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Tesla Owners To Get Full Self-Driving Suite By End of 2020

Tesla will release its Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature to drivers who’ve paid for it by the close of 2020. Elon Musk made the announcement during the company’s quarter 3 Earnings Call.

The automaker has already started rolling out the FSD Beta version to a few select drivers. According to Musk, they were taking a slow and cautious approach to the rollout because the market is very complex. The…

GM Launches Its All-Electric Hummer Pickup Truck, To Start At $79,995

GM had an official launch for the GMC Hummer electric pickup truck. It’s expected to compete with the upcoming F-150 Electric from Ford, the Tesla Cybertruck, and the Rivian R1T.

The electric pickup truck has close resemblance to the combustion engine Hummer version.

Buyers will be able to choose from four models of the Hummer EV. The lineup consists of the Hummer Edition 1, Hummer EV2X,…

Tesla To Export Chinese Model 3’s To Europe

Tesla announced that it will start exporting Model 3 from China to over 10 markets in Europe. It becomes the latest automaker to start exporting its electric vehicles from China.

The American electric carmaker started producing vehicles at its Gigafactory Shanghai in December 2019. It will now start exporting its China-made electric cars to the European market by the end of October. Tesla…

Foxconn To Build Electric Car Platform Besides Other EV Components

Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai, has plans to enter the electric vehicle industry. Foxconn is a major components’ supplier for tech company Apple.

Liu Young-way, the Foxconn CEO, said one in every ten EVs globally will have a component or service from the company in the next seven years. Foxconn will produce several electric vehicle components by itself. It…

New Study Refutes Claims That EVs Have Higher Carbon Emissions

Electric vehicle adoption around the world is picking up with California, China, Japan, and Scandinavia in the lead. But the uptake of electric cars has been hampered by myths that mislead consumers.

One of the myths peddled is that electric vehicles produce more carbon emissions compared to combustion engine cars. The elements used in EV batteries have been a cause for environmental concern.…

Fisker Partners With Magna For Producing The Ocean SUV In 2022

Fisker’s hopes of bringing the Fisker Ocean electric SUV crossover to the market got a boost. This was after the EV startup partnered with automotive engineering giant Magna to start producing the Ocean in 2022.

The company had said it would outsource the production of the electric car to save costs. Magna’s Graz plant in Austria will build the EV. It also assembles vehicles for Toyota, Jaguar…

Volkswagen Orders Robots For Building The ID.4 and ID.BUZZ

Volkswagen confirmed it ordered several robots for the production of its electric vehicles. The robots will build its ID.BUZZ electric minibus and the ID.4 electric SUV.

The automaker is among the leading legacy automakers who are committed to increasing their EV production capacity. It placed an order for 2,200 robots which it will deploy at different production plants.

VW’s commercial…

GM Cruise To Test Driverless Chevy Bolt EVs In San Francisco Streets

General Motor’s subsidiary self-driving car company Cruise can now operate its self-driving Chevy Bolt EV fleet. This is after it received the go-ahead from California’s Department of Motor Vehicles. Cruise has in the past been operating its driverless electric vehicles in San Francisco.

The California DMV regulated the test program for the Chevy Bolt before allowing them to operate without a…

Uber To Invest £5m In London’s EV Charging Infrastructure

Uber pledged an investment of over £5m in public EV charging infrastructure in some of London’s poorest boroughs. This is aimed at persuading drivers to adopt electric transportation.

The ride-hailing company admitted that the investment was only a fraction of what’s needed. But it hopes to highlight how imbalanced the installation of charging infrastructure is in the capital.

Uber said…

BMW Recalls 26,700 Plug-In EV Models Over Fire Risk

BMW is once again having problems with its plug-in EV’s batteries. Most of the series face a growing risk of fire because of contaminated battery cells.

The affected series are the X1, X2, X3, X5, 3-series, 5-series, 7-series, 2-series Active Tourer, i8 Coupé, and the Roadster. The Mini Countryman produced between January 20 and September 18 are also due for recall. About 26,700 vehicles…

Tesla Set To Get Into Indian EV Market In 2021

Tesla will introduce its electric cars in India in 2021. This will be a boost to the country’s EV market which is still budding.

According to Indo-Asian News Service, Tesla founder Elon Musk revealed the news on Twitter. Musk was responding to a Tesla Club India tweet. He said that there was a possibility of Tesla releasing an order configurator in January 2021. Media reports indicate that the…

Electric Vehicles To Make Up 10% of European Market Share By End of Year

New data shows that the market share of electric vehicles in Europe will triple in 2020. This is because of the tougher EU carbon emission targets. Forecasts show that electric cars will make 10% of the market share this year and reach 15% in 2021.

According to the analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E), there has been a surge in EV sales since the start of the year. Market disruptions…

Germany Automotive Market Sells Record Electric Vehicles

The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) revealed that Germany sold a record 21,188 new electric vehicles in September. This was a 5,112 increase from 16,076 units in August. It’s the first time that EVs have about 15% German market share.

The new numbers represent a 260.3% increase from the same period in 2019. All-electric vehicles make up 98,369 of new vehicle registrations in 2020 up to…

Amazon Unveils Its Rivian-Built All-Electric Delivery Vans

Amazon revealed its Rivian-built electric delivery van. Besides its sophisticated driver-assist system, the van also has sensing equipment and other futuristic technology.

Amazon expects the van to start deliveries in 2022. Rivian will produce 10,000 units by then. By 2030, there will be 100,000 all-electric Amazon delivery vans in operation.

Ross Rachey said Amazon wanted to build a van…

Elon Musk Urges Employees To Work Towards 500,000 EVs Milestone

Tesla is aiming at reaching the 500,000 cars milestone by the end of the year. This is according to a leaked email from Elon Musk to the employees.

Up to the end of the third quarter, the electric automaker had produced 329,980 cars. Despite production disruptions caused by coronavirus lockdowns, Tesla still managed a record of 145,036 units in Q3. It will need to ramp up production by 17.2%…

Tesla Model 3 Dominating Best-Seller Charts In Most Countries, Study Reveals

2.1 million electric vehicles were sold globally in 2019. This year is expected to have a strong finish despite coronavirus market disruptions.

Comparison website Uswitch analyzed data from various markets to compile the best selling EVs in different countries. The Tesla Model 3 sold the most units globally and was a best-seller in 19 countries around the world.

Other all-electric cars that…

Booming Electric Bike Sales Result In Customer Support Headache For Manufacturers

The coronavirus pandemic saw a huge increase in demand for electric bikes. e-Bike companies reported booming sales as people avoided public transportation while others needed to kill boredom from the lockdowns.

But the increased demand created a customer service headache for e-bike manufacturers.

Even for established electric bicycle companies, their customer support systems were stretched…