Tesla will create a permanent magnet electric vehicle motor with zero rare earth elements in it, the company announced at its Investor Day today. Rare earth elements are a bone of contention in EV supply chains, as it can be hard to secure supplies of them, and a large majority of worldwide production is either
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Tesla has officially announced ‘Gigafactory Mexico’ to build its next-gen vehicle platform to support new models. We knew it was coming for months, and it was confirmed by Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday, but now Tesla has made it official. At Tesla’s Investor Day today, the automaker announced that the project, now called
As a little appetizer to its world premiere later this month, Kia has just posted two short teaser videos offering a brief but exciting glimpse at its upcoming EV9 – an all-electric SUV with a third row and the the makings of an EV able to compete with the premium Rivian R1S, likely at a
Tesla is displaying an impressive-looking “pre-production beta Cybertruck” at Investor Day – resulting in our best look at the latest version of the electric pickup truck yet. As we previously reported, Tesla has built a fleet of beta Cybertruck prototypes to test ahead of the start of production this summer. Over the last few weeks,
Tesla is holding its first “Investor Day” at Gigafactory Texas in Austin today. You can follow this news hub to watch the event and get all the details and analysis about the most important news coming out of the presentation. Over the last few years, Tesla has started to hold regular events like ‘Battery Day‘
A new report states that Tesla is currently working on a Model Y refresh codenamed “Juniper,” which should come into production next year. We know that Tesla is currently working on a Model 3 refresh as prototypes have been sighted over the last three months. Now Reuters reports that a Model Y refresh is following
The news that Tesla officially allows other electric vehicle makes to charge on its Supercharger network is just a few hours old but we’ve already gone out to one of the 10 Superchargers that are enabled to give our little Chevy Bolt some Tesla juice. Here’s how it went. The station in Brewster is about
Tesla has finally started to open some Supercharger stations to non-Tesla electric cars owners in the US and it explained how it works. It has been a long time coming, but we also knew it was finally coming soon as we started to spot Tesla installing the “Magic Dock” at some Supercharger stations in the
Tesla has released a detailed look at its latest data privacy approach with more details about what stays in your car and what goes to Tesla. For a long time, data privacy was not really a thing car buyers were overly concerned about, but with the advent of connected vehicles, that’s starting to change. And
The US Postal Service will purchase 9,250 off-the-shelf Ford E-Transits in its push to move towards electric delivery vehicles, with deliveries beginning at the end of this year. USPS has recently been flirting with electrification as it plans to replace its 30+ year-old fleet of Grumman LLVs. The bidding process took several years, and originally
Honda and LG Energy Solutions joint venture (JV) broke ground on their $3.5 billion EV battery plant in Fayette County, Ohio, Tuesday as the company aims to begin mass production in 2025. Honda and LGES break ground on $3.5 billion Ohio EV plant A few months ago, in October, Honda and LG Energy Solutions (LGES)
A Toyota executive admitted that the Tesla Model Y is a “work of art” after this team conducted a teardown of the electric SUV. For years we have been in disbelief about Toyota’s reluctance to invest heavily in all-electric vehicles. The Japanese automaker was early in investing in hybrids with the Prius, but it has
Tesla has announced the price of the needed retrofit for older Tesla vehicles to use the CCS adapter and access other charging stations. For the past year, Tesla has been working to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles in North America. This has been a concern for Tesla owners since it will increase
Hyundai is promising a daring glimpse into the future of the urban SUV with its brand-new 2024 Kona electric model arriving this summer. The all-new Hyundai Kona electric has several new features including a bold, more dynamic “EV-derived” design. See a closer look at the 2024 Kona electric design in the video below from Hyundai.
Following a call between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, officials say a deal should be announced any day for a Tesla factory in Mexico. For months now, there have been rumors that Tesla is getting close to announcing a Gigafactory project in Mexico. Last year, we reported on Tesla’s
Doctors have said there “is no further hope” for actor Tom Sizemore, and recommended his family make an end-of-life-decision, his manager has said. The 61-year-old has been in intensive care, in a critical condition, since suffering a brain aneurysm at around 2am on Saturday, 18 February while at his Los Angeles home. He is understood
Tesla is completely dominating brand loyalty in the US, and that’s because electric cars are taking over, and Tesla is basically the electric car market in America right now. With over 60% of the new electric car market, Tesla is extremely dominant in the US. When you think “electric vehicles”, you are more likely than
As the auto industry moves toward a sustainable future, Nissan has made the strategic decision to ramp up their efforts in the electric vehicle market. The decision to accelerate its strategy comes as demand for zero-emission EVs continues climbing at a record pace. Nissan is recognizing the shift in consumer preference and is now doubling
Tesla has updated some of the language around its “Full Self-Driving Beta” program following the NHTSA recall, and some owners are quite disappointed. If you were to take the pulse of Tesla owners on social media this morning, you would find that many of them are confused or even disappointed. We are seeing a lot
Tesla announced that it has achieved a new production rate milestone at Gigafactory Berlin, which now produces 4,000 Model Y vehicles per week. When ramping up a new vehicle to volume production at a new factory, Tesla generally considers 5,000 units per week to be the goal. After starting production late in 2021, Tesla originally