Tesla has started offering fully-loaded Cybertruck ‘Foundation Series’ for $120,000 to customers in the US. At a delivery event last week, Tesla delivered the first 10 Cybertrucks to customers. There was a fear that Tesla might pull a “Tesla Semi” – meaning doing the same thing it did last year and deliver a few Tesla […]
Just over a year after my last visit, I recently got the chance to visit my friends at ECD Automotive Design down in central Florida and take their latest EV conversion – the all-electric Jaguar E-Type for a spin. As always, there were tons of new and exciting happenings at ECD, as it continues to […]
If you are thinking about buying Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E, you may want to do so before the end of the year. Ford expects the Mach-E will no longer qualify for the federal EV tax credit. Ford Mach-E will no longer qualify for the EV tax credit The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is due for […]
San Francisco, California; Helping to reduce claims inaccuracies and reduce admin waste, CoverSelf, a unified platform for healthcare claims and payment integrity, is today announcing a $8.2m seed round as it successfully deploys platform in the ecosystem. The funding round was led by existing investors BEENEXT and 3one4 Capital with participation from new investor Z21 ventures and […]
Gas prices at a Shell gas station in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. crude declined 4% on Wednesday, closing at the lowest level since late June with retail gasoline prices hitting the lowest point since January just ahead of the holiday shopping and travel […]
Nissan Sakura mini EV (Source: Nissan) A new breed of electric vehicles is drawing inspiration from Japanese kei cars, tiny cubes-on-wheels that are highway-legal but not likely to pass muster with US or EU safety standards. But what if we loosened up those standards to help lower prices, enabling broader adoption of EVs to people […]
We currently sit three weeks away from NIO Day 2023, the annual event held by one of China’s leading EV automakers that caps off the year with new and exciting technologies to come. We know NIO intends to unveil a new flagship model during the event, and it’s rumored to be the automaker’s top-of-the-line sedan, […]
New Volkswagen electric models will now support bidirectional charging. With “Vehicle to Home” capabilities, your new VW EV can be used to power your home. However, with little info, VW has left us with more questions than answers. “We are actively shaping the energy transition,” VW’s sales leader, Imelda Labbe, said during the launch. Labbe […]
Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp., Brendan McDermid | Reuters Exxon Mobil said Wednesday its expects earnings to more than double through 2027 relative to 2019 as the energy giant moves forward with a slew of cost-cutting measures. Exxon said it’s on track to grow its earnings and cash flow […]
What started as a fairly small strike of Tesla’s service workers in Sweden is now expanding to affect Tesla’s European operations. Last month, Tesla service workers in Sweden started striking in order to get included in a collective agreement. The automaker has always had a hard stance against unions, and it has been able to […]
