Chinese electric car company Xpeng Motors has revealed its new P5 sedan. It is the second sedan in the Xpeng lineup and the third vehicle overall, following the P7 Sedan and the G3 SUV. The P5 is affordable and surprisingly less expensive than the widely popular Model 3 in China and includes a series of…
Ford released a new video of its BlueCruise hands-free driving system earlier today. It didn’t come with a straightforward approach, either as the company’s CEO, Jim Farley, took a jab at Tesla in a Tweet that highlighted the new driver assistance feature. Ford’s BlueCruise is the legacy automaker’s crack at a semi-autonomous driving functionality that aims…
The Tesla Model 3 was the best-selling electric vehicle in the Netherlands in March 2021, capturing its first monthly gold medal since September 2020. New data from the EV Sales Blog shows the Model 3 was the most popular electric car in the Netherlands, surpassing the Volvo XC40 PHEV, and the recently released Volkswagen ID.4. Tesla sold…
Elon Musk has mentioned a $25,000 Tesla vehicle on many occasions. Just after the Tesla Model 3 production hell, Elon thought that the technology to manufacture the cheaper model will be ready around 2022–2023. It’s one thing to build a vehicle like the SGMW Wuling Mini EV for under $5,000 in China or the Dacia…
Tesla is not yet producing electric vehicles at Gigafactory Berlin, but the EV maker’s presence is already being felt in Germany’s auto sector. According to sociologist Andreas Boes, director of the Munich Institute for Social Science Research (ISF), Tesla has practically become the “elephant in the room” during interviews with managers and experts from Germany’s…
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) decision to invest $1.5 billion of its cash in Bitcoin back in January appears to be the right move. With Bitcoin hitting over $64,118 as of writing, Tesla’s rather controversial investment could very well be up over $1.3 billion. And if the cryptocurrency maintains its momentum, Tesla may end up doubling its Bitcoin…
Recent reports have indicated that Taiwan’s Pegatron has selected a site in El Paso, Texas, for an upcoming production facility that would provide parts for American electric car maker Tesla. The update was posted on Wednesday through a report from Taiwanese financial newspaper Commercial Times. While Pegatron has stated that the details of its upcoming US plant,…
Just recently, Tesla received what could very well be one of its most bullish takes from Wall Street to date, with Canaccord Genuity analyst Jed Dorsheimer acknowledging the potential of the company’s battery business, among other things. During a segment at CNBC’s The Squawk, Dorsheimer noted that Tesla’s primary edge lies in the fact that it simply…
In a new video by Dr. Know It All on YouTube, he explains that he wanted to know whether or not Tesla cars could see through fog. He cited a Stanford research article that shows just how it can see through the fog. The article, published last year, noted that optical imaging techniques such as light detection…
Tesla is starting to hire for the upcoming launch of its “Semi Service Program,” a service program for the Tesla Semi electric truck. But the first location for the Tesla Semi service program is an interesting one. After years of delays with the Tesla Semi program, the automaker is finally expected to make its first…