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Kia EV9 (Source: Kia) Massachusetts is launching a first-of-its-kind statewide vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pilot program. This two-year initiative, backed by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), aims to deploy 100 bidirectional chargers to homes, school buses, municipal, and commercial fleet participants across the state. These bidirectional chargers will enable EVs to serve as mobile energy storage

Tesla says it can deliver new orders for the refreshed Model Y within two weeks in China. Is the automaker already experiencing a demand problem with the new Model Y? Last month, Tesla launched the new Model Y in China. The vehicle features an updated design and new features that bring it closer to the

Volkswagen’s electric SUV is making a comeback. Last month, the Volkswagen ID.4 topped Tesla’s Model Y to become the best-selling EV in Europe, and it was even in the top three in the US. Volkswagen ID.4 was EU’s best-selling EV, top 3 in the US Although new vehicle registrations fell 2% in Europe last month, electric vehicles

(Source: Tesla) Tesla has partnered with Steak ‘n Shake to deploy Superchargers at up to more than 100 restaurant locations. The partnership between Tesla and the American fast food chain has been revealed through a strange series of posts on X. First, Tesla CEO Elon Musk commented on Steak ‘n Shake’s announcement that it is

Hyundai Motor Group, including Kia, doesn’t expect to launch solid-state EV batteries until 2030, at the earliest. The company said there’s “a lot of uncertainty” around the promising new battery tech. With others, including Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Stellantis, Honda, and Chinese battery giants CATL and BYD, who will be the first to get the “holy grail”

Elon Musk has reportedly ‘canceled’ a Tesla engineer for complaining about the CEO’s behaviors on social media. As we recently reported, Tesla insiders are finally starting to speak out against Elon Musk over his increasingly unhinged social media presence. For example, just today, he called CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen’s family a “crime family” because

After an oil change, a woman found a racial slur printed on the sticker inside her SUV. Now, she’s getting a free electric vehicle. Family Nissan, a dealership nearly 900 miles away, is gifting her a free LEAF EV, saying she won’t need an oil change ever again. The electric car was specifically chosen so

Tesla has applied for a permit to operate a ride-hailing service in California, but it will be using human drivers rather than the promised robotaxi. Last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would launch “unsupervised self-driving in Texas and California in Q2 2025.” However, we suspected that this would not be “unsupervised self-driving’

After recent price cuts, Volkswagen’s electric ID.4 now starts at under $20,000 in China. Volkswagen looks to keep up in China’s “fierce price war,” but will it be enough? BYD and other Chinese EV makers are moving quickly. Volkswagen cuts ID.4 prices amid China’s EV price war Volkswagen’s Chinese joint venture SAIC-Volkswagen launched a new

After an oil change, a woman found a racial slur printed on the sticker inside her SUV. Now, she’s getting a free electric vehicle. A Nissan dealer nearly 900 miles away is gifting her a free LEAF EV, saying she won’t need an oil change ever again. The electric car was specifically chosen so the

Tesla drivers in China are using the new Full Self-Driving update and are racking up fines as the system drives in bike lanes and makes illegal turns. As we reported earlier this week, Tesla has started to release advanced driver-assist features sold under its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in China. The feature is called “Autopilot

Tesla is hit with a fresh class action lawsuit about the performance and claims of its self-driving and Autopilot systems as well as its “hardware 3 computer.” The automaker is already facing dozens of lawsuits over its self-driving claims, crashes using advanced driver assist systems, alledged breaches of fiduciary duties from its CEO and board

Kia recently held its annual EV Day event overseas, and we were one of the select outlets invited to attend in person. During that time, Kia executives outlined the Korean brand’s global EV strategy, which reiterated its unwavering approach to going all-electric, bolstered by several new models that made global debuts, including the Concept EV2,

Europe will give €100 billion in short-term relief to clean manufacturing in order to compete with China, as it unveiled today in its Clean Industrial Deal. The money comes at the same time as the US is actively seeking to harm its manufacturing sector and send clean jobs to China. The EU’s Clean Industrial Deal

10 Tesla Cybertrucks will be added to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) fleet for patrol and SWAT. The electric trucks were donated. During the 2025 State of the Department this week, LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill announced that the department will add Cybertrucks to its fleet. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is excited to

Li Auto’s (NASDAQ: LI) stock climbed nearly 15% on Tuesday after the company revealed the first images of its new electric SUV, the Li i8. The i8 is Li Auto’s first electric SUV, and it’s expected to be a true threat in the world’s largest EV market. Li Auto reveals its first electric SUV, the

Tesla has acquired parts of bankrupted automation engineering firm Manz based in Germany. It will on board about 300 of its employees. Manz is a “German multinational engineering company active in the fields of automation, laser processesing, metrology, wet chemistry and roll-to-roll processing.” The company has filed for bankruptcy protection and announced today that it signed an agreement with Tesla Automation, a subsidiary

Ram Trucks introduced the 2026 Ramcharger pickup this week, its first range-extender electric vehicle (REEV). CEO Tim Kuniskis claims it’s “the ultimate electric truck” with up to 690 miles of range and can tow up to 14,000 lbs. Meanwhile, Ram continues to put its fully electric pickup, the Ram 1500 REV, on the back burner.

Mercedes will use the designation “with EQ technology” rather than naming its EVs with separate “EQ” model names, to focus on treating them more like normal models – in what this author considers an overdue move. For many years now, Mercedes has added “EQ” to the model name of its electric models, as in the Mercedes

Tesla has launched a limited version of its Full Self-Driving features in China to mixed reviews as it’s still far from what was promised. After many delays, Tesla has now pushed an update that brings some of the advanced driver-assist features sold under its Full Self-Driving package in North America to the Chinese market. The