BMW and Volkswagen (VW) have announced massive price cuts in China, following the likes of 5 other automakers who are battling an initial price cut from Tesla late last year. Tesla’s massive price cut in China has caused an avalanche of similar price adjustments from competing manufacturers attempting to keep up. This includes domestic Chinese […]
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Volkswagen Group announced today it has chosen St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, for its first-ever North American electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing gigafactory. Volkswagen Group, along with its battery company PowerCo, selected the region for its production of sustainable unified cells and hopes to launch production in 2027, it said today. The decision to expand outside […]
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Tesla Autopilot traveled fewer miles between accidents in Q4 2022 compared to the quarter prior, the company’s vehicle safety report showed. In the fourth quarter, Tesla recorded one crash for every 4.85 million miles driven in which drivers utilized Autopilot. In the third quarter, Tesla had one accident for every 6.26 million miles driven. The […]
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Lexus has launched the RZ 450e, its first fully electric vehicle and its first step towards its sales electrification plan. Toyota and its premium brand have fallen behind traditional rivals in electrification, but they want to change that with their first electric vehicles. The Toyota BZ4X was relaunched late last year, and now, its Lexus […]
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Tesla’s Fremont Factory continues to receive refinements and upgrades to help with the production of electric vehicles, filings show. Tesla continuously upgrades its factories, and through the daily operation of machinery, things continue to be fixed, replaced, and refined to keep manufacturing lines moving. However, Tesla is doing more than just routine production line maintenance […]
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Rivian is reportedly in the midst of negotiating the removal of the exclusivity clause from its agreement with Amazon to supply the online retailer with electric vans. Under the 2019 agreement with Amazon, among other requirements, Rivian was forced to sell all its vans to Amazon, which agreed to buy 100,000 vans by 2030. However, […]
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Elon Musk challenged the validity of a recent report that claimed he was building an employee neighborhood in Texas that would be ideal for workers. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Musk was planning to begin constructing a neighborhood in Bastrop County near SpaceX and Boring Co. operations, two of his entities. […]
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Elon Musk teased the idea of Twitter buying Silicon Valley Bank after its sudden and somewhat unexpected demise earlier this week. Musk responded to a suggestion from Min-Liang Tan, CEO of gaming computer company Razer, who stated, “Twitter should buy SVB and become a digital bank.” Musk was not totally against the idea based on […]
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The Tesla Cybertruck continues to run into hurdles regarding the design of its windshield wiper blade. The story of the Tesla Cybertruck’s windshield wiper is a long and, thus far, fruitless one. CEO Elon Musk has even gone as far as lamenting that the Cybertruck’s windshield wiper “is what troubles [him] most.” Now, it seems […]
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Tesla Full Self Driving was put to the test on MotorTrend’s infamous test track. Besides their fantastic performance capabilities, Tesla vehicles are known for their ability “to drive themselves.” Tesla Full Self Driving is set to dramatically change how we transport ourselves in the coming years, but in one of the most unique tests of […]
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