[ad_1] Polaris has a history in electric vehicles, since it bought Global Electric Motorcars in 2011, a Minnesota maker of low-speed “neighborhood electric vehicles” (think: gussied-up golf carts). That same year, it bought Goupil, a French maker of electric flatbed trucks, while in 2015 it bought Brammo, an electric motor company that made the Arial […]
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After Math: Tesla goes budget and California has gas car ban plans
[ad_1] Engadget Elon “Im going to put a chip in your head” Musk has never been one to shy away from making grandiose forward looking statements but if he can keep his word from this year’s battery day — the one about being able to build batteries at half the current cost per kWh and […]
Tesla will boost your Model Y’s acceleration for $2,000
[ad_1] Tesla has a long history of including features in hardware and locking them with software to help simplify its production while keeping costs in check. However, this is one of the most obvious examples of it — your AWD Model Y can already accelerate this quickly, it just hasn’t been given the option until […]
Tesla lays out ‘Battery Day’ plans that lead to a $25,000 electric car
[ad_1] The Tesla Battery Day presentation is under way, and CEO Elon Musk has shown off a number of changes the company is making that he says can halve the cost per kWh of building electric vehicle battery cells. Just before showing off the $140,000~ Model S Plaid and its 200MPH+ top speed, Musk said […]
Tesla’s 1,100HP ‘Plaid’ Model S sport sedan will arrive in late 2021
[ad_1] To cap off the Battery Day unveiling, Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off video of the long-hinted-at Plaid version of a Model S sedan. Back in 2019 Tesla showed video of a triple-motor equipped Plaid prototype lapping Laguna Seca in 1:36, and according to Musk, on Sunday it dropped the time to 1:30.3. Following […]
Elon Musk warns that Tesla’s ‘Battery Day’ tech is two years away
[ad_1] The Tesla “battery day” presentation is almost here, set to take place tomorrow after being rescheduled from April due to the coronavirus pandemic. But with just hours to go until the company reveals something — the expectation is that it has developed at least one new type of battery cell that could help it […]
Canadian police charged a Tesla owner for sleeping while driving
[ad_1] It’s unclear how the Model S driver misused Autopilot in the way that they did. The incident occurred before Tesla updated the system to give it the ability to detect speed limit signs using a vehicle’s cameras. However, as The Verge notes, Tesla has said Autopilot will only work when it detects that the […]
Tesla Supercharger flaw lets rival EVs top up for free in Europe
[ad_1] We’ve asked Tesla for comment. It has previously welcomed the possibility of allowing Supercharger access to non-Tesla vehicles, but only if they can agree on costs. There’s no agreement so far. As Electrek suggests, this could easily be a bug or some other flaw. Tesla only allows free Supercharger use as a perk for […]
For Lucid’s Air EV sedan, performance and prestige come at a price
[ad_1] After multiple production delays and setbacks, Lucid Motors gave the EV driving public its first look at the upcoming Lucid Air sedan during a live streamed reveal event on Wednesday. With an expected range far exceeding even the most robust Tesla Mo… [ad_2] Source link
Tesla Autopilot now detects speed limit signs
[ad_1] Tesla cars are now smarter about recognizing street signs. Electrek reports that the automaker is pushing a software update that lets Autopilot detect speed limit signs using the EV’s cameras. Your car should stick to the limit more accurately than it did before, when it was relying solely on GPS data. You shouldn’t risk […]