Key Points 🚗 Completion of the first wireless EV charging road in the U.S. in Michigan by Electreon. 🏗️ Construction to continue through the year, with testing scheduled for early 2024. 🌐 Electreon plans extensive testing using a Ford E-Transit with a proprietary receiver. 🌆 The road, located in Detroit’s 14th Street, will undergo efficiency…
Key Points 💰 GM anticipates profitability in its EV segment by 2025 with higher-margin models entering the market. 🚗 The automaker aims to achieve mid-single-digit pretax profits in 2025, despite current losses on each EV sold. 🔋 GM expects profitability from the production of higher-margin models, reduced battery costs, and manufacturing improvements. 🌐 The goal…
Key Points 🌏 Tesla is expanding its V4 Supercharger rollout, with the first upgraded hardware reaching Australia soon. 🚗 In Australia, Jules Boag identified V4 Superchargers being built in Albury, New South Wales, featuring up to 16 stalls. 📆 Boag anticipates the V4 chargers to come online next week, potentially becoming the largest V4 Supercharger…
Key Points 📈 Ford achieved its best-ever month for electric vehicle (EV) sales in November. 🚗 The F-150 Lightning played a pivotal role, with sales increasing by 113%, leading to Ford’s best month for EV sales. 🏆 Despite challenges in the automotive sector, Ford sold 144,453 cars in the U.S. in November. 📉 EV sales…
Key Points 💔 A California judge ruled against Tesla Insurance in a consumer protection suit. 🚗 Tesla Insurance will likely face a class-action lawsuit for allegedly charging inflated premiums. 🚨 The lawsuit claims Tesla Insurance used “false” crash warnings, affecting safety scores and increasing premiums. 🤝 Judge Brad Seligman rejected Tesla’s request to dismiss the…
Key Points 🚗 Tesla’s latest software update (2023.27.12) introduces speed camera awareness to its vehicles. 📸 The update also includes other camera awareness features, such as red light camera awareness for both fixed and mobile versions. 🧭 Additional navigation features expected soon include U-turn control and an “avoid construction on route” setting. 🚥 The cabin…
Key Points 📄 Tesla and the EPA released Cybertruck documentation, revealing details about the pickup. 🔄 Testing focused on the “Beast” and All-Wheel-Drive trims, receiving Certificates of Conformity on November 21. 🌡️ The Cybertruck features a heat pump system confirmed in the EPA documents, aiding in heating and cooling scenarios. 🔍 Tesla’s heat pump reduces…
Key Points 🌟 Tesla Senior Director for Charging Infrastructure, Rebecca Tinucci, is named in TIME 100 Climate list for 2023. 🚗 Tinucci played a crucial role in expanding Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) to other automakers. 🤝 NACS gained adoption by major automakers, including Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota. 💰 Tinucci’s negotiations…
Key Points 🚨 A 28-year-old Florida man, Paul Ryan Overeem, was arrested for making a terrorist threat against Tesla and planning a “mass casualty event” at Giga Texas during the Cybertruck first delivery event. 📅 Overeem posted disturbing messages on Instagram on November 9, expressing his intention to harm people at the Tesla event on…
Key Points 🌐 Tesla, GM, and other companies are using an independent database called Climate TRACE to track greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains. 📊 Climate TRACE, created by Al Gore’s global climate coalition, employs tools like satellites and machine learning to monitor emissions from over 350 million sources worldwide. 🚗 Companies like Tesla,…