email was sent successfully. Close ]]> Honda announced that it began building its third-generation Insight hybrid at its factory in Indiana this week. The company first introduced a concept version of the car at the Detroit auto show in January, and showed… Continue reading Honda starts production of new Insight hybrid in Indiana
Tesla Model 3 software updates revealed
As Tesla has been working to ramp up assembly of its more affordable Model 3 sedan, the company has also been adding features to existing examples with its over the air software updates. We spoke with Tesla to learn the extent of updates and found five updates that have been rolled out to existing Model… Continue reading Tesla Model 3 software updates revealed
Audi invests heavily in 20 electrified cars by 2025
At its annual meeting Wednesday, Audi announced an ambitious plan to build 20 new electrified cars by 2025, most of them battery electrics,. The company says it will invest $47.6 billion (€40 billion) into these electrified cars, a new app platform for its cars, a new fleet of autonomous vehicles to be launched in 2021,… Continue reading Audi invests heavily in 20 electrified cars by 2025
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn: 188 miles is enough for electric cars; now prices must be cut
2018 Nissan Leaf with EVgo fast charger at NJ Turnpike Molly Pitcher travel plaza, Feb 2018 Enlarge Photo At about 188 miles, the range of today’s electric cars is enough. It’s the price that needs to come down. So says Carlos Ghosn, an electric-car pioneer among CEOs of mainstream automakers. Ghosn made the statement at… Continue reading Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn: 188 miles is enough for electric cars; now prices must be cut
Japanese automakers team up to solidify next-gen batteries
Lithium-ion cell and battery pack assembly for Nissan Leaf electric car in Sunderland, U.K., plant Enlarge Photo Facing competition from American scientists, Japanese automakers are teaming up to develop solid-state lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, according to a Nikkei report. Solid state batteries have been seen by some engineers as the holy grail for cars… Continue reading Japanese automakers team up to solidify next-gen batteries
Battery shortage interrupts Hyundai Ioniq Electric sales
Just when it looked like sales might take off for a variety of electric cars, a global battery shortage has put a damper on sales of models from Hyundai. We got a heads up from a Canadian reader that customer orders for the Ioniq Electric in Canada have been put on hold due to a… Continue reading Battery shortage interrupts Hyundai Ioniq Electric sales
Tesla reportedly locks out contractors in midst of Model 3 ramp up
Last Wednesday, during Tesla’s earnings call, we learned that CEO Elon Musk planned to restructure the company and to cut the number of contractors used at Tesla’s factories. That day came suddenly this morning. Electrek reported this morning that it had obtained an internal memo from Musk noting that contractors’ time was up, and that… Continue reading Tesla reportedly locks out contractors in midst of Model 3 ramp up