Play buttonTechnology Tesla's Las Vegas V3 Supercharger Station Is the Fastest YetPCMag - Matthew Humphries The brand new charging station consists of 39 chargers capable of charging 1,500 vehicles every day using Tesla's solar panels and Powerpack …
Toyota Toyota partners with BYD to make all-electric cars for China marketElectrek - Phil DzikiyJust days after announcing a Chinese battery deal, Toyota has announced that it will partner with another company, BYD, to develop all-electric cars in China. Together, Toyota and BYD will develop all-electric
Artificial Intelligence Peloton's self-driving semi truck is comingQuartz - Michael J. CorenThere’s a joke in the autonomous vehicle community right now: How do you know you’re in a self-driving car? There are two human drivers in the front. Many of the companies testing out self-driving cars
Play buttonApollo Missions Automakers in space: How Detroit helped put men on the moon - AutoblogAutoblog - Greg RasaAmerican industrial might — automakers included — determined the outcome of the 20th century’s biggest events. The “Arsenal of Democracy” won World War II, then kept on churning through the Cold War. it
Vienna Pedestrian collision puts Vienna’s driverless bus trial on holdThe Verge - Jon PorterA self-driving bus trial taking place in Vienna, Austria, has been paused after an incident occurred between a pedestrian and one of the vehicles, reports Bloomberg. On Thursday morning a 30-year-old collided
Tesla What Is Tesla's Unmistakable And Undeniable Edge?insideevs.com - EVANNEX Tesla builds batteries...Above: Tesla's Model 3 (Instagram: pichutesla)...and it's building a lot of them - 95,200 (car) battery packs on the road in …
Play buttonTesla Tesla-inspired electric boat unveiled: X Shore Eelex 8000Electrek - Fred LambertKonrad Bergstrom, the Swedish tech millionaire behind the new electric boat startup X Shore, says that he was inspired by Tesla to create its lineup of electric boats. The company recently unveiled its
Mobile Technology The Incredible Tech Behind This Year's Tour de France BikesWIRED - Andrew Diprose, WIRED UK A bike is a bike, right? Wrong. Especially if you’re a professional bike team. With margins for the winner of a stage of the Tour de France often …
Chevrolet Corvette How It Feels to Drive—and Crash—the First-Ever Mid-Engine CorvetteWIRED - Alex Davies “Just drive through that fence,” the voice says into my headset. I’m a bit rattled, having spun off the track and straight to the wrong side of said …
Hyperloop How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting alongTechCrunch - Cyrus RadfarTwo years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk. The market wasn’t sure about car sharing and whether it had long-term viability. Now, with the acquisition of Drivy, Getaround
BMW Ailing BMW Appoints Production Chief Zipse as Next CEOThe Wall Street Journal. - Sara GermanoMove comes as auto maker faces shrinking profits and expensive challenge of building electric cars BERLIN—BMW AG has picked its head of production, Oliver Zipse, to be its next chief executive, as the
Play buttonSuperchargers Tesla opens new V3 Supercharger with solar and battery – looks like EV charging station of the futureElectrek - Fred LambertTesla has opened a rare new V3 Supercharger station after launching the new generation of its EV charging infrastructure months ago. It was worth the wait because this new Supercharger station in Las looks
Toyota This is one way Toyota plans to shuttle people around during the 2020 OlympicsTechCrunch - Kirsten KorosecWhen thousands of people converge in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the city’s infrastructure will be tested. Toyota is getting into the mix to handle some of the ways people will get
Chevrolet GM will help Chevy EV owners find certified home charger installersEngadget - Christine FisherIt hopes doing so will convince more consumers to buy its electric vehicles. General Motors wants to make it easier for Chevy EV-owners to charge their vehicles at home. Customers will soon be able to
Tesla Model X Audi Shows Tesla Isn’t the Only Automaker That Can Build An Electric VehicleFortune - Jaclyn Trop Audi’s first-ever electric vehicle, the $75,000 e-Tron, is already contributing nearly 5% of the automaker’s sales mix. The brand recorded 856 e-Tron …
Electric Motorcycles Curtiss unveils latest Hades electric motorcycle design and it’s… distinctiveElectrek - Micah TollCurtiss Motorcycles has been on a roll lately by releasing a number of concept designs for high-power electric motorcycles, as well as real-world prototypes to back them up. Today we are getting a new
Formula E Formula E races aren’t just exciting, they’re driving EV tech into the futureDigital Trends - Stephen Edelstein Formula E rolled into New York City in 2017 with a great gimmick. Bringing electric race cars to the streets of a city notorious for its hostility to …
Investing The Big Obstacle on the Road to Electric VehiclesThe Wall Street Journal. - Stephen WilmotThe lithium-ion battery is a complex industrial product, not just another component in the consumer electronics supply chain. This inconvenient truth is a major obstacle on the global auto industry’s to
Electric Vehicles This new lightweight $29,000 electric car can be parked on a wallElectrek - Fred LambertThe Nobe 100 is a new lightweight electric car currently offered for ~$29,000 and it can be parked vertically on a wall to save space. Nobe is an Estonia-based company trying to bring to market an electric
Scooters The Boosted Rev is the safest e-scooter to buy (if you can afford it)Mashable - Raymond WongBig • thick wheels to tackle streets • Three types of brakes • Tops out at 24 mph • Up to 22-mile range Heavy AF at 46 lbs • No bell • 3-4x more expensive than other consumer e-scooters Boosted's first
European Union Electric Cars In Europe Will Triple By 2021 - ReportForbes - Dave KeatingAn E-Golf from VW loads at a charging station in Germany (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images) After several years of timid growth, carmakers in the European Union will be offering 214 electric
Volvo Samsung to provide batteries for Volvo’s electric trucksElectrek - Phil DzikiyVolvo Group and Samsung SDI have entered a new strategic alliance that focuses on the development and supply of batteries for Volvo’s electric trucks. The two companies will jointly develop battery packs
Electric Vehicles The electric car revolution is coming. This is what has to happen firstCNN - Peter Valdes-Dapena(CNN) — These days, when a major automaker unveils an electric car it gets a lot of press. That's because electric cars are cool, special and futuristic. Someday, though, electric cars will just be cars.
Tesla Tesla floats fully self-driving cars as soon as this year. Many are worried about what that will unleash.The Washington Post - By Faiz SiddiquiSAN FRANCISCO — Tesla is promising to launch “full self-driving” capabilities to hundreds of thousands of cars through an over-the-air update as soon as this year. But its push to put the features — largely
Play buttonProduct Design Meet Lotus Evija, the world’s lightest, most powerful electric hypercar ever madeyankodesign.com - By Sarang Sheth The first car to be unveiled by the British automobile-maker since it got acquired by China-based Geely, the Evija is reassurance that all is well at …
Summer Olympics Toyota Presents Last Mile Mobility Solution for the Summer Olympics, and No, It Doesn’t Have Lidar. Far from ItThe Drive - By Bertel Schmitt Sometimes you take time-out from the high-tech turn-ons, and you rekindle your love for the simple tools that just do their job. A Japanese hand saw. …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMicrosoft Microsoft and Scope Technology Partner to Accelerate the Evolution of Connected Car Solutionsyahoo.com - PR Newswire Scope's Connected Car platform on Microsoft Azure powers the latest vehicle technology solutions, including AI and Machine Learning for Big Data …
Innovation World's First Train Line Powered Directly by Solar Energy Will Launch SoonInverse - By Mike Brown Sunlight is about to hit the tracks. The world’s first railway lines directly powered by sunlight are set to launch next month in the United …
Innovation What’s the path forward for electric planes?Fast Company - Morgan ClendanielThe airline industry needs to curb its emissions, and a few bold startups are experimenting with electric engines. But the future of electric aviation requires more than sustainability and technological
