Electric Cars

Swedish freight technology company Einride announced it has secured $500 million in financing, which should help it bring its updated self-driving electric truck to market as part of its freight mobility ecosystem. The financing, which includes a debt facility of $300 million and a Series C equity contribution of $200 million, is the largest asset-backed facility

By Johnna Crider Posted on December 11, 2022 Tesla has begun providing free transportation to and from Gigafactory, Texas, for workers living in Killeen, Texas. This saves employees from having to spend a fortune on gas for the long commute. Killeen is 150 miles away from the factory. The buses will either be air-conditioned or

Electric bike maker MATE is perhaps best known for its compact folding electric bikes. But much like the automotive world, this e-bike company has bigger aspirations. And in the case of the upcoming MATE SUV electric cargo bike, those are aspirations are pretty darn big. The MATE SUV e-bike is designed to haul so much

A Tesla Model S Plaid modified by Unplugged Performance has set a new lap record at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California. As you may be aware, the Unplugged Model S Plaid holds the Laguna Seca EV lap record. Furthermore, a stock Model S Plaid was briefly the fastest-production EV around the Nurburgring before its time was

By Johnna Crider Posted on December 9, 2022 A total of 40 Tesla Megapack battery storage systems replaced a World War II turbojet generator in Lessines, Belgium, Tesla announced. Previously, the generator had been providing energy support to the community since the 1950s. The generator was not only contributing to air pollution in the region,

GM’s first Ultium battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio has voted to join the United Auto Workers, with 98% of workers voting in favor of union representation. Ultium is GM’s battery joint venture with LG Energy. GM will establish at least four factories in the US to build the batteries for their upcoming EVs. Just today,

If I were to ask you to think about a rolling piece of art on two wheels, chances are you’d conjure up images of a classic motorbike—say a Ducati 916, or maybe even a Vincent Black Shadow. It could even stand to argue that MV Agusta’s modern-day machines fall under this category. After all, its

By Johnna Crider Posted on December 7, 2022 Franz von Holzhausen, the chief designer at Tesla, is among several featured designers guiding an online automotive course launched by the Petersen Automotive Museum and Yellowbrick, which focuses on online education and career exploration. The course Auto Design & Sketching is self-paced featuring three modules: Design Principles

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Lucid is preparing for the introduction of the Lucid Air model in Europe and one of the signs that the market launch is near are Euro NCAP safety tests. According to Euro NCAP, the 2022 Lucid Air impresses with a maximum five-star rating, which is not a surprise considering the premium segment and the latest

By Johnna Crider Posted on December 6, 2022 An approved zoning change in South Burlington, Vermont, further paves the way for Tesla to sell vehicles to consumers. The City of South Burlington approved a zoning change on Monday night. The approved plan will reorganize and realign three zoning districts along Shelburn Road and allow Tesla

Just over a week after beginning deliveries of its first EVs to the US, Vietnamese automaker VinFast has publicly filed the necessary form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin its process toward an initial public offering, or IPO. If you’ve been following VinFast at all the past year, today’s official announcement should

The Tesla Semi Class 8 all-electric semi truck, in its top configuration, has a range of 500 miles (805 km) and energy consumption of less than 2 kWh/mile (1.24 kWh/km). Those are the official numbers from the manufacturer, who is reluctant to reveal the battery pack capacity. Combining the two values we can estimate that

By Simon Alvarez Posted on December 4, 2022 Tesla CEO and new Twitter owner Elon Musk shared a number of optimistic updates about the social media company’s advertisers recently. Musk noted that Apple Inc. has now “fully resumed” its advertisements on Twitter. E-commerce giant Amazon is reportedly planning on increasing its Twitter ad spend as

Ford Pro, the automaker’s software and commercial fleet division, announced today it has entered into a new agreement with logistics leader Deutsche Post DHL Group (DHL). The deal is designed to accelerate electric van deployment, starting with Ford supplying over 2,000 E-Transit EV vans to DHL by the end of 2023. Ford unveiled the E-Transit

Kia America reports 56,703 car sales in the US in November, which is 25% more than a year ago and a new best-ever November. Year-to-date, the company sold 633,127 units – only 3% less than a year ago in a pretty challenging year. The South Korean company announced also that its electrified car sales achieved

By Johnna Crider Posted on December 3, 2022 Redwood Materials was approved for $105.6 million in tax incentives by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The battery recycling company, founded by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will receive the incentives in exchange for investing over $1.1 billion in Storey County, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.

At the unveiling of the production version of the Tesla Semi, the automaker announced a lot of things about the electric truck, but it didn’t say a word about it being equipped with Autopilot/Full Self-Driving technology. That’s despite being equipped with the needed hardware. When Tesla first announced the Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker

We recently alerted you that it seemed Volkswagen Group was in the process of reassessing its future EV strategy that was devised under former CEO Herbert Diess. This comes as new VW Group CEO Oliver Blume takes the reins, and he and brand CEO Thomas Schäfer are coming to terms with what lies ahead. It has

By Maria Merano Posted on December 1, 2022 Tesla just kicked off the Semi’s first delivery event! It took some time, but the Tesla Semi is officially hitting the road. Teslarati will be closely covering the Tesla Semi first delivery event so stay tuned. If you didn’t get an invite, you can still join the

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Aptera Motors announced that its upcoming solar electric vehicle (sEV) will be equipped with the newly opened North American Charging Standard or NACS (formerly the Tesla connector). The official announcement follows Tesla’s decision to open its proprietary charging connector with the intention to not only make it available to other companies but maybe even to

By Maria Merano Posted on November 30, 2022 Neuralink’s 2022 Show & Tell is about to begin. The event is supposed to update the public on Neuralink’s progress and attract talent to the company.  Teslarati will be closely following the event. Please refresh this page for the latest coverage. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently posted

Ford’s Mustang Mach-E continues winning customers over as the automaker announced today it had produced its 150,000th fully electric SUV. The Mach-E is now available in 37 global markets as Ford accelerates EV production to reach its goal of 2 million by 2026. The Mustang Mach-E was officially revealed to the world in 2019 as

It took a couple of weeks, but we now have CharIN’s response to Tesla’s public release of the North American Charging Standard (NACS), previously referred to as the Tesla connector.  In a joint statement, the Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN e.V.) and the CharIN North America Chapter made it very clear that there is already a universal standard,

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 28, 2022 On Friday afternoon, the Lynnwood Police arrested a suspect near a Tesla store, which led to reports circulating around Twitter that this was possibly Antifa-related. Earlier Friday, there were reports of an Antifa call to arms to burn down Tesla. Lynnwood Police told Teslarati in a statement

Coke and Pepsi are fighting for first again. Only this time, they are battling for the right reasons. A few days before Pepsi is set to receive its first Tesla electric semi trucks on December 1, Coca-Cola has exciting news of its own – the company has begun deliveries in its new electric truck fleet.

New and exciting e-bikes are popping up left and right, and it goes without saying that now is the best time to hop aboard the e-bike craze if you haven’t already. There are tons of e-bikes out there for all sorts of riders ranging from utility-focused cargo bikes to trail-shredding electric mountain bikes. Though there

By Johnna Crider Posted on November 26, 2022 Rivian celebrated Canadian deliveries with a customer open house, the company announced on Tuesday. The automaker celebrated its first international deliveries in Vancouver, British Columbia. “Our team loved meeting more than 1,500 area families, friends, kids, and dogs and giving them a closer look at R1S and

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