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GM just announced the Cadillac Escalade EV, which is a huge deal in automotive circles and comes coincidentally while Ford is having its Capital Markets Day. GM revealed almost nothing about the vehicle except its existence and its name: The Cadillac ESCALADE IQ will be revealed later this year and promises the same commitment to

After a series of accidents, some Tesla drivers are back again claiming the cars are accelerating by themselves. As usual, the problem appears to be behind the wheel. As we stated at the time, several claims of sudden unintended acceleration involving Tesla vehicles have been made public over the years. The most publicized one involved a

Ford (F) and General Motors (GM) are gearing up for likely the biggest transformation the auto industry has ever seen. With electric vehicles expected to continue replacing ICE vehicle sales at a record pace, both automakers are striving to boost production significantly by middecade. Will GM and Ford hit their EV targets? Let’s see what

Tesla is starting to discount new inventory vehicles, including the Model 3, which now starts at $35,000 after incentives or $384 a month for a lease. Model X is also being discounted. It’s fair to say that Tesla’s pricing strategy has been hard to keep up within the last year. After significant price increases throughout

Tesla has yet to update Cybertruck pricing despite the electric pickup truck entering production soon. Here’s where we think it might end up. When unveiling the Cybertruck back in 2019, Tesla announced that the electric pickup truck would be offered in three different configurations: Single Motor RWD with 250+ miles of range, 0-60 mph in 6.5

BMW’s first electric 5 series sedan, the i5, is days away from making its global debut. Before its official release, a new image of the BMW i5 was leaked, and from the first look, the electric sedan is impressive. BMW i5 finally comes alive as new image emerges After teasing the i5 for over six

Tesla is evidently still planning to make the Cyberquad as it files for a new trademark for the electric ATV. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck in 2019, CEO Elon Musk had a little “one more thing” moment on stage when they brought out the Tesla Cyberquad, an electric ATV, to show the payload capacity of the

Chrysler’s first fully electric vehicle will not look like or be called the Airflow concept officially unveiled at CES last year. According to the brand’s new chief designer, Chrysler will take a new, more modern direction with its first EV. Chrysler’s first EV is a modern upgrade over the Airflow Under the Stellantis family of

Elon Musk is hinting at the next-generation Tesla Roadster beating Rimac Nevara’s newly achieved performance records. We are getting more news about the next-gen Roadster in the last few days than we have in over a year. After many delays, CEO Elon Musk was asked about it by a Tesla shareholder at the company’s annual

The Governor of New Nuevo León, Mexico, announced a new (potential billion-dollar) investment from Kia to expand its plant in the region and produce two EVs together with Hyundai. The move comes as the two automakers look to ensure EV models qualify for the IRA tax credit. After becoming the third largest automaker globally last

Elon Musk has shared a Tesla Cybertruck production estimate, and it is much lower than many anticipated. Despite the design of the electric pickup truck being polarizing, everything pointed to the Cybertruck having robust demand. A tally showed that the Cybertruck had received over 1.5 million reservations. To be fair, those reservations only required a

Porsche is signing on to be the second EV maker to officially adopt support for EV routing in Apple Maps. This means that Porsche Taycan drivers can now use Apple Maps via CarPlay, signaling Porsche’s continued commitment to CarPlay as other automakers abandon Apple’s platform. Apple Maps EV routing expands to second car Apple first

On Wednesday, Toyota, Suzuki, and Daihatsu Motor revealed a new jointly developed battery electric vehicle (BEV) system. The co-developed platform will power a new generation of mini-commercial electric vans. Although Toyota has been a clear laggard in the rapidly expanding electric vehicle market, the Japanese automaker has recently revealed a series of new EV investments

A new report states that Tesla has proposed to build a factory in India during a meeting with officials today. After years of negotiation in the world’s most populous country, it would mark a reversal of its strategy. India has the biggest auto market that Tesla has yet to enter. For years, Elon Musk said

Elon Musk is predicting that some companies will go bankrupt within the next 12 months. He didn’t go as far as saying that they would be Tesla competitors, but he made it feel like given the context. Which ones could it be? Over the last year, Musk has often complained about macroeconomics, inflation, and interest

Tesla gave an update on its humanoid robot program, which is known as Tesla Bot or Optimus. New images of prototypes were quite impressive – making the project look less like a sideshow and increasingly like a potentially real product. When Elon Musk first announced the Tesla Bot, many laughed it off as a sideshow

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company is going to “try advertising” after years of resisting the idea and even saying that he “hates advertising.” 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

Tesla is planning to finish the design and engineering of the next-generation Tesla Roadster by the end of this year and “hopefully” put the vehicle into production next year, according to CEO Elon Musk at Tesla’s shareholder meeting today. The next-generation Roadster was originally announced by surprise in 2017 at the Tesla Semi Unveiling event.

Tesla co-founder and former CTO JB Straubel is officially joining the company’s board of directors following a shareholder vote. JB Straubel was a co-founder at Tesla and the company’s longtime chief technology officer until he left in 2019 to launch Redwood Materials, which is helping create a North American battery supply chain. After Elon Musk, Straubel

Despite plans to scale back in the region, Ford is planning to use the market in China as a “listening post” to help the automaker better understand EV battery tech. According to CEO Jim Farley, speaking with the Financial Times, Ford will use a concentrated approach in China amid growing competition from domestic EV makers.