In a recent interview out of Europe, Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark promised some bold specs from the luxury automaker’s first battery electric vehicle. Despite describing the “brutality of acceleration” in the upcoming EV, the Bentley chief said that won’t be its main selling point. It will instead be the “effortless overtaking” from torque on demand.… Continue reading Bentley CEO promises first EV will scream luxury at 1400 HP and redonkulous 1.5 sec 0-60
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Tesla increases top speed of Autopilot with ‘Tesla Vision’ to 85 mph
Tesla has started to push a new software update to increase the top speed limit of Autopilot for vehicles with ‘Tesla Vision’ to 85 mph. It is almost a year to the day that Tesla announced the transition to its “Tesla Vision” Autopilot without radar. The idea was that it would transition to only using… Continue reading Tesla increases top speed of Autopilot with ‘Tesla Vision’ to 85 mph
Following Volvo and Ford, Renault aims to spin off its EV business into a separate company
Last week, French company Renault announced its plan to fully review spinning off its electric car business into a separate company in 2023, in hopes of catching up with rivals Tesla and Volkswagen. Renault said that the new EV spin-off could bring on board 10,000 new employees by 2023, and its business model would be… Continue reading Following Volvo and Ford, Renault aims to spin off its EV business into a separate company
Tesla abandons plans to enter the Indian market for now
Tesla has officially abandoned its effort to enter the Indian market and even started to reassign local employees. The automaker couldn’t get the government to change its mind on high import tariffs for foreign electric vehicles. India has the biggest auto market that Tesla has yet to enter. For years, Elon Musk said that Tesla’s… Continue reading Tesla abandons plans to enter the Indian market for now
Foxconn wastes no time announcing Fisker PEAR will be built at newly acquired Lordstown plant
Less than twenty-four hours after announcing the closing of its purchase of an Ohio assembly plant from Lordstown Motors, Foxconn and its partner Fisker Inc. announced the facility will soon be home to production of the latter’s upcoming PEAR EV. We first learned of Project PEAR, an acronym for Personal Electric Automotive Revolution, in February… Continue reading Foxconn wastes no time announcing Fisker PEAR will be built at newly acquired Lordstown plant
Tesla asks Panasonic to speed up development of its 4680 battery cell
Tesla has asked Panasonic to speed up its development of the 4680 battery cell, which is going to power its next-gen electric vehicles. The Japanese manufacturer is reportedly still looking for a location for a US factory. Back in 2020, Tesla unveiled its 4680 battery cell, a new tab-less battery cell in a bigger format with… Continue reading Tesla asks Panasonic to speed up development of its 4680 battery cell
Tesla recalls 130,000 vehicles due to CPU overheating, but the fix is again a software update
Tesla issued a new recall affecting almost 130,000 2021 and 2022 vehicles over a problem regarding the CPU of the center screen’s computer overheating. The good news is that the fix is again an over-the-air software update. The automaker has detected a problem where the center display may become laggy due to CPU overheating when… Continue reading Tesla recalls 130,000 vehicles due to CPU overheating, but the fix is again a software update
Tesla explains its approach to sourcing lithium, nickel, and cobalt directly from mines in impressive detail
Tesla released interesting and rare details about its approach to sourcing lithium, nickel, and cobalt directly from mines instead of through its cell suppliers. This approach is going to be critical as companies fight to secure those minerals for battery production to support electric vehicle growth. While Tesla sources the vast majority of its battery… Continue reading Tesla explains its approach to sourcing lithium, nickel, and cobalt directly from mines in impressive detail
Tesla significantly increases its battery recycling capacity, but only a few owner battery packs are coming back
Tesla confirmed that it has significantly increased its battery recycling capacity over the last year, but it currently only sees a few battery packs from consumer vehicles coming back. This effort is key to making battery-electric vehicles sustainable long term. When it comes to emissions throughout the entire life cycle, electric vehicles have two main… Continue reading Tesla significantly increases its battery recycling capacity, but only a few owner battery packs are coming back
VW CEO thinks they can sell more electric cars than Tesla by 2025 – is it even possible?
Herbert Diess, the CEO of the Volkswagen Group, believes that the German automaker can sell more electric cars than Tesla by 2025. Is that goal even possible? When it comes to all-electric vehicle sales, everyone is trying to catch up to Tesla, but the automaker has a big lead, and it’s not slowing down. With… Continue reading VW CEO thinks they can sell more electric cars than Tesla by 2025 – is it even possible?