September 26, 2017
Daimler answers Elon Musk’s Twitter challenge on EVs
Elon Musk uses Twitter to express his thoughts frankly and directly, and he just took issue with a USA Today story about the size of a rival automaker’s…
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September 19, 2017
Nikola and Bosch team on powertrain design for hydrogen electric long-haul trucks
Nikola Motor Company, the Utah-based company that is working on building heavy-duty transport trucks using hybrid hydrogen-electric powertrains, announced today that it’s partnering with global automotive industry supply…
Read articleSeptember 18, 2017
DFJ’s Steve Jurvetson thinks Elon’s Boring Co. will win with short tunnels first
Noted Silicon Valley investor and SpaceX investor Steve Jurvetson is probably better positioned than most to know what Elon Musk is thinking with The Boring Company, his project…
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Porsche’s electric Mission E arrives in 2019, priced like Panamera
Porsche’s first all-electric car will go on sale at the end of 2019, the car maker revealed at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, with pricing similar to the…
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A closer look at the all-new 2018 Nissan Leaf
Nissan’s new Leaf is the updated version of one of the pioneers of the modern all-electric consumer car, and the change is a promising one. The new vehicle…
Read articleSeptember 14, 2017
Daimler’s electric short-haul city trucks are coming to the U.S.
Daimler’s Fuso eCanter trucks, which are fully electric and have a range of 60 miles per charge, are making their way to the U.S. for the first time…
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Quick-charging battery startup StoreDot gets $60M on $500M valuation led by Daimler
As we continue to see a proliferation of wireless connected devices make their way into the mainstream consumer electronics market, there has been growing attention on a key…
Read articleSeptember 13, 2017
Tesla semi truck unveil event ‘tentatively’ set for October 26
Tesla had previously set September as the timeframe for their big unveiling of an all-electric semi truck created by the company. The big rig is now set to…
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Honda will offer electrified option of all new vehicle models in Europe
Honda will offer an electrified version of all of its new models launched in Europe from now on, the company announced at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. Honda…
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Audi’s Aicon concept ditches pedals and wheel in favor of full autonomy
Audi’s looking ahead to the what its vehicles will look like once true self-driving technology is available and on the roads with the Aicon, a new concept vehicle…
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