A court filing on Tuesday revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seeking to end a 2018 consent decree with the SEC, which he claims is being used to “trample” his “First Amendment rights and to impose prior restraints on his speech.” In the court filing, Musk explained that he entered into the consent decree with the…
A recent memo posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed that Tesla had submitted a partial response to the agency’s ongoing probe into the electric vehicle maker’s retired “Passenger Play” feature. The memo was posted on the NHTSA’s website on Tuesday. “The manufacturer’s partial response to the Office of Defect Investigation…
New Study Highlights Viable Routes to Adopting Battery and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles for America’s Clean Trucking Future WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a study showing that by 2030, nearly half of medium- and heavy-duty trucks will be cheaper to buy, operate, and maintain as zero emissions vehicles than traditional diesel-powered…
The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) has released its monthly sales report for the country. Based on the data shared by the CPCA, it appears that Tesla China had a very eventful February, with the EV maker posting wholesale figures of 56,515 units, comprised of 33,315 vehicles that were exported to foreign territories and 23,200 that were…
Volkswagen teased the interior of the ID. Buzz electric van recently. VW will launch two versions of the ID. Buzz, the microbus and the cargo van this week. The ID. Buzz minibus and cargo van will have several color options, including a two-toned interior. VW recently published pictures of its two-tone design featuring the colors orange and…
It is a wild but real question: Would Russia be invading Ukraine right now if Elon Musk hadn’t shifted the course of automotive history? This article came about from some people proposing that the rise of Elon Musk and the EV revolution made Ukraine’s mineral deposits too valuable for Putin to ignore. Depending on who…
Tesla’s Elon Musk has a thing for video games and he’s a big fan of easter eggs (e.g. in-game surprises/treats). Musk is famous for integrating these easter eggs into Tesla’s fleet of vehicles in fun (and sometimes mysterious) ways. Most recently, it looks like he’s included a surprise where one might least expect it. Left to right: Elon Musk, Tesla…
General Motors is set to build a new $400 million battery materials plant in Canada with South Korean company POSCO Chemical, adding to the automaker’s already-massive spending plan for the transition to electric vehicles. The plant will produce cathode materials for GM’s Ultium battery platform. The Becancour, Quebec plant will produce cathode active material for electric…
LiDAR startup Luminar Technologies, Inc. lured Tesla Vice President of Legal Alan Prescott away from the Austin-based electric vehicle leader with a massive $30 million compensation package. Prescott left Tesla last April after just under four years to join Luminar as the company’s Chief Legal Officer. Prescott spent just one year with Ford as an…
Sales of new light-duty plug-in electric vehicles, including all-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), nearly doubled from 308,000 in 2020 to 608,000 in 2021. EV sales accounted for 73% of all plug-in electric vehicle sales in 2021. EV sales grew by 85% from 2020 to 2021, while sales of PHEVs more than doubled,…