Lucid Motors has been very active in social media as of late, and it’s inciting rumors that the electric vehicle maker is looking to launch its tri-motor Air variant soon. If the EV community’s speculations are right, Lucid might be introducing a tri-motor Air this coming August 19, 2022. Initial rumors relating to the tri-motor…
President Joe Biden will sign the Inflation Reduction Act today, and the act will cut EV tax incentives with it. President Biden is expected to the Inflation Reduction Act that radically changes electric vehicle incentives at the federal level in the US. Most cuts come from the bill’s requirement of US assembly and price limits for qualifying…
A recently posted photo shows a Ford Mustang Mach-E being used by the FBI in full vehicle livery. Ford has long dominated the government fleet, from the Ford Crown Victoria to the Ford Taurus to the Ford Explorer. Now the brand is working to extend electric offerings to its government buyers. This Mach-E is the first EV…
Mahindra recently unveiled five electric SUVs to be released under two new EV brands: the XUV and BE. The upcoming electric SUVs will use Mahindra’s modular INGLO platform with the help of Volkswagen’s Modular electric drive matrix (MEB) platform components. In May, Teslarati reported that Volkswagen and India’s Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) signed a partnering agreement…
Elon Musk reaffirmed that Tesla FSD Beta update 10.69 is still scheduled to roll out this Saturday, August 20. Musk highlighted–once again–that the Tesla Autopilot/AI team is doing amazing work. He teased that 10.69—otherwise known as 10.13—would be worth its name and probably worth the wait. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559322397043474446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1559322397043474446%7Ctwgr%5Eb0406ac9a2dbf10a351d6bc3d9c615df91c3e054%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Ftesla-fsd-beta-10-69-release-date%2F During the 2022 Shareholders Roundup. Elon Musk shared that…
New data from Experian has revealed that Tesla is dominating the United States’ luxury vehicle sector. Tesla’s new vehicle registrations in the US grew 61% in the first half of 2022, allowing the electric vehicle maker to handily beat veteran rivals such as BMW and Lexus in overall sales, not just in the EV segment. Experian noted that…
Tesla Gigafactory Nevada, a joint operation between the EV maker and longtime battery partner Panasonic, is reportedly expected to boost its production by 10%, or about the equivalent of one production line. The facility will not be achieving this with a new line, however, as Panasonic is reportedly looking to improve battery production at Giga…
Back in 2020, a Munich court ruled that Tesla was employing misleading marketing strategies in Germany due to the company’s use of the words “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” for its advanced driver-assist systems. The organization that filed the lawsuit was the Wettbewerbszentrale (Competition Center), a network of companies and one of the largest, most influential national self-regulatory…
It turns out that Tesla’s FSD Bet actually does stop for kids and pedestrians as demonstrated in a video with both a mannequin and an actual child. Recently, the founder of the Dawn Project who is also the CEO of Green Hills Software, which makes automated driving systems, Dan O’Dowd, claimed that Tesla’s FSD Beta did not stop for a…
Tesla China’s Gigafactory Shanghai made its millionth electric car bringing the total to over 3 million cars that Tesla has made. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the milestone on Twitter. The Tesla China team has been working tirelessly to produce and export Tesla’s best-selling vehicles. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1558867758368133122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1558867758368133122%7Ctwgr%5E17cf1097e95c4011ed986214d57d16eeb56f4836%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.teslarati.com%2Ftesla-giga-shanghai-made-its-1000000th-ev%2F A few days ago, Teslarati reported on the massive shipment of vehicles that…