When asked about doing an electric pickup truck to compete with Tesla’s upcoming pickup, GM CEO Mary Barra gave a great non-answer that would make politicians proud, but she did tease us with a ‘stay tuned’. At the Wolfe Research Global Auto Industry Conference earlier this year, analysts asked if GM was planning an all-electric truck now… Continue reading GM CEO Mary Barra says ‘stay tuned’ about something to compete with Tesla Pickup truck
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Tesla Model 3 is affecting Prius sales, admits Toyota – though still not convinced on EVs
Tesla’s Model 3 is stealing away sales from a surprising range of vehicles and Toyota is admitting to seeing an impact on Prius sales. As a premium car, you would think that it would more likely affect Lexus sales, but Toyota says “Tesla is creating an entirely new segment of vehicles.” Last year, Tesla revealed the top… Continue reading Tesla Model 3 is affecting Prius sales, admits Toyota – though still not convinced on EVs
Tesla is being ‘obsessively’ benchmarked by Cadillac ahead of their first EV
GM’s electrification approach by using Cadillac as its ‘lead electric brand’ is being heavily compared to Tesla’s and the company accepts that as it admits to being ‘obsessively’ benchmarking Tesla ahead of the launch of their first EV. Last week, GM announced that it is focusing the Cadillac brand on electric and last weekend, they unveiled images of… Continue reading Tesla is being ‘obsessively’ benchmarked by Cadillac ahead of their first EV
Audi is bringing its all-electric supercar to production to compete with new Tesla Roadster
Audi has reportedly confirmed that it is bringing its new PB18 e-tron all-electric supercar to low-volume production and it could arrive just in time to compete with the new Tesla Roadster. Several automakers are coming up with new all-electric supercars, which some dub ‘hypercars’, in order to enter the EV space from the top and gradually decrease… Continue reading Audi is bringing its all-electric supercar to production to compete with new Tesla Roadster
GM confirms it’s moving away from hybrids to focus on all-electric
As part of its renewed electrification effort announced last month, GM confirmed that it was killing the Chevy Volt, which many saw as counter-intuitive – but now the automaker says that it’s part of its plan to focus on all-electric vehicles. GM President Mark Reuss made the comment during the Detroit Auto Show (via Fox): “Answering… Continue reading GM confirms it’s moving away from hybrids to focus on all-electric
Nissan IMs concept unveiled, elevated sports sedan BEV with pimpin’ back seat
Fresh off its CES LEAF 62kWh unveil, Nissan today at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit took the wraps off its IMS concept car based heavily on its similarly named IMx concept. Have Nissan reached Concept-ception? Nissan calls the IMs an ‘elevated sedan’ because of its large wheels and raised above the battery… Continue reading Nissan IMs concept unveiled, elevated sports sedan BEV with pimpin’ back seat
Tesla implements innovative way to avoid gas cars ‘Icing’ Superchargers
Following several issues at Supercharger stations where gas-powered cars were blocking access, Tesla is now implementing an innovative way to avoid ‘Icing’ Superchargers and make sure the spots are always ready for Tesla vehicles. It’s not exactly uncommon for vehicles to block access to charging stations. It’s referred to in EV community as ‘Icing’ a charging… Continue reading Tesla implements innovative way to avoid gas cars ‘Icing’ Superchargers
Cadillac reveals images of the brand’s first EV, built on GM’s “BEV3” platform to challenge Tesla
As we reported last week, GM recently announced plans to position Cadillac as its lead electric vehicle brand. Today, GM shared the first images of Cadillac’s planned first all-electric vehicle. So far, we have no details other than two images, showing it to be a crossover-style vehicle. We are still waiting on a name, timeline,… Continue reading Cadillac reveals images of the brand’s first EV, built on GM’s “BEV3” platform to challenge Tesla
Tesla is not going to buy GM factory because of union employees, says GM CEO
After GM announced that it would shut down some factories, Elon Musk said that Tesla would consider buying one of them, but now GM CEO Mary Barra says that it will not work out because Tesla doesn’t want GM’s union employees. Last year, GM announced that they are closing 3 assembly factories in North America. In an… Continue reading Tesla is not going to buy GM factory because of union employees, says GM CEO
GM is making the right move by focusing Cadillac brand on electric, but it should go even further
As we reported yesterday, GM is announcing that Cadillac will act as its ‘lead electric vehicle brand’. The news was confirmed by the company today and here are my thoughts on the situation: After the news leaked yesterday, the automaker has now confirmed it in a statement as part of its annual earnings report: “Cadillac will… Continue reading GM is making the right move by focusing Cadillac brand on electric, but it should go even further