Tesla with Off-Road Assist proves at home in Moab, and it’s not even the Cybertruck

When the Tesla Model Y was released, some reviewers of the vehicle proved a bit surprised to find that the all-electric crossover had a dedicated Off-Road Assist feature. The Model Y, after all, is an EV that’s optimized for city roads, as strongly suggested by its low ground clearance. Initial tests of stock Model Ys […]

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 deliveries to launch soon

Hyundai will soon start deliveries of the Ioniq 5, which was presented in February, in Norway. Several hundred examples of the 800-volt electric vehicle have already been shipped there. Specifically, it is the special model ‘Project 45’. According to the Norwegian Hyundai importer, the first transport ship with the electric model built in South Korea […]

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Volkswagen to apply agency sales model to Group brands

The Volkswagen Group wants to extend the agency model known from the ID.3 and ID.4 in sales to other Group brands. Skoda, Audi, Cupra and VW Commercial Vehicles are also to distribute their e-models in this way. In addition, the model is to be used in other countries. The agency model, in which customers order […]

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s hat is safe after ULA Vulcan rocket launch slips to 2023

In the latest unfortunate development for SpaceX competitor United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket, it looks like CEO Elon Musk may have been right all along when he forecast major delays more than three years ago. In February 2018, even before SpaceX had flown Falcon Heavy for the first time, detractors with axes to […]

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Elon Musk confirms the new Tesla Roadster’s 1.1-second 0-60 mph acceleration

It’s now official. The next-generation Tesla Roadster, when fitted with its SpaceX Package, would be capable of sprinting from 0-60 mph in 1.1 seconds. This insane piece of information was confirmed recently by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter.  Visitors of the next-generation Tesla Roadster exhibit at the Petersen Auto Museum observed something interesting in the […]

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Plugged In: Australia fiddles while Niro burns, big news on EV orders and batteries

Big news in Australian EV space with launch of NIro, the biggest EV order to date, while minister Angus Taylor says he won’t drive an electric car, just as Biden takes an electric ute for a spin.
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