Rimac shares crash test video of $2M electric hypercar

Croatian electric sports car producer Rimac recently put its new C_Two hypercar through a series of rigorous crash tests in order to create an extremely safe hypercar that the company claims will cost around $2 million. Research and development into the car’s safety was a focus of Rimac. The car has an anticipated top speed […]

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk gives VW CEO kind words amid automaker’s massive EV push

Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave some support to embattled Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess on Tuesday, despite the German automaker’s legal troubles relating to its high-profile Dieselgate scandal. Despite allegations made by the EPA regarding the German automaker, Musk have Diess his support as a response to an article written by Bloomberg‘s Chris Bryant, who […]

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Porsche Taycan selected by legendary American tuner as first electric vehicle project

Porsche’s flagship all-electric sports car, the Taycan, is set to receive some improvements from legendary American tuning house, Hennessey. President and CEO of Hennessey Performance Engineering John Hennessey made the announcement in a press release on September 24. The company has been in business for 28 years and is known as one of the highest-performance […]

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Tesla to install a Supercharger V3 station in Florida

Clearwater, Florida will receive Tesla’s second full V3 Supercharging Station, according to permits found online. MyClearwater.com, a website local to Clearwater, Florida, shows that Tesla Clearwater applied for a permit on August 26, 2019, to build a full V3 Supercharger Station. It will be the fifth Supercharger station available to Tesla owners in the Tampa/Clearwater […]

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Tesla’s Dog Mode helps Model S owner win animal cruelty lawsuit

A man in Ireland has recently been cleared of animal welfare charges thanks to Tesla’s Dog Mode after local police were called on him for leaving his dog in his Model S on a hot day. Ross Hunt, of Blackrock, Dublin left his Poodle, Loki, in his car during a lunch meeting at Roly’s Bistro […]

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SpaceX installs two Starship wings ahead of Elon Musk’s Saturday update

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is just six days away from giving an updated Starship presentation and the company is working relentlessly to get the spacecraft as close to a finished product as possible. In the last 48 hours, this burst of effort was marked (most notably) by the installation of two of Starship Mk1’s actuating […]

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Is there anything Tesla can’t do in the automotive world?

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Tesla’s V10 Caraoke makes it nearly impossible to have a boring Supercharging session

Tesla’s V10 update is filled with new features, and a number of them are designed to enhance a car’s fun factor. From Netflix and YouTube streaming through Tesla Theater to a cool new run and gun game in the form of Cuphead, the electric car maker appears to be making a serious push towards making […]

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Daimler abandons internal combustion engine development to focus on EVs

In a rather surprising announcement, German automaker Daimler has revealed that it will be stopping its internal combustion engine development initiatives as part of its efforts to embrace electric vehicles.  The update was announced by Daimler development chief Markus Schaefer. According to a recent report from veteran German motoring magazine Auto Motor und Sport, Schaefer […]

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Tesla Model 3 beats the VW Polo to become the Netherlands’ most popular car

The electric vehicle revolution continues to grow throughout the world and Europe is proving itself as a key contributor in the movement, with reports out of the Netherlands showing that the Tesla Model 3 has recently bceome the most popular vehicle in the country. The 10,000th Tesla Model 3 was registered on September 17, according […]

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