SkyDrive electric helicopter could be flying above Japan in 2025

Japanese electric helicopter startup SkyDrive has unveiled its electric helicopter that they hope to use as an air taxi service by 2025. The idea of electrified aviation is alive and well. Numerous companies are hoping to introduce electric planes and helicopters that could either autonomously or semi-autonomously transport passengers short and eventually longer distances. SkyDrive […]

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Tesla’s Elon Musk confirms AI Day 2 teaser features Optimus bot’s real hands

As it turns out, the new AI Day 2022 teaser that Tesla recently posted online depicted the real hands of Optimus, the Tesla Bot. This was confirmed by CEO Elon Musk in a recent response on Twitter.  AI Day 2022 is only a few hours away, and yesterday, Tesla’s official Twitter account posted a short […]

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Tesla Giga Nevada to receive recycled battery materials from Redwood’s closed-loop campus

Redwood Materials’ Battery Materials Campus 1 is still under construction in Northern Nevada, but it is already expected to start producing recycled battery product by the end of 2022. The recycled products will then be returned and used in one of the largest battery plants in the world — Gigafactory Nevada — which is jointly […]

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Tesla planning on producing 495k Model Y and Model 3 in Q4: report

Austin-based electric vehicle maker Tesla intends to increase the global production of the Model Y and Model 3 in Q4 2022. The electric vehicle maker is also looking to build on this momentum in 2023, especially as newer Gigafactories in Austin and Berlin ramp up their respective vehicle production. Tesla has been very optimistic about […]

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Tesla targets Q4 as momentum builder for 2023, with plans to reach BMW scale

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is planning to utilize Q4 2022 as a proverbial momentum builder for 2023 as the automaker plans to capture an annual production scale close to that of BMW. Tesla’s production scale will reach over 1 million units for the first time in company history this year. However, the automaker is turning its […]

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Audi Q4 E-Tron and Mercedes EQS SUV reviews, Midwest hydrogen fuel-cell trucking: Today’s Car News

Today we bring two first drives—of the American-made Mercedes EQS SUV and of Audi’s most accessible EV yet, the Q4 E-Tron family. And will a group of U.S. Midwest states manage to make their own hydrogen economy? This and more, here at Gree…