Volvo receives the largest order for electric trucks in Australia

Volvo Trucks has been tasked with fulfilling the largest order for electric trucks in Australia. Team Global Express, an Australian express freight company, has placed an order for 36 Volvo electric trucks, the company said yesterday. It will take just one quarter to get the vehicles built and on the road, as Volvo expects the […]

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Tesla launches Model 3, Model Y in Thailand

Tesla has officially launched the Model 3 and Model Y in Thailand with a special launch event in Bangkok. Tesla has been planning to enter Thailand for some time. In May, filings showed the automaker had already registered for a business license and was putting together a team of executives. However, this is no concrete […]

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Tesla begins preparing for a revamped Model 3 line at Fremont Factory

Tesla is making major changes to the overall look of its Model 3 lines at the Fremont Factory in preparation for the revamped design of the all-electric sedan, codenamed: Project Highland. Tesla has filed for several revisions of the Model 3 lines at Fremont, according to documents found by Teslarati. In all, Tesla’s GA3, or General […]

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StoreDot validates extreme fast charging ‘100in5’ EV cell’s performance

StoreDot announced that its groundbreaking extreme fast charging “100in5” electric vehicle battery cell had its technology successfully validated by a leading, independent battery lab in Israel. On Tuesday, StoreDot confirmed the Shmuel De-Leon Energy battery lab successfully confirmed the “100in5” cell’s commercialization viability and its superior fast-charging ability, as well as its high-energy performance in […]

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Tesla China denies rumors of production cuts at Gigafactory Shanghai

Tesla China has denied rumors of potential production output cuts at Gigafactory Shanghai. The company’s China division officially stated that several media reports speculating that Tesla would cut production by as much as 20 percent in Shanghai were  “untrue.” Just hours before Tesla’s announcement of over 100,000 vehicle sales in November in China, a new […]

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Polestar continues Volvo’s tradition of safety with perfect Polestar 2 NCAP rating

Volvo-owned Polestar is continuing the Swedish automaker’s tradition of safety, as the Polestar 2 was recently awarded a five-star safety rating by the U.S. NHTSA, the highest possible score a car can achieve in the agency’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). Volvo’s tradition of safety and innovation in that field has continued through its partial […]

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Tesla Semi developers reflect on first deliveries: ‘Out the door. For the world.’

Following the first deliveries of the Tesla Semi to Frito Lay last night, the program’s developers are reflecting on the past five years as the vehicle has finally reached the end stage of its initial production run. First unveiled in 2017, the Tesla Semi was delayed on several occasions. Initial delivery projections from Tesla have […]

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It’s Tesla Semi Delivery Day…Will it live up to the hype?

Tesla is set to deliver its highly-anticipated all-electric Semi today for the first time. Will the truck live up to the hype? Roughly two months ago, CEO Elon Musk announced Tesla would deliver the Semi to Frito Lay locations in California following the vehicle’s acquisition of an EPA Certificate of Conformity. Tesla and Musk had […]

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BYD to launch Tang SUV and Han sedan in Mexico in 2023

Chinese electric vehicle company BYD will expand to Mexico next year, aiming to sell its Tang SUV and Han sedan in the market in 2023. BYD’s Zhou Zou said the company plans to sell the two vehicles in Mexico next year as a part of an expansion in portions of the Western Hemisphere. BYD recently […]

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Lordstown Endurance units head to customers for initial deliveries

Update 10:35 AM ET: Lordstown’s expected production rate for 2022 and 2023 with quotes from Q3 Earnings Call added. Lordstown Motors announced today that the first production units of the Endurance all-electric pickup are leaving its Ohio factory and headed to customers. The Endurance officially achieved full homologation earlier this week and was fully certified […]

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