Renault Trucks doesn’t get a lot of headlines outside of France, but the company is serious about electric trucking – and its new 2025 MY E-Tech T electric semi truck is packing serious range, too: more than 600 km (about 375 miles) per charge! Renault claims its trucks have logged nearly 19 million all-electric miles, saving… Continue reading Renault E-Tech T semi truck gets 600 km range for ’25, logs 19 million miles
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Anti-Elon bumper sticker business gives insights into Tesla owners turning against him
A business selling anti-Elon Musk bumper stickers is providing some insight into Tesla owners turning against the company’s CEO. Since Musk bought Twitter and dove head-first into politics and social commenting, many former fans and Tesla owners have grown angry with the CEO and the company he controls. Many analysts are claiming this is hurting… Continue reading Anti-Elon bumper sticker business gives insights into Tesla owners turning against him
Tesla unveils upgraded Optimus robot hand, but impressive demo is again teleoperated
Tesla has unveiled a new and upgraded hand for its Optimus humanoid robot and released an impressive albeit still teleoperated demonstration. The Optimus program is somewhat controversial for Tesla. This is partly because it is a significant departure from Tesla’s core products, but the company has also created doubts about things like not disclosing that… Continue reading Tesla unveils upgraded Optimus robot hand, but impressive demo is again teleoperated
Tesla releases API pricing, dev says would cost $60 million per year to run his 3rd-party app
Tesla has released API pricing for third-party apps and this developer says that it would cost them $60 million per year to run their third-party Tesla app under these new pricing. After years of operating in a gray zone without an official API, which is an interface to communicate with a service, Tesla third-party apps… Continue reading Tesla releases API pricing, dev says would cost $60 million per year to run his 3rd-party app
Tesla now offers lease buyouts – after saying it would keep cars as robotaxis
Photo: Courtesy of Tesla Inc. Tesla has started offering lease buyouts on all its vehicles, allowing customers who lease a Tesla to purchase their vehicle at the end of the lease term. But this represents a pullback from its previous autonomous vehicle ambitions. In yet another end-of-week (well, at least in the US, due to… Continue reading Tesla now offers lease buyouts – after saying it would keep cars as robotaxis
Tesla adds longer cables and more to Superchargers as non-Tesla EVs complicate things
Photo: Volvo Car USA Tesla has made several changes to its Supercharger network, including adding longer cables, to make the experience smoother as more non-Tesla EVs join the network and complicate things. In North America, Tesla has been opening up the Supercharger network to electric vehicles from other automakers for the better part of the… Continue reading Tesla adds longer cables and more to Superchargers as non-Tesla EVs complicate things
Tesla adds direct charge port defrosting option just in time for winter
Tesla adds direct charge port defrosting option just in time for winter During Model 3’s first winter in 2018, we reported that the electric car had some issues with the cold weather, and Tesla said they were investigating the situation. Several owners in cold weather regions were experiencing difficulties entering their vehicles because the door handles wouldn’t open,… Continue reading Tesla adds direct charge port defrosting option just in time for winter
Tesla Cybercab is in NYC, providing a cool look at an uncertain future [Gallery]
Early last month, Tesla unveiled the Cybercab, a 2 door vehicle with no steering wheel and pedals, fully reliant on the future of autonomy. Since then, they’ve put the vehicle on display at a couple Tesla showrooms, most recently at the Meatpacking District location in New York City. I went to go take a look,… Continue reading Tesla Cybercab is in NYC, providing a cool look at an uncertain future [Gallery]
GM’s next electric pickup truck might actually be a Hyundai or vice versa
Pickup trucks and SUVs dominate the North American market and are gaining traction overseas. Seeing the opportunity, GM and Hyundai are reportedly teaming up to launch an electric pickup. GM and Hyundai team up to launch an electric pickup GM and Hyundai signed a Memorandum of Understanding in September to partner up on new vehicle development… Continue reading GM’s next electric pickup truck might actually be a Hyundai or vice versa
Elon Musk fires back on excluding Tesla from California’s new EV incentive he wants to kill
Elon Musk fired back at California Governor Gavin Newsom who said the state might exclude Tesla from a new EV incentive meant to replace the federal one Musk is trying to kill. The knives are out. As we previously reported, Trump’s transition team has already been strategizing about how to repeal the Inlfation Reduction Act… Continue reading Elon Musk fires back on excluding Tesla from California’s new EV incentive he wants to kill