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The price matters.
After the Autolib electric car sharing system was canceled earlier this year, thousands of Bollore Bluecars became idle. Some maybe were utilized by other car sharing systems, but others needed to be sold.
Recently, several dozens of the Bluecars with an average of 100,000 km (62,000 miles) on the …read more
Lathrop to become Tesla’s distribution hub?
Tesla is expanding its presence in California accordingly to growing production of electric cars. One of the latest moves is the construction of a new building at 500 E. Louise Ave., in Lathrop – about an hour east from Tesla Factory in Fremont.
Tesla already has …read more
GM: No electric and no autonomous pickups.
We can sense the teary eyes in all of you already.
While the electric car market takes off and people are waiting for the next big thing – literally – a pickup from Tesla, Rivian or even Ford, we hear that General Motors is going …read more
Still needs to become a better value to revive sales.
The BMW i3 remains a controversial car years after it first went into production. Its exterior styling is polarizing (this writer likes it) and the $44,450 starting price for the all-electric version — the version with the range extender starts at …read more
Let’s take a look at nine features The Money Guy believes put the Tesla Model 3 ahead of the competition.
We’ve shared a few videos from a YouTube series by The Money Guy. As we always say, you don’t necessarily have to agree with or take his advice about financing, although …read more
Maximilian Gunther has sealed the final current vacancy on the 2018/19 Formula E grid and will be promoted to a race drive alongside Jose Maria Lopez.
Gunther had been Dragon’s reserve driver last season, and shared its second car with Antonio Fuoco during testing at Valencia last month.
Read moreOpel CEO Michael Lohscheller: “Opel will be electric.”
Opel announced a new project at the Engineering Center at the company headquarters in Rüsselsheim, Germany. Within a few months, more than 160 charging stations are to be installed to create a laboratory for electric mobility.
The new infrastructure will become handy as Opel …read more
Say goodbye to the free 400 kWh of Supercharging.
Tesla completed the transition from fully free Supercharging for long-distance travel in the Model S and Model X cars to a ully paid business model.
Initially, S/X cars were sold with a promise to be able to free Supercharge forever and cars sold …read more
Production secured for 50 million BEVs.
Volkswagen‘s CEO Herbert Diess said that the company will help electric cars go mainstream using its new MEB platform, which is developed for the mass market.
Currently, Volkswagen is at #8 among automotive groups, at a volume 2.5-times lower than Tesla in regards to plug-in electric …read more
How does the Tesla Model S cabin really stack up?
It appears that our good buddy Sean Mitchell has been really ramping up his YouTube coverage as of late. He has been doing his homework and helping all Tesla owners by sharing about the Tesla Model 3 and Model X, even …read more