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Nevada State Treasurer Dan Schwartz is calling up the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) to conduct an audit of both Tesla and Faraday Future. As This Is Reno reports, Schwartz is seeking “more information on the projects GOED funds which have received substantial tax credits and financial assistance from Nevada… …read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on March 15 that the company will move forward to raise approximately $1.15 billion in order to “play it safe” as the electric automaker forges toward Model 3 production. SEC filings show that Tesla will sell about 1 million stock shares, worth around $250 million…. …read more

A few months ago, Tesla admitted to limiting power to performance versions of the Model S and X in some situations. The idea was to reduce the likelihood of component failure by restricting power output under certain circumstances. Tesla later removed that restriction, but the automaker wasn’t quite clear on… …read more

Trump delays final decision on EPA fuel economy regs until next year The President vows to make Detroit the “car capital of the world” while alluding to a big auto announcement happening next week. President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of auto workers, Michigan officials, and a who’s-who of… …read more

This is my third year publishing a “Top EV Countries” list. The 2015 list (see here) generated some excellent comments, above all “What are the criteria?” So this year, I tried to make these more objective, in the sense of using an actual score calculated from publicly available numbers. Of… …read more

Jaguar touts great feedback from the debut of its I-PACE Concept, which did indeed sparked enthusiasm beyond expectations (see photos and videos of the I-PACE in Photon Red from Geneva here). The British brand encourages the public to visit the mini-site it has set up for the EV, and of course to also… …read more

Remember that comparison video featuring the Chevrolet Bolt, BMW i3 and Renault ZOE? Well, here’s a similar one with the Bolt and the Kia Soul EV. Video description: Technical comparison between 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV vs. 2017 Kia SOUL EV. External dimensions (length, width, height, wheelbase), internal dimensions (head room,… …read more

Porsche confirms bonkers Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid with 671 hp Forget the Turbo S, the Cayenne’s next range topper opts for hybrid assistance for producing big power. The next-generation Porsche Cayenne (pictured here) probably won’t debut until later this year, but company boss Oliver Blume will already confirm that the… …read more

The cost of the Lucid Air is going to be less than we expected. A lot less. In fact, Lucid Motors has published what feels like an entire dossier about the price and options in the Air because of what it says has been a bit of, “confusion regarding the… …read more

Patrick Brown, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Leader, believes that a $14,000 tax break, which can now be applied to $100,000 Tesla vehicles, is overboard. He also points out that it’s peculiar that the environment minister’s chief of staff just left the government position to go to work for Tesla. Brown argued: “It… …read more