Scooters with swappable battery packs are spreading across the world. Dutch manufacturer Etergo just got a significant boost of €10 million in funding (about $11.4 million) to put its electric bike, the AppScooter, into production. That’s in addition to the €5 million (about $5.7 million) from crowdfunding earlier this year. With the backing of a major German auto manufacturer who […]
Month: December 2018
Watch Tesla Model 3 being assembled from start to finish
Tesla has released some rare new footage from inside the Fremont factory showing a Model 3 being assembled from start to finish. more…
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US Plug-In Hybrid Car Sales Charted: November 2018
November was a record month with over 14,000 sales From time to time, we’ve been asked about separate sales reports for plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars and last month provided us with a perfect opportunity to look into PHEVs more deeply as more than 14,000 were sold. The split between PHEVs and BEVs requires some […]
Tesla wraps matte black Semi prototype in stunning red amid continued road tests
Tesla has seemingly decided to spice up the road tests of its all-electric truck, wrapping one of its test mules in a stunning matte red color. The vehicle, which has caught the attention of the Tesla community, was spotted in the 405 in LA, before being sighted in the Kettleman City Supercharger. While Tesla’s silver […]
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Is There Any Way Elon Musk’s Boring Company Can Become A Reality?
TUNNEL VISION: CAN ELON MUSK’S ‘BORING’ PLAN SUCCEED? Elon Musk is a doer. While most people see problems and complain about them, Elon sees a problem and starts a company to solve it. Everyone hates horrendous traffic – what if we could cruise smoothly underneath it? The Boring Company aims to make this practical via […]
FAW’s Hongqi Launches First Electric SUV Called E-HS3
More electric SUVs coming in China. Hongqi, the premium car brand owned by FAW Group, officially put its first all-electric SUV dubbed E-HS3 into mass production on December 27. The model has been unveiled at the Auto China 2018 in April and is about to hit the market next year. The Hongqi E-HS3 boasts a […]
Tesla’s Latest Software Update Helps Thaw Charge Port
Tesla Model 3 notes issues in cold weather This winter – as there have been well over 100,000 Tesla Model 3 delivered – more reports on issues in cold weather appear. Some concerns are door handles, frameless windows and the charge port. In the case of charge port, it turns out that the latch could freeze […]
Plug-In Electric Car Sales In Europe Increased In November
BEV sales almost doubled, while PHEVs decreased 14% November 2018 was the third best month of plug-in electric car sales in Europe, which gives us hope for a new all-time record in December. In total, some 37,591 plug-in cars were sold, which is 31% more thana year ago at 3.2% market share. Because BEVs increased 96% to […]
Porsche Taycan orders, electric towing, urban-charging reality check: The Week in Reverse
Which upcoming electric car is already sold out for a year, before it even goes on sale? What company warned electric-car drivers that networked home chargers could be hacked and potentially damage electrical systems? This is our look back at the (shor…
Roborace Tests Top Speed Of Autonomous Electric Race Car: Video
Robocar does quite well on the straights… Roborace is the Formula E’s sister series, the world’s first competition for self-driving cars. Recently, the development team took one of the prototypes for a top speed test. As it turns out, the Robocar was able to achieve 299.60 km/h (187.41 miles). Not bad, but also not that […]
