Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The 2024 Fiat 500e returns to the U.S. in March to relaunch the brand, and this time Fiat is all about EVs—and keeping the 500 lineup as a two-door icon. As Fiat has already said in various ways over the past couple years, the U.S.-bound 500e will stand on its own. It won’t be a loss-leader for the brand, or $49-a-month EV lease deal.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The next-gen Chevy Bolt EV is due out next year after GM ended production of its top-selling electric model at the end of 2023. GM’s CFO Paul Jacobson says the new Bolt EV will save the company billions by becoming North America’s first Ultium-based model to use LFP batteries.
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave some conflicting signals about the upcoming product on Tuesday night. "Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster," the CEO said, via a post on X. Musk then clarified that the production design is complete and the product is due to be unveiled at the end of 2024, with aims to ship it in.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Elon Musk says that Tesla plans to unveil the new Roadster this year, and he is doubling down on the SpaceX collaboration to put cold air trustees on the electric supercar. But the vehicle’s production is delayed one more time.
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Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The 2024 Volkswagen ID.4 gets a price increase for the new model year, but also a number of upgrades. Prices start at $41,160 (including a mandatory $1,425 destination charge) for models equipped with the smaller 62-kwh battery pack. That's a $2,370 increase from the 2023 model year, when the 62-kwh pack was introduced in the ID.4 Standard grade.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Rivian is rolling out an update to its iPhone app with support for Live Activities. This lets Rivian drivers track their car’s charging progress right from their iPhone’s Lock Screen or the Dynamic Island on iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15.
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Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently shared a number of notable updates for the next-generation Roadster. Apart from stating that Tesla is aiming to unveil the upcoming all-electric supercar later this year, Musk also provided some interesting tidbits about the vehicle. Among these is the fact that the new Roadster would be the product of Musk’s two largest companies — Tesla and SpaceX.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Who needs Volvo anyway? Shortly after co-parent company Volvo Cars announced plans to cut ties with Polestar, the EV-centric brand has turned to an all-star lineup of international banks for external funding totaling close to one billion dollars. Polestar’s other owner, Geely Holding, is still very much involved and will also help Polestar continue work to roll out its two incoming electric SUVs and beyond.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Electric vehicle maker Rivian was listed among Consumer Reports’ (CR) worst car brands for 2024. This was despite the Rivian R1T pickup truck and Rivian R1S SUV performing well in the organization’s tests. Overall, Rivian received an overall score of 55 from Consumer Reports, the fifth lowest overall. As noted by Consumer Reports , its list of worst automakers for 2024 represented the bottom five of the 34 brands that were ranked in the organization’s annual member survey.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Electric Sheep – an artificial intelligence and robotics company specializing in large-scale landscaping operations, has announced a new autonomous robot to its fleet – Verdie. This electric robot can work alongside Electric Sheep’s other products and landscapers to perform edging, trimming, and even blowing. Verdie also looks quite cute doing it. Check it out.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The Microlino, the Isetta-inspired tiny electric microcar, now has a sibling, the Microlino Lite. The new model, which was just. [continued] The post Microlino Unveils A Lite Version Of Its Microcar appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Revoy EV’s electric trailer promises to make electrifying your OTR trucking fleet easy and cost-effective, and this one just pulled into the Port of Stockton ahead of the 2024 Trucking with Clean Fuels Conference.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Elon Musk has said a lot of crazy things about the new Tesla Roadster over the years. From its alleged rocket technology to its capability to fly for short “hops,” Musk’s comments about the upcoming all-electric halo car have been practically fantastical. And in a recent comment, Musk noted that Tesla is targeting an absolutely insane 0-60 mph time with the new Roadster.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
After promising what would be the “world’s most thrilling and highly desirable” EV, luxury automaker Aston Martin says that it is pushing back its plan to launch its first BEV by a year due to what it says is “low consumer demand.” Guess those thrills will have to wait.
Innovation News Network
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Autonomous vehicles will hit the roads by 2026, but what are the benefits and practicalities of widespread implementation? The post How autonomous vehicles will transform mobility appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Rumors have been brewing for weeks now that Europe’s automakers were challenging the EU’s decision to ban ICE vehicles as of 2035. But the ACEA, Europe’s automakers association, said that it is not pushing back and is all in with the EV future. Is this PR spin or the real thing?
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In a recent announcement, Elon Musk revealed plans to unveil the highly anticipated Tesla Roadster at the end of 2024, marking another milestone in the company’s journey towards revolutionizing the electric vehicle (EV) industry. The Roadster holds a special place in the hearts of Tesla enthusiasts as the vehicle that kickstarted the company’s remarkable journey towards electrifying the automotive landscape.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Voltera Power announced a significant, $150 million expansion of its commercial electric vehicle charging infrastructure, with plans to double its number of managed charging depots in 2024.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Last week at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), researchers introduced several technologies to fight even the sneakiest hack attacks. Engineers invented a way to detect a hacker placing a probe on the circuit board to attempt to read digital traffic in a computer. Other researchers invented new ways to obfuscate electromagnetic emissions radiating from an active processor that might reveal its secrets.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Tesla is reportedly in talks with Italy to build a factory in the country, according to the Minister for Business and Made in Italy.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Tesla has this awesome habit of announcing a vehicle and then waiting several years to start selling it. The Cybertruck just went on sale in late 2023, four years after its reveal, but it’s not the worst offender on Tesla’s “Is it really coming?” list. That honor goes to the Tesla Roadster. Announced in late 2017, the car was initially scheduled for release in 2020, but CEO Elon Musk pushed the date back, citing the need to focus on developing other models.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Following recent Q4 2023 results that relayed a miss on annual delivery targets, Vietnamese EV automaker VinFast continues to bolster its global presence with the help of distribution specialists. Today, VinFast and a local dealer network in the Middle East signed an agreement to bring the former’s EVs to the region.
InsideEVs
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
"There will never be another car like this," Tesla's CEO says of the long-delayed sports car amid a slow growth year.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Lucid released a helpful new feature for pet owners called Creature Comfort Mode. The feature is similar to Tesla’s Dog Mode and is now available for free on every Lucid Air through a software update.
Teslarati
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Tesla’s designer responsible for the Model 3, Model Y, Semi concept, and Roadster has left the company for Skyryse, an aviation startup. Peter Blades was Tesla’s Creative Design Lead for the Model Y from November 2018 to last month, the Roadster from March 2017 to last month, the Semi from September 2016 to March 2017, and the Principal Design Lead on the Model 3 from December 2014 to February 2017.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Boston is EV-friendly, but it needs more accessible chargers, so it’s going to install hundreds of public curbside EV chargers.
InsideEVs
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
It's easy to see why Chinese electric cars are scaring the hell out of U.S. automakers like Tesla.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
FREY is one of the biggest players in the game when it comes to high-power electric mountain bikes. Now, the company is making waves with its newest model, the FREY Dopamine 2.0.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In some ways, EV charging is a whole new world. Instead of needing to be located at a dedicated gas. [continued] The post Understanding The Gas Station Business Helps Us Understand The Future of EV Charging appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Imagine ripping through the mall, racing your friends in an electric wheelchair wearing a VR headset in a new racing experience. Honda looks to make this a reality with its new electric UNI-ONE, a first-of-its-kind extended reality (XR) experience.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The hackneyed old joke of a ‘loose nut behind the wheel’ causing a crash may be even more worn out than your author’s favorite Cole Haan loafers, but a manufacturing issue involving potential loose nuts on the axles of certain Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks is a very real problem which has led to a large recall. Under the microscope are certain Tacoma trucks from the 2022 and 2023 model years.
Electrek
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Tesla has lost its lead interior designer behind the interior design of some of its most popular vehicles, like Model 3 and Model Y.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we use and have deployed in our travels. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories. & Looking critically at that headline, it’s probably the most hyphenated string of words used to date in this series.
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