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Is the Hyundai IONIQ T10 the electric truck we’ve been waiting for? A new trademark filing for an IONIQ T10 suggests Hyundai could be aiming for Ford’s F-150 Lightning. Is Hyundai launching an electric IONIQ T10 pickup truck? According to a new trademark filing uncovered by the folks at Drive in Australia, Hyundai looks to

Tesla has released the first major software update for the Cybertruck, and it improves the electric pickup’s handling, charging, and more. One of the main downsides of Cybertruck right now is software. Despite starting deliveries a few months ago, Tesla has yet to fully develop the electric pickup truck’s software, and it is still missing

The UK’s best-selling car is going electric. Ford said it will reveal the all-electric Puma Gen-E later this year as it expands its European EV lineup. After unveiling the new Puma on Wednesday, Ford said that the all-electric Gen-E model will be revealed later this year. Ford announced last October that it would be ending

Tesla confirmed that it plans to restart production at Gigafactory Berlin next week after shutting it down due to supply issues. Several manufacturing companies in Europe have seen their operations affected by issues with cargo in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait due to the civil war in Yemen. Tesla is amongst

Ford (F) assembled a “super-talented skunk works team” to build a low-cost EV platform. The small team consisted of “some of the best EV engineers in the world,” according to Ford’s CEO Jim Farley. It will be used to launch several new software-defined electric models. Ford is “secretly” developing a low-cost EV platform Following Tuesday’s

The California Highway Patrol has shared a video of a Tesla Semi electric truck handling a closed icy road. Electric semi trucks are still quite new and there are a lot of naysayers about them. Bill Gates was one of them. He didn’t believe that a battery-electric truck could travel 500 miles, but he was

Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com Ford is laying off some 3,500 workers in Germany as the automaker ends the production of the Focus – the once crazily popular car that never managed to get off the ground with its electric version – in 2025. Next year, Ford is wrapping up production of the Focus

BMW is launching its first all-electric luxury wagon, the i5 Touring, with up to 348 miles (560 km) WLTP range. The luxury BMW wagon is more advanced than ever. It’s now more sporty, has new features, and is available in an all-electric form for the first time. Meet the BMW i5 Touring, an all-electric luxury

Tesla is seemingly preparing for a round of layoffs as it asks its manager to identify critical members of their teams. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Tesla has asked all managers to identify “critical” members of their teams: US managers had to make the binary assessment of their deputies’ roles in recent days,

Porsche’s electric sports received a major upgrade for the 2025 model year. The new Porsche Taycan features longer range, more performance, and fast charging capabilities. 2025 Porsche Taycan gets even more performance Porsche has been testing the new Taycan model for several months now, and it’s finally here. The new electric sports sedan is upgraded

Ferrari is testing a Tesla Model S Plaid ahead of launching its own first all-electric supercar, which should be coming in the next two years. Over the last few years, Tesla vehicles have been among the most reverse-engineered and tested by automakers. Tesla was early in the electric vehicle space, and it was the first

Photo: Toyota Toyota just announced a $1.3 billion investment in its Kentucky factory to build EVs, including its three-row electric SUV for the US market.  The investment supports the previously announced future battery EV assembly at Toyota Kentucky. It’s also adding a battery pack assembly line, with batteries being supplied by Toyota Battery Manufacturing North

Ford reported its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market, beating Q4 revenue and profit estimates. The automaker expects the momentum to continue in 2024 despite pulling back EV investments. Ford’s fourth-quarter EV sales Ford sold a record 25,637 EVs in the last three months of 2023 (+24% YOY), edging out rival GM. The F-150 Lightning

Tesla has signed a deal with Choice Hotels International to bring chargers to thousands of additional hotels. Over the last year, Tesla has become increasingly dominant in the charging space. It’s not like it wasn’t already, but with NACS, its own charge connector, becoming the standard in North America, and the release of its Universal

Kia plans to fight falling EV resale prices in Australia with a new guaranteed future value program. New electric models, including the EV6 and Kia EV9, will be part of the plan. Kia wants to boost EV resale value Some of the earliest EVs in Australia have lost some of their battery capacity, which is

The EPA is currently finalizing new rules to limit truck emissions, and a group of manufacturers including Ford, Cummins, BorgWarner and Eaton has broken with the industry to support the upcoming “Phase 3” heavy duty emissions rules, while the rest of the industry, led by Volvo and Daimler, continues to lobby against them. The group

Tesla has expanded its advertising effort and it is even now controversially starting to advertise on Elon Musk’s X. For years, Musk has famously said that he despises advertising. He said that Tesla doesn’t pay or provide discounts for celebrities to drive its cars and that the automaker doesn’t pay to advertise – though we have

Elon Musk is introducing his new right-wing fans to the idea of implementing a carbon tax, and it goes about as well as you would expect. Over the last few years, Musk has become a sort of hero of the right. Regardless of where you stand politically, it is a fascinating situation. I remember not

Kia is recalling just over 1,200 EV6 and Niro EVs over a faulty drive shaft that can result in a loss of power. Kia is recalling certain EV6 and Niro EVs The recall impacts the 2023 Kia EV6 and 2023-2024 Niro EV models. Kia says 1,243 vehicles are potentially affected. In a letter to the

Almost a year after compatibility was listed as pending; Lotus has confirmed Apple Car Key capabilities are on the way to new all-electric Emeya owners. Lotus now joins a select group of vehicles that allow drivers to perform several access functions from the Wallet of their iPhone or Apple Watch. Car Key is an Apple