Safety regulator NHTSA in the U.S. has concluded there were no defects or compliance failures on Tesla’s behalf in the case of the fatal Tesla Model S Autopilot crash involving a truck last year. The case was significant for both Tesla and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), considering […]
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Tesla Panasonic to expand partnership, develop autonomous tech
Electronics giant Panasonic has signalled its intention to expand its partnership with Tesla Motors over the current battery-supply agreement. Panasonic is set to be attempting to pivot away from purely electronics and expand its automotive portfolio. CEO Kazuhiro Tsuga has made recent comments suggesting Panasonic is planning on more investment […]
Tesla Model 3 components to be built at Gigafactory
Tesla Motors has announced another expansion package that will see an additional $350 million of investment in the U.S. The announcement was made not by CEO Elon Musk, but the Governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval, during a recent State of the State address, which you can check out here. Attending […]
Tesla to expand Supercharger network in Australia this year
Tesla has released a blog post detailing its future-thinking plans for the Supercharger network in an Australian context. The post, which can be read in full here, explains that Tesla is looking to improve and expand the Supercharger network in Australia, saying that one of its “top priorities this year […]
Video: Rimac One vs Bugatti Veyron in drag race
Bugatti’s Veyron is well known as the world’s fastest car, especially in Super Sport guise where it achieved an independently verified 431km/h at Volkswagen’s Ehra Lessien proving ground. With 736kW and 1250Nm from its 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16, it is good for a 2.5-second sprint to 100km/h time in standard form. […]
Tesla Electric GT racer revealed, based on P100D
Tesla’s Electric GT entrant has been revealed, after the Silicon Valley-based manufacturer previously teased the race version of the world’s most popular electric luxury sedan. Using the Model S P100D (world’s quickest-accelerating sedan) as the starting point, the car has been stripped of half a tonne of weight (500kg), which […]
Volkswagen’s 8 ‘New Energy Vehicles’ for China leaked
A leaked document published in a Forbes report from a product presentation has highlighted Volkswagen’s plans to introduce eight ‘New Energy Vehicles’ to the Chinese market, which range from electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids to hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles. As every major international carmarker in China must team up with […]
Infiniti to introduce sporty EV by 2020 – report
By the end of the decade, Nissan’s luxury arm, Infiniti, will grow the increasing number of luxury brands to jump on the EV bandwagon. Due around 2020, Infiniti’s electric vehicle is set to encompass the luxurious attributes Infiniti is trying to instill in its vehicles, which means it will likely […]