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Elon Musk says that Tesla’s “unsupervised self-driving begins,” but as usual with the CEO’s statements about self-driving, it’s just “corporate puffery.” Tesla has released a video showcasing that its vehicles coming out of Fremont factory can now drive themselves to the loading docks for transportation: Teslas now drive themselves from their birthplace at the factory

Photo: Ørsted The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced a target of 700 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of total installed battery storage capacity and 10 million distributed storage installations by 2030. The targets are part of a new whitepaper, “SEIA’s Vision for American Energy Storage,” that analyzes the economic and energy security imperative of a strong

Despite mocking 350 kW as “a child’s toy” in 2016, the company is just rolling out 325 kW V4 chargers in 2025. Meanwhile companies like BP are celebrating 400 kW installations along major highways – and they’re making money doing it. All this and more on today’s thrilling January 47th episode of Quick Charge! We’ve also

How far can an EV drift? Porsche proved it can be pretty far. Porsche’s all-electric Taycan set a new Guinness World Record for the longest drift by an EV. The electric sports car now has four World Records. Check out the video below to see the Taycan in action. Porsche Taycan sets another Guinness World

Tesla has announced all V4 Superchargers can now charge up to 325kW in North America, but for now, only the Cybertruck can take advantage of the upgraded power output. The current Supercharger situation can be quite confusing. Tesla has four different generations of its Superchargers, but things got mixed up with the latest V4 generation.

Tesla (TSLA) will release its Q4 2024 and full-year 2024 financial results on Wednesday, Jan. 29, after the markets close. As usual, a conference call and Q&A with Tesla’s management are scheduled after the results. Here, we’ll look at what the street and retail investors expect for the quarterly results. Tesla Q4 2024 deliveries While

A new Honda EV for under $30,000? That’s the plan. And it could come as soon as next year. Honda plans to build the new electric car in the US as part of its new Honda 0 Series EV lineup. Here’s what we know so far. Is Honda launching an EV for $30,000 in the

A trial date has been set for Blake Lively and her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni. Both actors have filed lawsuits against each other following an initial legal complaint from Lively, who accused Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the film – and an alleged subsequent plan to damage

HD Hyundai is set to unveil a production version of its hydrogen fuel cell powered HW155H 14-ton wheeled excavator – one of ten updated or all-new machines rumored to making their debut at this year’s Bauma construction trade show. Wheeled excavators are having something of a resurgence in the equipment space these days – and with good

Tesla shareholders have voted for the questions they want to ask Elon Musk and Tesla’s management at the upcoming earning results this week. The questions have something in common: they are primarily about failed promises. It should be interesting to see Elon Musk skate around all those questions. Tesla is going to release its Q4

Hyundai and Kia have high hopes for 2025 with new electric SUVs arriving. The IONIQ 9, Hyundai’s first three-row electric SUV, and the smaller Kia EV5 and EV3 models are expected to lift sales this year. Here’s what to expect. Although Hyundai Motor Company, including Kia’s, global sales slipped 1% last year, the Korean auto

A BMW i5 with a native NACS port was spotted charging this weekend in Green River, Utah, leading to thoughts that BMW’s NACS transition may leapfrog a few other companies. We’ve seen a lot of action in the NACS transition in the last few weeks, with several brands added to Tesla’s Supercharger “coming soon” page,

Kia’s versatile crossover is facing a significant recall. Over 80,000 Kia Niro EV, plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and hybrid models are being recalled over seat belts and airbags that could potentially malfunction. Here’s what you need to know and how you can get the fix. Kia issues new recall for Niro EV, PHEV, and hybrids Kia

Tesla is challenging the European Union in court over the tariffs imposed on its Chinese electric vehicles despite getting the lowest rates of any automaker. Last summer, the European Commission revealed new tariff rates on Chinese-made EVs imported into the continent. The logic behind the tariffs was that the EU sees China as subsidizing electric vehicle production

Tesla is refusing to do the right thing about ‘Full Self-Driving’ package transfers and instead holds its own incapacity to deliver the package over the head of its owners. I just had a conversation with Tesla about doing the right thing about FSD transfer. I got an answer: a “categoric no”. Tesla is literally using

Screenshot According to a well-known Tesla hacker, Tesla has designed a new self-driving computer retrofit, but it’s not even for HW3 cars. Teska has two primary computational hardware generations for its self-driving program: HW3 cars (up until 2023) and HW4 cars (since 2023), sometimes called AI4. The computer in the HW4 suite has much more

As new models like the three-row EV9 and low-cost EV3 roll out, Kia’s EV sales are surging. Although it sold over 200,000 EVs last year, Kia expects to sell even more electric cars in 2025 as it builds a “full lineup of popular EVs.” Here’s what to expect this year. After announcing Q4 2024 results

Tesla has officially launched the new Model Y in North America and Europe after launching it in China earlier this month. The difference is that Tesla is now taking orders for both the older and newer versions of its best-selling electric SUV. That’s a unique launch for Tesla. I don’t remember the automaker doing that

Nissan plans to buy 20 GWh of batteries from SK On, enough to power around 300,000 EVs to be sold in the US. However, after delaying EV production in the US again, when will the new EVs finally arrive? Nissan revealed plans to invest $500 million in its Canton, Mississippi, plant almost three years ago

Photo: Cyclic Materials Jaguar Land Rover’s investment arm InMotion Ventures has invested $2 million in rare earth magnets recycling company Cyclic Materials, bringing its Series B funding round to $55 million. Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures has invested in a range of technologies including supply chain traceability, battery repair, reuse and recycling, and now, rare