by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 25, 2020
Tesla may be able to boost the amount of energy it can store in its batteries by as much as 50% during the next three to four years, CEO Elon Musk suggested in a tweet. Such a move could make battery-electric vehicles far more competitive with conventional,...
by Michael Strong | Aug 25, 2020
Despite lower traffic levels across the nation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the coming Labor Day weekend is predicted to see as many as 390 deaths and 44,000 serious injuries on America’s highways and byways. The National Safety Council said the estimate is...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 24, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Uber’s former chief security officer with obstruction of justice for covering up a hack of the ride-hailing service’s computer system in 2016 and exposing the personal data of millions of users of the service and its drivers....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 21, 2020
The first of the new Volkswagen ID.4 battery-electric vehicles has begun rolling down the Volkswagen assembly line in Zwickau, Germany, the all-electric SUV set to become VW’s first long-range model offered in the U.S. market. The Zwickau plant recently went through a...
by Michael Strong | Aug 21, 2020
Days after four children died in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma after they were unknowingly left in hot cars, Tesla Inc. is asking the federal government for approval to use a new sensor that could help cut down on this issue. The EV maker petitioned the Federal...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 21, 2020
Ford Motor Co. and INRIX Inc. are rolling out plans for new services compatible with the automaker’s new Sync 4 system, which help drivers find both fuel and the least expensive parking spots. INRIX officials noted its parking and fuel services will be soon available...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 20, 2020
We’ll be seeing an explosion of new brand names over the next few years, a sizable share of them – like Fisker, Lucid and Lordstown Motors — offering battery-electric vehicles. Among the list is one you might already have heard about, Polestar initially debuting...
by Michael Strong | Aug 20, 2020
Some former top Volkswagen AG executives are breathing easier after German prosecutors agreed to end dieselgate-related investigations in exchange for paying fines. Former Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch and former VW Chief Executive Matthias Mueller are no longer being...
by Michael Strong | Aug 20, 2020
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc. is offering a way to save EV buyers big money when they purchase their vehicle: don’t buy the battery pack. The company is introducing a battery leasing service, letting buyers purchase an EV without owning the battery pack...
by Joseph Szczesny | Aug 20, 2020
Amazon is emerging as a key supplier to the auto industry of cloud-based computing services, which will play a larger role in the car business in the years to come. It already has developed close ties to the world’s two largest automakers, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2020
General Motors will launch “20 or more” battery-electric vehicles worldwide by 2023, and 40% of the new models it’s aiming at the Chinese market going forward will be BEVs. By various estimates, that could substantially increase the value of an automaker that has long...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Aug 19, 2020
Terms like “Tesla fighter” and “Tesla killer” have become cliché, and also just plain false, so many seemingly solid contenders either falling by the wayside or failing to dent the California EV maker’s dominance on the sales charts. But one startup could be getting...
