The news that Tesla officially allows other electric vehicle makes to charge on its Supercharger network is just a few hours old but we’ve already gone out to one of the 10 Superchargers that are enabled to give our little Chevy Bolt some Tesla juice. Here’s how it went. The station in Brewster is about …
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Tesla has finally started to open some Supercharger stations to non-Tesla electric cars owners in the US and it explained how it works. It has been a long time coming, but we also knew it was finally coming soon as we started to spot Tesla installing the “Magic Dock” at some Supercharger stations in the …
Robotaxi developer Waymo announced that this past January, it surpassed 1 million miles of autonomous driving with no human present in the vehicle. Waymo competitor Cruise also recently reached the autonomous milestone, but Waymo has also publicly shared the data to back up its progress. As previously teased last year, Waymo is also now officially …
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The US Postal Service will purchase 9,250 off-the-shelf Ford E-Transits in its push to move toward electric delivery vehicles, with deliveries beginning at the end of this year. USPS has recently been flirting with electrification as it plans to replace its 30-plus-year-old fleet of Grumman LLVs. The bidding process took several years, and originally the …
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“When we started our first battery electric vehicles, people ask us ‘what is the joy in driving?’ and of course, now there’s even more joy in driving than with the normal combustion engine, and the same thing is here,” Oliver Zipse, BMW CEO states. A bold claim that follows a select group of journalists driving …
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UAW President Ray Curry discusses PRO Act with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) The UAW applauds Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Chairman Bernie Sanders, Leader Jeffries, Ranking Member Bobby Scott, Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, and all original co-sponsors in the re-introduction of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act today. We …
Mini is developing an electric crossover to slot in below the Countryman. It was previewed last July by the Aceman concept and is expected to carry that name into production. We now have the first video of a prototype, which was taken during a recent cold-weather test. Historic Italian brand Lancia is readying a trio …
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Audi is considering building its first U.S. plant to take advantage of EV incentives granted through the recent Inflation Reduction Act, Reuters reported last week, citing comments made by the automaker. The IRA, passed last August, offers incentives to firms to manufacture in North America, including a $7,500 tax credit to buyers of EVs made …
Mexican president Andrès Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed during a news conference today that Tesla will build its next assembly plant in Monterrey, Mexico. He is reported as saying, “There is already an understanding, yes they are going to dedicate the investment to Mexico and the plant is going to be established in Monterrey with a series …
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