Articles tagged "Misc"

Samsung announced it is joining the autonomous vehicle business, but rather than following Xiaomi's example, the company will supply chips used by AI that controls the self-driving systems. A US-based semiconductor company Ambarella will be the...

Apple's Car Key feature was announced back in 2020 but we are yet to see significant adoption. Only a few cars support Car Key, but seeing the new Car Keys Tests app on App Store suggests that a wider rollout is right around the corner. The...

In a welcome turn of events Tesla has updated its US website, so it's no longer as misleading when it comes to the price of the cars. Previously, the prices listed up front factored in the federal tax credit and potential gas savings over six years...

The first sales numbers of this year coming from Norway tell an interesting tale. The country has recorded the lowest number of cars registered since 1962 with only 1,860 new cars in January. That is truly a bleak number - in December there were...

A brand new Tesla Model Y's steering wheel reportedly fell off on the highway just 6 days after the vehicle was delivered to one New Jersey resident. Twitter user Prerak reported that he was with his family, driving on the highway when all of a...

Oil companies are not waiting around to see if their lobbying dollars have any effect on slowing down EV revolution and jumping in one market they know really well - refueling. While some politicians try to earn those lobbying dollars by announcing...

Before we jump to any conclusions let's first look at the entire picture. You read that correctly - Wyoming republican politicians have proposed a bill dedicated to “phasing out the sale of electric vehicles by 2035.” It’s not a law and the...

StoreDot, known for the development of quick-charging batteries for electric cars, just announced the construction of its first research lab in the United States. The new lab, located in Irvine, California, will be focused on the advancement of...

Although total vehicle sales in China declined in November, the demand for electric and plug-in hybrid cars remained strong and did not experience any slowdown. According to Clean Technica, a total of 625,205 new electric passenger vehicles were...

Stellantis, the multinational automaker, has announced its intention to invest in Symbio, a startup specializing in hydrogen-powered transportation. Faurecia and Michelin are already stakeholders in the company, and Stellantis will join them as an...

Euro NCAP testing is changing in order to keep up with the progress made by automakers. The latest technology and construction materials are making cars the safest they have ever been. Euro NCAP has been around for 25 years and without a doubt it...

Polydrops is a US based company specialising in building clever trailers for electric cars. The company used to offer only one model, fitted with solar panels and its own 4.8 kWh battery but now has added a second model - with no solar panels or...

Buying an electric car is not an easy task. Choosing between the brands and then different options and trying to work out which one offers the biggest bang for the buck can give anyone a headache. Then there is charging - are there any public...

Unexpected announcement came today from the state-owned company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG). Its HiNa Battery GWh-scale production line in Fuyang, in Anhui province, just went live and the world's first commercial sodium-ion batteries...

Counterpoint just shared its report on the electric car market in Q3 of 2022, showing some interesting shifts. The sales were made of 74% of plug-in battery vehicles with the remaining 26% being the PHEV and EREV. After taking the lead in the EV...

It took CharIN (Charging Interface Initiative) a few weeks to respond to Tesla’s offer for its NACS charging solution to be adapted as the global standard. As a reminder, Tesla opened up its charging technology to any company wishing to use it and...

Adams Intelligence put a report together looking closely at the total capacity of electric car batteries deployed globally in the first half of this year. It’s a pretty good indicator of the market growth as it gives us a better look of the...

According to the latest study from BloombergNEF, the US is the world’s greatest polluter when it comes to transport emissions - 1.64 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide is expected to be produced by vehicles in North America this year alone. Until now,...

The US Government has just committed the country to a very ambitious plan - to stop selling gas and diesel powered commercial vehicles by 2040. That means in just over 17 years there will be no new school bus, truck, delivery van or a tractor...

Volvo just unveiled its electric flagship SUV - the EX90. The car, as has always been the case with the latest Volvos, is an absolute pinnacle of safety technology. Apart from it, the new SUV looks great, has great performance and offers fairly good...