Inside EVs

During his recent Tweetstorm, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made at least one comment on the highly anticipated Model Y electric crossover, or compact SUV, as Tesla refers to it as: The Model Y is expected to be a crossover based on the Model 3 platform. Crossovers are insanely hot in… …read more

It looks more like a Tesla than the original Roadster. Yet this next-gen version isn’t even an official render from the automaker. Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed some months back that the next-generation Tesla Roadster is coming, but it’s still a few years away. Now, via renderer Jan Preisert, we… …read more

The 4th International Electric Vehicle Expo, which was held in March in South Korea, brings a few important conclusions made on the state (and future) of wireless charging technology, and autonomous driving. The main consideration is that autonomous electric vehicles are interdependent with wireless charging. For the future of truly… …read more

Via a Tesla supplier, we get a rare look inside the Gigafactory. Heitkamp & Thumann Group’s H&T Battery Components is one of Tesla battery component suppliers. The company put out these two images from the production floor within the Gigafactory, H&T Battery Components will eventually employ over 100 workers at …read more

Elon Musk is a real-life superhero – but he doesn’t have huge muscles, green skin or a high-tech suit of armor (yet). His superpowers are in his mind, which is not only bold and creative, but highly disciplined. You might imagine that anyone who can simultaneously manage sending rockets into… …read more

Plugless recently released an interesting report on the estimated cumulative miles driven for all plug-ins in the U.S. As it turns out, we are entering 2017 with ~10 billion all-electric miles driven. Nearly 80% of the mileage was covered by the three most popular models – Chevrolet Volt (3 billion), …read more

Lookin’ swell in blue! And running away from a Tesla Model S too. This appears to be the same Tesla Model 3 that our spy photographer snapped photos of a couple of days ago, but now we get to see it in action out on the highway. Via the @OMG_Tesla… …read more

ChargePoint has appointed former General Motors CEO, and the man who green-lite the Chevrolet Volt, Rick Wagoner to its Board of Directors. The largest charging network provider is currently approaching 25 million charging sessions and some 200 GWh of energy dispensed, via about 34,000 charging stations (including 500 DC fast …read more

Another Chevrolet Bolt test drive review in the books…another impressed test driver. Business Insider had some wheel time in a Bolt recently and walked away thoroughly impressed with GM’s first long-range, affordable electric car. Business Insider states: “We were impressed with the Bolt, as a car, as an electric car,… …read more

We reported awhile back that Volkswagen may be interested in having its own battery facility. Now, the world’s largest automaker is moving forward, having chosen a location and already started hiring employees. With VW’s promise to produce an entire vehicle family of electric cars (initially coined I.D.), comprised of plans …read more