by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
The media and short sellers may be wrong after all Last week, Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, made world news by announcing his plan to take the company private. The market reacted immediately, with the TSLA stock skyrocketing. Even though a lot of short sellers expect the...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
First of five new facilities Faraday Future is fighting hard to see its first FF91 all-electric vehicle — an SUV with a heavy emphasis on the sports component of that acronym — leave its Hanford, California factory sometime in December of this year. Despite being,...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
How about a student tour of The Boring Company’s Hawthorne, CA tunnel? Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s Boring Company announced on Twitter that it will be offering student tours of the tunnel site in Hawthorne, CA. Each tour can host up to 30 LA county students at a...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Sales of plug-in electric cars in the UK grew consistently and July is not an exemption. In total, some 4,550 new plug-in cars were registered, which is 26% more than year ago, at market share of almost 2.8% (close to the all-time record of 2.9% in December 2017)....
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Almost 6% of new BMW and MINI sold these days are plug-ins BMW Group continues to improve its plug-in electric car sales in July, however the pace of growth decreased last month to 30.9%. In total, some 10,649 plug-ins were sold, which is 5.9% of BMW’s total sales...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture targets 30% electrified sales by 2022 Dongfeng Motor Company Limited (DFL), a Chinese joint venture between Nissan and Dongfeng, re-confirmed its goal to introduce 20 electrified models (all-electric or e-POWER series hybrids) under four...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Long range of the law. After working with the Maryland Energy Administration to obtain a Smart Energy Communities grant, Sergeant Richard Hartnett and the Hyattsville Police Department purchased a Chevrolet Bolt EV and two public charging stations. More About Plug-In...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
NIO to raise $1.8 billion on the New York Stock Exchange Chinese company NIO seeks to raise $1.8 billion in its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. It is the biggest listing by a Chinese automaker, according to Reuters. NIO is still in the early...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Takes us for some quick rides When we talk about cars and their performance, the terms horsepower and torque always get tossed about. But what do these terms represent and how do they help us compare the abilities of a gasoline-powered car with an electric one? We’re...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
We drive the latest electric car to bring high voltage to motorsport. Here is the reality of watching a motor race. You stand at a wind-swept track, far from civilization. On the rare occasion it doesn’t rain, you will get sunburnt. Nobody knows who is in what...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
We get our first chance to ride in Audi’s new electric e-tron SUV. Chinese electric carmaker NIO plans to start its expansion in the U.S. by raising money. We look at why fuel-economy standards don’t need be loosened to keep cars safer, and we ask...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Check out our best look yet at the updates to the electric Mini’s cabin. A fresh crop of spy shots provides a better look at Mini’s development of an electric powertrain for the Hardtop. There’s an even better view inside the cabin this time, too. More Mini MINI Exec...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Is it a bicycle? Is it a motorcycle? It’s the Sur-Ron Light Bee! Electric bikes are a good compromise between bicycles and scooters or mopeds. You have the agility and practicality of a bicycle with the extra oomph of the electric motor if you need it, all without...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
At 5 o’clock in the morning, the only sound heard at the summit of Pikes Peak, 14,114 feet above sea level, is the ceaseless whipping of the wind. Inside the Audi e-tron electric crossover SUV prototype, I hear almost no sound at all. Silence, like the e-tron itself,...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Chinese electric carmaker Nio has filed for an initial public offering to sell its stock in the U.S., according to a Reuters report Tuesday. The company, which has built a Formula E race car, an exotic electric sports car, and an electric SUV for China, is looking to...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Hyundai envisioned the Kona Electric for a camping weekend. Hyundai Kona Electric once again positively surprises as it’s equipped with a Utility Mode, which could be called camper mode, that enables one to stay in car for a prolonged time with all electric stuff...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Tesla Semi was spotted at truck inspection center off Interstate 80 It was seemingly while doing a cargo run between Tesla’s Freemont factory and the Tesla Gigafactory 1 It was a good day for the ladies and gentlemen of the California Highway Patrol commercial truck...
by Electrek | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Tesla’s board and Elon Musk are each going forward with their own teams to evaluate the yet-to-be-official take-private proposal that has been discussed over the past week. more… View Entire Article on...
by Green Car Reports | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Smaller, lighter cars always get the blame when politicians want to lower fuel-economy standards. They lobby that too many Americans will be driving lighter cars and that that will lead to more deaths on America’s roadways. That’s exactly the argument that...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Some desktop wallpaper material right there The Model S was released in 2012. Its design is probably about 2-3 years older than that. However, the Model S still looks clean and fresh as it did when it was revealed to the public. It’s no wonder that the highly popular...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Bloomberg reports that Daimler is in talks with BAIC to produce smart electric cars in China through a new joint venture. Smart cars are produced in France and were one of the first Western EVs imported to China several years ago, although in low volume because import...
by Electrek | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Electric scooter sharing programs, created by companies to provide a fast and convenient form of personal electric transportation in urban areas, have not been without controversy. Starting earlier this year, the scooter sharing programs began appearing in cities...
by Electrek | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
VW launched Electrify America as part of its $2 billion settlement with the EPA and CARB over the Dieselgate scandal. The company is spending most of the money on a nationwide electric vehicle charging network, but it also has to spend some on EV education. It is...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Tesla is moving forward with its promise of Urban Supercharger expansion. Tesla continues to expand its charging network with Superchargers and Destination chargers. Superchargers are meant for long-distance travel, while Destination chargers are free for use at...
by Inside EVs | Aug 14, 2018 | Automotive Technology
Jaguar continues to be outsold by Tesla in July by a huge margin In July, Jaguar sold some 10,922 cars worldwide, which is 15% less than a year ago, although 105,047 deliveries in the first seven months of 2018 is a stable result (down 2.9% year-over-year). Jaguar’s...
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