Tesla Powerwall batteries are aiding home workers in Elon Musk’s country of birth

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, work-from-home employment has become the norm. Unfortunately, in South Africa, the country of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s birth, the return of load-shedding practices from Eskom, an electricity public utility, meant that employees working from home are at risk of losing power during work hours. That is, at least, if they do […]

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Benteler presents new high-pressure heat exchanger

The supplier Benteler has presented an effective cooling system for electric vehicles. The high-pressure heat exchanger is only the size of a packet of cigarettes and is designed to couple the battery cooling and air conditioning systems – providing more efficient cooling performance in some situations. The high-pressure heat exchanger is designed to be easily […]

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Serial production of the VW ID.3 kicks off in Dresden

The Transparent Factory in Dresden has started series production of the ID.3. This makes it the second production site for the electric model after Zwickau. However, the number of units produced at the Dresden MEB plant is manageable. As with the start-up of the e-Golf in 2017, production of the ID.3 will begin in the […]

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Tesla FSD Beta helps Sandy Munro change tune on self-driving

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta has won over automotive industry legend Sandy Munro, who had his first experience with the semi-autonomous characteristic earlier this week with notorious ownership club Tesla Owners Silicon Valley. Munro had one prior experience with Tesla’s self-driving programs, and it wasn’t a pleasant one. However, his first experience with FSD Beta quickly […]

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Lordstown confirms electric van for 2022 production, LG Chem batteries for Endurance pickup

Ohio-based Lordstown Motors released the most substantial update on its business in many months, detailing, among other things, the battery supplier for its Endurance electric pickup truck, and confirmation of an electric van for 2022. Lordstown confir…