Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Toyota on Tuesday announced an additional $1.3 billion investment in its Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly plant to prepare for production of a 3-row electric SUV. This additional money, which brings the plant's total investment to nearly $10 billion, "supports the previously announced future BEV assembly at Toyota Kentucky," according to a company.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Tesla posted over 37 jobs related to its Dojo project. Tesla has been working on Dojo for a few years. The supercomputer has taken a backseat to Tesla’s other projects but has steadily been making progress. Almost all of the new jobs related to Dojo are located in Palo Alto, California. Some of the Tesla jobs are in Austin, Texas, and one is in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The Porsche Taycan boasts better numbers all around. Toyota adds to its Kentucky EV plans. And before its Gen 2 EVs have launched, Ford starts touting its Gen 3 EV project that could face Tesla and China on cost. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford CEO Jim Farley, during the company’s Q4 2023 earnings call Tuesday afternoon, noted.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Tesla China is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a series of incentives that are designed to encourage existing owners to travel more. The incentives were announced through Tesla China’s official Weibo account. As could be seen in Tesla China’s social media post, the company is offering a number of special “courtesy” perks for customers this New Year.
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Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
In the same quarterly investor call where Ford emphasized a pivot toward more affordable EVs, Ford on Tuesday also suggested that hybrids will remain an important and growing part of its vehicle lineup for many years. Referring to a “new market reality” with respect to EVs, Ford emphasized that it anticipates aggressive growth on.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
EV charging network Electrify America will soon offer the public an EV charging experience safe from the elements, where drivers can pull in, plug in, and chill out while their vehicle replenishes. This flagship indoor charging station kicks off a potential future in which you don’t have to wait in your car or outside while you charge… It also has complimentary Wi-Fi.
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Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. The small team consisted of “some of the best EV engineers in the world,” according to Ford’s CEO Jim Farley. It will be used to launch several new software-defined electric models.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It appears that Tesla Giga Berlin is ready to leap back into action. The facility temporarily halted its Model Y production from January 29 to February 11 due to Houthi attacks on freighters in the Red Sea. From February 12, 2024, however, production of the best-selling all-electric crossover is expected to restart. In a comment to German media, Giga Berlin plant manager André Thierig noted that the facility’s supply chain is intact.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
An autonomous Waymo car hit a cyclist in San Francisco yesterday – but luckily the cyclist had only minor injuries. Still, it’s bad news for urban cyclists , and for Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle division, which is already having a tough time shaking off the Cruise disaster.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Tesla FSD (Full Self-Driving) Beta’s launch in Europe might have gained some traction after the United Nations Economic Commission (UNECE) for Europe added DCAS (Driver Control Assistance Systems) regulations to its provisional agenda. Tesla has been working on releasing FSD Beta in Europe for some time. In May 2023, two Tesla vehicles in Europe received FSD Beta, exciting owners in the region.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Historically, less economically rich countries have been the “dumping ground” of older, “out of date” vehicles from Europe, the US, [continued] The post Ethiopia Banning Non-Electric Car Imports appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Britain’s largest telecom service provider has put forward a plan to ensure that EVs are always within range of a charger. To do that, they’re planning to retrofit their existing street cabinets into publicly accessible L2 chargers.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
January delivered an EV market crash in plug-in electric vehicle sales in New Zealand, to their lowest level in several. [continued] The post New Zealand EV Market Crash: 5% Penetration in January 2024 appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Porsche’s electric sports received a major upgrade for the 2025 model year. The new Porsche Taycan features longer range, more performance, and fast charging capabilities.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
In Tesla’s recent shareholder letter for Q4 2023, Tesla noted that Cybertruck production capacity at its factory in Texas was. [continued] The post Can Tesla Cybertruck Reach 400,000 Sales A Year? appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Watch out, Toyota. BYD continues its dominant overseas expansion after accounting for over 20% of Japan’s EV imports last month. After launching just last year, BYD is already making its presence known as Japan lags behind the auto industry’s shift to electric.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
A new video from the California Highway Patrol shows a Tesla Semi carefully navigating down an icy hill on I-80 Eastbound at Donner Summit. It’s a good thing Tesla does some pretty intense real-world testing before it releases its vehicles to the public, because this will undoubtedly not be a one-off instance. Tesla Semi’s intense, all-terrain testing is not for the faint of heart Truckers are confronted with some pretty treacherous driving conditions at times, and it is important th
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
A few months after sharing initial details and images, Polestar’s flagship smartphone, developed by Meizu in China, has been spotted on Google’s API website as a device compatible with the Play Store. Details of the incoming Polestar Phone remain relatively light, but we can confirm it will run on Android and support Google Play.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Tesla is rolling out the first-ever software update for the Cybertruck with version 2024.2.3. Here’s what got better. Although the Cybertruck started deliveries in late November and has been making its way to non-employees for quite a few weeks now, Tesla is releasing the vehicle’s first software update. Tesla starts Cybertruck deliveries for non-employees The update features several fixes, including one to increase the font size to be compliant with a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety St
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
BMW is launching its first all-electric luxury wagon, the i5 Touring, with up to 348 miles (560 km) WLTP range. The luxury BMW wagon is more advanced than ever. It’s now more sporty, has new features, and is available in an all-electric form for the first time.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
You’d have to be living under a rock these days to not know that electric bikes, which were just a. [continued] The post It’s Like An Electric Go-Kart, But For Snow: ENVO SnowKart appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Storied Italian car brand Lancia revealed its first new car — electric or otherwise — in over a decade, and it did so without warning, without fanfare, and weeks ahead of schedule.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The second generation Porsche Taycan is focused on better efficiency, more performance, and faster charging. The post Porsche Taycan 2.0 — Faster, Further, Focused appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Ford is laying off some 3,500 workers in Germany as the automaker ends the production of the Focus – the once crazily popular car that never managed to get off the ground with its electric version – in 2025.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The Boring Company’s (TBC) Prufrock-3 is taking form at Tesla Gigafactory Texas. Drone operator Jeff Roberts shared photos of TBC’s Prufrock-3 with another section at Tesla’s factory in Texas. The boring machine seems prepared to launch underground. The Boring Company has already dug out a pit for Prufrock-3 to start digging. TBC’s Prufrock is designed to porpoise or to launch directly from the surface and re-emerge at the other end of the tunnel.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Geely Holding Group subsidiary Geely Auto has announced a vehicle purchase agreement with fellow marque brand ZEEKR to sell its EVs and aftermarket parts in Mexico. With the agreement, Geely hopes to fast-track ZEEKR’s line of advanced new energy vehicles to Mexican consumers hungry for more sustainable alternatives to combustion models as a stepping stone to further expansions South to Latin America.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
A SpaceX Dragon crew capsule has started its journey home with four Ax-3 astronauts aboard. The crew capsule undocked from the International Space Stations after an 18-day mission this morning at 9:20 a.m. EST and is set to splashdown off of the Florida coastline on Friday. Commander Michael López-Alegría, mission specialist Alper Gezeravcı, mission specialist Marcus Wandt, and pilot Walter Villadei are onboard after two weeks at the ISS.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Tesla has released the first major software update for the Cybertruck, and it improves the electric pickup’s handling, charging, and more.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Ford CEO Jim Farley noted during the automaker’s Q4 2023 earnings call that the company has a dedicated “skunkworks” team that has been developing a new electric vehicle platform focused on cost reduction. Recent reports have now indicated that Ford’s skunkworks team is being led by an alumni from Tesla, Alan Clarke. Clarke’s position in Ford’s EV skunkworks team was initially mentioned in a TechCrunch report.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Crusher, a Chinese company known for its burly electric bikes, surprised many in the snowboarding community when it announced its electric snowboard in December. Part snowboard and part snowmobile/e-skateboard/scooter, the Cyrusher Ripple mounts a jagged 3kW hub motor-wheel in a rear hole on a snowboard and puts the battery in a backpack that the rider must wear.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Tesla has the best-selling EV in the world, but that hasn’t made the automaker immune to cost-cutting measures. A recent report describes an internal memo that asked managers to justify their teams’ employment. According to sources, the managers had to enter a yes or no answer to the query, which came recently. Some employees saw their biannual performance reviews canceled as part of the move, leading many to speculate that job cuts are on the horizon.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
The UK’s best-selling car is going electric. Ford said it will reveal the all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year as it expands its European EV lineup.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
LG Chem is signing a nearly $19 billion deal with General Motors that will see the battery company supply the automaker with battery materials over the course of ten years. LG Chem announced today that it would supply 500,000 tonnes of cathode material to GM through 2035. The materials will be produced at the company’s Tennessee factory starting in 2026.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Major German car parts maker ZF Friedrichshafen is investing a hefty $500 million into its transmission plant in South Carolina – all to transform it into a “flexible manufacturer of parts” for both ICE and plug-in hybrids, and for both passenger cars and large commercial vehicles by launching production of its PowerLine transmission in the US.
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