Tesla was supposed to come out with some new Enhanced Autopilot features, especially new Summon+ features, last year, but the new capabilities have been delayed. Now CEO Elon Musk says that the new features should be going to beta testers “in the next few weeks”, but others are being held up due to “some regulatory pushback”. In October, Musk… Continue reading Tesla is getting ‘some regulatory pushbacks’ over new Autopilot feature, says Elon Musk
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GM partners with EVgo, ChargePoint and Greenlots to improve its EV charging solution
GM announced today that it is partnering with EVgo, ChargePoint and Greenlots, three of the biggest charging networks in the US, in order to improve its electric vehicle charging solution for customers. While companies like Tesla are building their own charging networks to specifically cater to their own vehicles, several other automakers rely on third-party… Continue reading GM partners with EVgo, ChargePoint and Greenlots to improve its EV charging solution
Toyota says it doesn’t worry about Tesla’s lead, shuns all-electric and goes ‘electrified’ by 2025
Despite its early effort in electrification with the Prius and a partnership with Tesla, Toyota has famously been looking down on battery-electric vehicles in favor of hybrid and fuel cell vehicles. Yet, the Japanese automaker says that all its models will be ‘electrified’ by 2025, but it’s being vague about what it means and it still… Continue reading Toyota says it doesn’t worry about Tesla’s lead, shuns all-electric and goes ‘electrified’ by 2025
Faraday Future settles dispute with investor, but it’s not out of the woods
Faraday Future, once seen as the main EV startup, had a tough 2018, but it announced that it closed out the year by settling its dispute with its main investor. Though it doesn’t mean that it’s out of the woods just yet. It seemed like the startup was finally out of the woods after a… Continue reading Faraday Future settles dispute with investor, but it’s not out of the woods
Tesla is working to ‘dramatically increase’ Superchargers within cities, European expansion, and more
As a late Christmas gift, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced some expansions to the Supercharger network, including ‘dramatically increasing’ Superchargers within cities, a European expansion, and more. Last month, Musk announced another expansion of the Supercharger network in order to cover “95% to 100% of the population in all active markets.” He also said that the… Continue reading Tesla is working to ‘dramatically increase’ Superchargers within cities, European expansion, and more
Tesla Supercharger gets taken over by anti-Tesla pickup truck drivers acting aggressively
In what appears to be an act of protest against Tesla, a bunch of pickup truck drivers used their trucks to block access to a Supercharger station and reportedly yelled profanities about Tesla until they were removed from the premises. The incident happened in Hickory, North Carolina last weekend. A Tesla owner and Reddit user… Continue reading Tesla Supercharger gets taken over by anti-Tesla pickup truck drivers acting aggressively
Uber’s new Jump electric bicycles just fixed everything wrong with shared e-bikes
Jump, an electric bicycle sharing service, was scooped up by Uber last year. The ride-sharing giant used Jump as its first foray into the booming micro-mobility industry. Now Jump has released a totally redesigned electric bicycle that focuses on usability, reliability and user interface upgrades. This new model could change the way people think about… Continue reading Uber’s new Jump electric bicycles just fixed everything wrong with shared e-bikes
Audi e-tron achieves 155 kW fast-charge rate with impressive full cycle
Despite being a little late to market due to “software issues”, Audi’s e-tron electric SUV is likely going to be the passenger electric vehicle with the fastest charge rate on the market – at least for the first half of 2019. It has now been spotted charging at 155 kW and it maintained a high charge rate… Continue reading Audi e-tron achieves 155 kW fast-charge rate with impressive full cycle
Tesla patents technology for more accurate GPS positioning
With the advent of self-driving vehicles, GPS accuracy is becoming increasingly important and Tesla believes that it developed a technology that allows for a more accurate positioning by sharing data between vehicles, according to a new patent application. Tesla’s latest patent application called ‘Technologies for vehicle positioning’ was filed last year and made public this week.… Continue reading Tesla patents technology for more accurate GPS positioning
Faraday Future is running out of cash and can’t pay employees, more furloughs
Following a significant fallout with its main investors, Faraday Future is running out of cash and it is on the brink of bankruptcy. The startup now says that it can’t pay employees and it is putting more of them on furlough. It seemed like the startup was finally out of the woods after a large… Continue reading Faraday Future is running out of cash and can’t pay employees, more furloughs