Tesla has released new impressive images of “revolutionary” manufacturing improvements featured on the Model Y’s underbody and CEO Elon Musk says that there’s more to come. more…
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Month: May 2020
SpaceX’s Moon Starship is a brilliant step towards reusable Mars rockets
SpaceX’s newly-announced Moon Starship is a fairly radical departure from the Mars-focused, fully-reusable vehicle the company has been pursuing for years. Unintuitively, that may be the perfect half-step towards truly reusable Mars rockets. On April 30th, NASA announced that SpaceX had won $135 million to design and build a highly-customized variant of its reusable Starship […]
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It’s official: electric bike sales have skyrocketed during the coronavirus lockdown
As government-imposed lockdowns spread around the US in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses have been suffering. With people stuck at home and tightening their purse strings, many feared that the hardship would be acutely felt by the s…
Bollinger Motors unveils Class 3 AWD electric truck platform
Bollinger Motors announces plans to produce and sell the all-electric B2 Chassis Cab. The Bollinger B2 Chassis Cab is the world’s first and only Class 3 all-electric chassis-cab truck platform, and it offers unlimited work truck variants. …
Tesla dives deep with Model Y casting redesign from Model 3
Elon Musk is one of many people who predicted that the Model Y would be Tesla’s most successful vehicle to date. The vehicle not only has mass-appeal due to its crossover body style and environmental advantages, but it also is Tesla’s most structurally innovative vehicle yet. The Model Y’s underbody rear casting is one of […]
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Interview: From Ferraris to Solar Cars
Lowie Vermeersch is a famous Belgian car designer. In this two-part interview, we walk through his career, starting at the TU Delft in Holland all the way to running his own design studio–Granstudio–in Turin, the heart of the Italian car design Industry.
New CHAdeMO 3.0 ultra-fast EV charging protocol revealed
CHAdeMO Association has released the latest CHAdeMO protocol (CHAdeMO 3.0) to its Regular members, specifying the requirements for designing the next-generation CHAdeMO chargers, using the brand-new, identical plug with China’s GB/T protocol, allowing …
“A lot of exciting news”: Elon Musk reveals just how far ahead of the game Tesla is now
Tera-factories, Full Self Driving and a profitable Model Y – a number of significant tidbits from Tesla’s first quarter earnings report illustrate just how far Tesla is ahead in electric vehicle game.
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One day electric cars and trucks could charge each other on highways
Researchers say peer-to-peer electric car charging system, allowing EVs to “lend” energy to each other, could cure range anxiety and reduce battery size.
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Webasto Supplies Charging Stations for Scania Plug-In Hybrid Trucks
Throughout Europe, Scania is now selling its new plug-in hybrid truck together with charging stations from Webasto. Customers can choose between the simple-to-operate Webasto Pure and the intelligent Webasto Live charging stations. Moreover, Scania cus…