Electric Cars

A Dacia Spring electric city car caught fire in Romania and burned to a crisp in what is the first incident of its kind in Romania and the second one in Europe involving the Chinese-built EV.  The owner of the vehicle posted about the incident on the Dacia Spring Romania Facebook group and included photos showing

By Simon Alvarez Posted on May 14, 2023 Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently met with several Samsung Electronics executives, including Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong. The meeting took place at Samsung Semiconductor’s US R&D Labs, as per an announcement made by the tech giant on Sunday. This was the first private meeting between Musk and Lee.

Tesla is stepping up its in-car driver monitoring as it starts to count yawns, blinks, and more to keep track of how drowsy the driver is. Over the years, Tesla has been criticized for not putting a lot of emphasis on driver monitoring with its advanced driver-assist features under the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving packages.

If you need to tow a heavy load, chances are, you have a pickup truck, or perhaps a full-size body-on-frame SUV. These are the only passenger vehicles on the market today capable of towing the heaviest of loads. This means you only have a few options if you also want to go with an electric

By Joey Klender Posted on May 13, 2023 Tesla is making its driver monitoring more strict and robust in an effort to track driver behaviors while the car is in operation, and it will even track the vehicles’ operators while it is not operating on Autopilot. Tesla has utilized a number of strategies in an

Electric surfboards aren’t anything new. I’ve enjoyed covering modern electric surfboards for at least half a decade on Electrek and they’ve been around in more primitive forms since the early 2000s. But one common thread that has run through nearly all e-boards so far is the astronomically high price they carry. Well, at least until

Volkswagen Group’s Cupra brand has announced that its upcoming small electric vehicle previously known as the UrbanRebel will be named Raval when it enters production in 2025. Named after the El Raval neighborhood in the heart of Barcelona, the Cupra Raval will be produced at SEAT’s headquarters in Martorell, Spain from 2025, with a Volkswagen

By Maria Merano Posted on May 11, 2023 Tesla FSD Beta 11.4.1 is rolling out to customers right in time to test it over the weekend. Only a few Tesla FSD Beta testers have reported downloading update version 11.4.1. Tesla will likely roll out the update to more Beta testers over the next few days. 

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General Motors is rumored to be plotting an all-electric Corvette family for debut by 2025, with products expected to include a four-door model and an SUV. While reports about turning Corvette into an EV brand haven’t been officially confirmed yet, the electric Corvette models reportedly coming by mid-decade won’t be the first-ever battery-powered Vettes. For

By Maria Merano Posted on May 10, 2023 Tesla’s release notes for FSD Beta V.11.4.1 are out now.  Version 11.4.1 may seem like another minor update, but Elon Musk commented that it introduces some significant improvements to FSD Beta. In a tweet, Musk hinted about what’s to come in FSD Beta V.12.  “As mentioned earlier, V11.4.1

It’s not often you come across a piece of history up for sale. The first electric Corvette was actually made by none other than the hardware tech company Motorola. Up until now, very little has been reported on the project. The story of the first electric Corvette made by Motorola Although Chevrolet has yet to

Introduced in 1976, the Renault 5 Alpine was among the first hot hatchbacks as it went on sale even before the Volkswagen Golf GTI. With the R5 about to be resurrected as an electric vehicle, it only makes sense to revive the performance derivative as well. Meet the A290_β, an official preview of the subsequent

By Joey Klender Posted on May 8, 2023 Tesla Giga Texas has reached the 5,000-unit weekly production rate, equating to a roughly quarter-of-a-million vehicle production capacity with the Model Y. Tesla Giga Texas reached a production rate of 3,000 Model Y units per week in December and added 1,000 more units by early April of

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Tesla continues to release incremental over-the-air software updates for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta technology. Currently, the company is working on version 11.4, which is supposed to launch soon. CEO Elon Musk notes that it has “so many major improvements,” but explains why it’s not called version 12. When Tesla first started allowing owners to

By William Johnson Posted on May 6, 2023 Elon Musk is attending this weekend’s Formula 1 Gran Prix in Miami and has called for a race between pure EVs and hybrid-gas vehicles. Formula 1 has been one of the leading forces behind the development of the internal combustion engine, but with the age of ICE

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Volvo Cars USA reports that its car sales in the United States decreased in April by 4 percent year-over-year to 9,611. During the first four months of the year, sales amounted to 36,094 (up 10.1% year-over-year). However, in terms of plug-in electric car sales, Volvo noted a significant 33 percent decrease year-over-year to 2,946, which

By Joey Klender Posted on May 5, 2023 Fisker announced today that it delivered the first Ocean all-electric SUV unit to a customer in Denmark. The first Fisker customer to take delivery of the Ocean SUV had the unique opportunity to have the vehicle handed over to them by CEO and Chairman Henrik Fisker, who

If you’ve been waiting to buy Ford’s electric truck, you’ll soon have your chance. Ford is set to re-open orders of its incredibly popular F-150 Lightning electric truck again on May 9th. However, this time, no reservation is needed. Since its release in May 2021, the F-150 Lightning has become an instant fan favorite, gathering

British carmaker Mini has officially announced some of the technical details of the upcoming 2024 Cooper Electric three-door hatchback. With this being said, the specs aren’t exactly breaking news, as the company’s boss, Stefanie Wurst, already spilled the beans during an interview with the British publication Autocar in March, and spy photographers even caught a

By Maria Merano Posted on May 3, 2023 The Boring Company (TBC) received approval from Clark County for 18 additional stops for the Vegas Loop, the company’s expansive tunneling system throughout Sin City.  In March, Teslarati reported that TBC submitted applications to increase the size of the Vegas Loop to 65 miles of tunnels with 69 stations.

Elon Musk had some encouraging words for Ford as the automaker continues to report significant losses from its electric vehicles. There are many ways in which Tesla leads in the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles. One of them is margins. While virtually all legacy automakers have started on a path to switch to electric

The estimated Tesla global electric car order backlog decreased noticeably in the first half of April, which most likely explains the recent price cuts applied by the manufacturer. According to Troy Teslike, an invaluable source for Tesla stats and forecasts, the estimated global order backlog as of April 15, 2023, was roughly 72,000, which is about

By Joey Klender Posted on May 2, 2023 Tesla is now offering the Model 3 Long Range All-Wheel-Drive for $42,420 on its website. The vehicle was taken off of Tesla’s website last year after CEO Elon Musk said the waitlist for the vehicle was too long. Tesla is offering the new configuration in addition to

After previously hinting at some upgrades to come, Volvo Cars has shared details of its 2024 model year C40 and XC40 Recharge EVs. By developing a new motor in-house, Volvo is delivering expanded powertrain variants, all promising improved range. Volvo Cars is one of the legacy automakers that has publicly embraced a full transition to

With full-scale production of the Tesla Cybertruck getting closer and closer, the American EV maker is seemingly pulling all the stops required to make the upcoming electric pickup truck as reliable as possible, working around the clock to finish development ahead of the vehicle’s expected launch towards the end of the year. This is far

By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 30, 2023 Electric vehicle maker NIO is taking a stand against alleged misinformation that was spread on Chinese social media platforms. Similar to fellow EV maker Tesla, which has taken a hardline approach to inaccurate reports, NIO has taken the legal route to counter misinformation that has reportedly harmed

Tesla claims that its Model Y AWD is the “most efficient ‘SUV’ ever built”, but it’s not even Tesla’s most efficient SUV ever made. As we previously reported, Tesla has been way more active on Twitter since Elon Musk bought the platform. While the company would previously only use the social media platform to share