Before you start to take the Supercharger network for granted, check out this story from a couple in Kent, England who decided to take their beautiful new Porsche Taycan (a $200,000+ sports car) on a 130 mile drive: A couple from Kent have described how it took them more than nine hours to drive 130 […]
Herbert Diess made a few interesting comments in his latest interview: VW is moving toward battery-powered electromobility more resolutely than other long-established automakers. Why? You have to do it consistently if you want traffic to become CO2-free. If you don’t develop combustion and electric vehicles on the same platform, the electric cars will be really […]
There’s been a lot of excitement around Mercedes recently launched EV Sprinter Van in Europe, but Mercedes has decided that it is too shitty to launch in the United States for now. Mercedes has decided not to offer the eSprinter in the U.S. because safety specifications and other performance requirements cannot be sufficiently met. Automotive […]
Here’s the latest today from Ben Klayman and David Shepardson at Reuters: General Motors Co GM.N said on Friday it was recalling 68,677 electric cars worldwide that pose a fire risk after five reported fires and two minor injuries. Reuters Kudos to the Reuters editorial staff for deciding to round the headline up. The recall is for […]
The Polestar 2 is certain to be a Tesla killer. That is… once they’re done with all the recalls, and once they’re allowed to start selling it. Yes, that’s right –– one of the most exciting performance EVs to hit the market has suffered yet another setback in France: A trademark dispute over its logo […]
Do we need to state the obvious? Legacy auto sucks at software. So how do our friends at General Motors plan to deal with the increasing importance of software in a world of electric vehicles? General Motors plans to hire 3,000 employees by the first quarter of 2021 to accelerate electric vehicle production and enhance […]
Volkswagen loves to give big fancy speeches about their transition to electric vehicles, but can they actually meet their European emissions targets? In a word, no. Volkswagen Group expects to be fined by the European Union this year for failing to achieve its CO2-reduction target for its new-car fleet — despite the automaker’s deal to […]
Last week Mercedes unveiled an all-new redesigned 2021 S-Class, the latest revision of their venerated flagship luxury sedan. Tesla has been the topic on every legacy auto executive’s mind, and the 2021 S-Class provides Mercedes’ latest answer for how the firm plans to compete in a world of software-centric cars. Daimler made a point of […]
Hey, whatever happened to Waymo? Weren’t they supposed to launch an autonomous robotaxi service worldwide or something? Well if you’ve been wondering you’re in luck. They’ve just announced a partnership with Volvo: On the path to building the World’s Most Experienced Driver, we partner with some of the world’s largest automakers to realize our mission […]
If you’re following the autonomy race closely, you’ve probably already heard that BMW and Daimler released a joint statement ending their autonomy partnership yesterday. The memo was one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while, because it sums up the state of autonomy software at legacy automakers so well. I wanted to pick […]
