Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), co-architect of the Green New Deal, is expanding his attacks on Tesla Autopilot. He previously only took issue with drivers intentionally defeating Autopilot’s “nag,” but today he criticized the entire syste…
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Elon Musk talks Tesla Cybertruck specs – will it fit in your garage?
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been getting a lot of press and a lot of pre-orders – over a quarter million as of the last update. But until now, nobody quite knew if the monolithic piece of machinery would fit in their garage.
Today, Tesla CEO E…
McLaren’s 2021 hybrid supercar will barely match Tesla’s 4-door sedan at 0-60
McLaren plans to hybridize its next-generation supercar with an electrically driven front axle, allowing it to hit 0-60 times of 2.3 seconds, down from 2.7 for its current model, according to CEO Mike Flewitt, as reported by Car and Driver. The car is…
Porsche testing 4-motor electric SUV drivetrain – the next Macan?
Porsche Engineering has developed a torque control system for a 4-motor electric vehicle drivetrain which lets electric SUVs handle “with the agility of a sportscar” in even the most difficult conditions.
Porsche hasn’t committed to …
Will the Miata go electric? Mazda’s considering it
Mazda is considering whether to electrify the MX-5 Miata, their most famous vehicle, according to R&D boss Ichiro Hirose and brand chief Ikuo Maeda, as reported by Autocar.
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Tesla Model Y deliveries will start in Q1, says Deutsche Bank
Tesla Model Y deliveries will start in Q1 of next year, according to a new research note from Deutsche Bank as reported by CNBC. If accurate, this means the first customers could get their cars within four months from now.
The bank bases its estimate…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Cybertruck could hit Cd of .30 “with extreme effort”
Last week we covered how the Tesla Cybertruck’s aerodynamics might be better than its boxy shape suggests, and today Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to the numbers and suggested that the Cybertruck could get a Cd (drag coefficient) as low as .3 &#…
Cybertruck most popular where Model 3 isn’t – Tesla opening new EV markets
Tesla’s Cybertruck has been having a bang-up week, with over a quarter million pre-orders since last week’s reveal. Now we’ve got some data on where those reservations are coming from, and it looks promising for Tesla.
Rather than b…
Ford’s all-electric Transit van will come in 2023
Ford is planning an all-electric Transit van which will hit the road in 2023, according to an inside source at Ford.
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EU regs mean they’ll get majority of Ford’s 50k first-year Mach E production
Ford will allocate 60% of their first-year Mustang Mach E production to Europe in order to meet EU fleet emissions regulations, according to an inside source at Ford.
First year production will be limited to 50,000 due to battery constraints. This me…