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Hyundai IONIQ 5 electric SUV (Source: Hyundai) Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES) are going to inject an additional $2 billion into their $4.3 billion US EV battery factory. Carmaker Hyundai and lithium-ion battery maker LGES signed a memorandum of understanding at LGES’s headquarters in Seoul in May. The two companies will 50/50

Tesla is testing the Cybertruck with a dual-motor powertrain, according to new pictures of a prototype of the electric pickup truck. We also get a good look at the interior. Amid all the news with the release of the updated Model 3, Model S/X configuration update, and FSD price change, we almost missed a very

I was testing Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta update last night (v11.4.7), and a new aggressive bug has nearly made me crash at highway speed twice. Please take this as a public service announcement. I received the new FSD Beta v11.4.7 update on my Model 3 this week. Tesla has been known to have

Tesla has cut the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software by $3,000, to $12k, down from $15k in the US. North America might not have gotten an official Model 3 refresh announcement yet like Europe did, but it did get something Europe didn’t get overnight: a big drop in the price of FSD. Almost

Tesla has cut prices on the Model S and X, with price drops of 15-19% in the US on all trim levels (and similar cuts in the rest of the world), except for the brand-new Standard Range model which was introduced just over two weeks ago and is now no longer available. Good news and

Just hours after photos leaked of the upcoming Tesla Model 3 refresh, codenamed “Project Highland,” Tesla has officially unveiled its highly-anticipated facelift in Europe. The refresh includes a “facelifted” front-end design, interior changes like more screen space (including a new rear display), and increased range. Tesla says that the refresh replaces more than half of

LUMA, a Puerto Rico electric utility, has received the green light to build a virtual power plant (VPP) with Tesla Powerwalls in Puerto Rico. It should help with the territory’s major issues amid heat waves. Puerto Rico was an early market for Powerwalls. Following the island’s electric grid being badly affected by a hurricane back

The Biden-Harris Administration announced $15 billion in funding to retool existing factories so that they can produce electric vehicles and batteries. This is a lifeline for legacy automakers struggling to be profitable in the EV transition. The Department of Energy announced in a press release today: As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the

The Labor Day green energy deals are starting to go live ahead of the holiday weekend, with the best price of the year live on this electric Sun Joe pressure washer at $200. It’s joined by a $535 discount on the Schwinn Voyager e-bike as well as a massive list of other e-bike discounts, too.

Honda may look to its past to revitalize its future in the electric era. A recent trademark filing suggests Honda may look to resurrect the two-door Prelude sports car as an EV. The Honda Prelude may live on… as an EV Once considered Honda’s flagship model, the Prelude was discontinued in 2001 in favor of

Tesla is now under federal investigation by the DOJ over potentially using company resources to build a mansion for Elon Musk. This story first emerged last year. It was reported that Tesla was conducting an internal investigation about misappropriating company resources. More specifically, Bloomberg reported that Omead Afshar, director of Elon Musk’s office, was about

A body has been found in the search for missing poet Gboyega Odubanjo, police have said. Mr Odubanjo, 27, was meant to do a reading at the Shambala festival in Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire, on Sunday – but never arrived for his performance. He was last seen at the festival at around 4am on Saturday. While formal

Is a viable option for electric van life finally here? Possibly! Earlier today, Mercedes-Benz shared more details of its 2024 eSprinter Van refresh, including a more accurate range estimate (although still not official). What is official is the pricing, however, and when compared with its other specs, we may see some van enthusiasts consider a

Tesla Autopilot’s so-called “Elon Mode,” which is not really what it is called, is drawing attention from regulators because it enables fewer driver monitoring alerts. Earlier this year, we reported on some confusion in the media about Tesla having a secret Autopilot “Elon Mode.“ The name “Elon Mode” didn’t come from Tesla. It came from

After a fire broke out at Kia’s No. 3 plant in Hwaseong, South Korea, Tuesday, the automaker is pausing production until September 6. Kia’s EV6 electric crossover is one of the models built at the facility. Kia shuts down SK plant where EV6 is built over a fire Kia, a Hyundai Motor Company affiliate, is

Mercury Marine has just announced the launch of its two newest electric outboard motors, the Avator 20e and Avator 35e. The news follows the launch of Mercury’s first entry in the lineup, the Avator 7.5e, which splashed down earlier this year. And the company isn’t even finished yet, teasing another two electric products to be

Tesla has greatly expanded Supercharger access for non-Tesla EVs in Australia, with now most of the network being opened to everyone. Over the last two years, Tesla has been working to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles. In Europe, Tesla has already opened hundreds of stations in most countries it operates in. It gradually added

After the new EV5’s debut last week, we are finally learning the starting price of the compact electric SUV. And as a pleasant surprise – the Kia EV5 is much cheaper than initial expectations. Kia EV5’s starting price will be around $22K in China The EV5 will have a starting price of roughly $22,000 (159,800

Three gas-powered Ford models are out as the Blue Oval brand makes way for new electric vehicles. The move comes as the American automaker looks ahead toward its next-generation EV platform set to spawn a new generation of Ford EVs. Although Ford has run into some hurdles surrounding its EV rollout, the automaker is accelerating

Struggles continue for Toyota – still one of the world’s largest automakers for now – as its latest hiccup comes in the form of a production system malfunction. As a result, Toyota has had to halt all operations at its assembly plants throughout Japan, leaving local output frozen. Toyota seems to have recently checked its