Tesla vehicles will be capable of bidirectional charging within the next two years, according to comments from Tesla VP Drew Baglino at today’s Investor Day event. A question was asked during the Q&A portion about whether Tesla would move toward enabling bidirectional charging on its cars, noting the company’s historical reluctance to do so. Drew […]
If your main gripe against electric motorcycles has been “they’re just too expensive,” well then you’re going to need to start looking for another excuse. That’s because a new credit offered by SONDORS will reduce the effective price of the company’s Metacycle electric motorcycle to just $4,000. The email rolled into my inbox today like […]
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Tesla has done the math to better understand what it takes to transition the world to sustainable energy and released it during its Investor Day. When on stage during the event, CEO Elon Musk said that it was about hope: This event is about hope and optimism that is based on physics. Earth will move […]
Tesla has officially announced ‘Gigafactory Mexico’ to build its next-gen vehicle platform to support new models. We knew it was coming for months, and it was confirmed by Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday, but now Tesla has made it official. At Tesla’s Investor Day today, the automaker announced that the project, now called […]
As a little appetizer to its world premiere later this month, Kia has just posted two short teaser videos offering a brief but exciting glimpse at its upcoming EV9 – an all-electric SUV with a third row and the the makings of an EV able to compete with the premium Rivian R1S, likely at a […]
The Georgia law says that relatives of drug users can sue for harms they endured from the “individual drug abusers.” Even so, defense lawyers for the distributors often turned the case into a referendum on addiction, saying that relatives suffered at the hands of people who chose pills over family. Fentanyl Overdoses: What to Know Card […]
Tesla will create a permanent magnet electric vehicle motor with zero rare earth elements in it, the company announced at its Investor Day today. Rare earth elements are a bone of contention in EV supply chains, as it can be hard to secure supplies of them, and a large majority of worldwide production is either […]
Electric hydrofoil veteran Lift Foils has officially unveiled its latest product – the LIFT4 eFoil, equipped with the company’s fourth-generation battery technology. In addition to being marketed as the quietest eFoil ever created, Lift is hailing its fourth-generation model as the most customizable, powerful, and longest-lasting eFoil ever made. Bold statement – let’s check it out […]
Imagine waking up late one day, rushing outside to hop in your new Ford electric vehicle, only to find it has driven off on its own because you missed a payment. Well, this may soon be a reality, according to a new patent filed by Ford that would allow its future EVs to repossess themselves […]
