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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

Teslarati

The magazine was successful in its aim, but it also demonstrated that it takes a very determined driver and an elaborate set of procedures to bypass Tesla’s driver-monitoring systems. . The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Only it didn’t.

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MG Motor India to showcase Cyberster electric sportscar tomorrow | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The launch of the electric sportscar however, is still sometime away, as MG is currently mulling over the benefits and possibility of a new flagship brand a-la Toyota – Lexus , or even a premium retail channel akin to Maruti Suzuki ’ Arena – Nexa dealerships. We first reported about this in the March 2024 issue of Autocar India magazine.

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Electric Car Watch #10: Tata, Mahindra vs Tesla vs Chinese vs MNC’s

Plug In India

Sales of Tata, Mahindra, Maruti - The Big 3​ The BIG 3 Indian car companies dominate the passenger car segment in India. Here are some numbers for November 2021- Maruti leads the passenger vehicle sector with sales of 109,726 units - of course Maruti has 0 electric cars in their portfolio, so all of those are pollution cars.

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