At the 67th IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hannover today, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has unveiled several new electric vehicles including a cargo version of the I.D. BUZZ, am e-Cabby, a Cargo e-bike, and more. more…
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Electric bus maker Proterra secures $155 million investment led by Daimler
Daimler has many different heavy-duty electric vehicle efforts, including electric buses, but now the Germany automaker is also investing in U.S. electric bus maker Proterra.
The startup has secured a new massive $155 million round of investment. more&…
Watch an Audi RS3 with 4 Formula E electric motors make ‘the hottest donut ever’
As we reported a few months back, Schaeffler has built a crazy new all-electric vehicle by adding a battery pack and 4 Formula E electric motors to an Audi RS3 in order to create an 880 kW all-electric racing car.
They have now let German race driver D…
The reports of Tesla’s death are greatly exaggerated
Following a few tough weeks for Tesla on the financial markets and in the news, short sellers and detractors are already claiming victory, but to borrow the words of Mark Twain: the reports of Tesla’s death are greatly exaggerated. more…
Amazon is going to sell electric car chargers with installation as a turn-key solution
Amazon sells pretty much everything and it already sells electric car home chargers, but now the company also wants to get involved in the installation process with a full “turn-key” solution – starting with the Audi e-tron quattro. m…
VW unveils MEB platform for electric vehicles, launches ‘Electric for all’ campaign to have ‘affordable’ EVs
VW unveiled its MEB electric platform this week and it is launching a new effort called ‘Electric for all’, which represents the brand’s goal to deploy millions of “attractive models at affordable prices on the road.” more…
First look at the Audi e-tron pricing, options, and online configurator
One of the most disappointing thing about the launch of the e-tron yesterday was that Audi is not making it immediately available despite announcing the start of production earlier this month.
Instead, Audi is following Tesla with the reservation model…
Tesla (TSLA) now reportedly under a criminal probe over Elon Musk’s take-private comments
Even weeks after giving up on the idea, Elon Musk’s attempt to take Tesla private is still haunting the automaker in a big way.
Tesla is now reportedly under a criminal probe over Elon Musk’s take private comments. TSLA stock price is down…
Tesla’s fully self-driving cross-country road trip to ‘probably’ happen with version 10 ‘alpha build’, says Elon Musk
Tesla has been talking about demonstrating the full capabilities of its second generation Autopilot system with a fully self-driving cross-country road trip for 2 years now, but it has yet to happen.
Now CEO Elon Musk gives a new timeline for the fully…
Audi launches e-tron electric SUV with $74,800 starting price
After years of teasing with concept vehicles and prototypes, Audi has finally launched the production version of the e-tron electric SUV in the US.
A special ‘Edition One’ is hitting the market first in Q2 2019 at $86,700 before incentives …
