July 7, 2017
Comma.ai launches an $88 universal car interface called Panda
George Hotz is fidgeting in his living room, wearing dark shades and a giant comma on his t-shirt as he shows me his company’s latest product, an $88…
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July 6, 2017
France’s climate plan includes ending fossil fuel vehicle sales by 2040
Just one day after we found out that Volvo intends to stop selling cars with exclusively internal combustion engine drivetrains by 2019, France’s minister of the environment Nicolas…
Read articleJuly 5, 2017
BMW’s i3 battery now being used for Torqeedo’s electric boat motors
BMW’s i3 high-capacity batteries, which it uses in its i3 compact electric vehicle, has applications beyond BMW’s own – case in point, the car maker is now supplying…
Read articleJuly 5, 2017
Volvo will only make electric and hybrid cars starting in 2019
Volvo is done with entirely traditional engines and exclusively gas-powered vehicles, the company announced. By 2019, Volvo group intends to offer only either fully electric or hybrid engines…
Read articleJuly 4, 2017
Einride’s T-Pod self-driving transport EV gets a full-scale prototype
Swedish tech startup Einride has built a full-scale prototype of its T-Pod, the electric autonomous transport vehicle it hopes will eventually replace smaller heavy-duty trucks, featuring remote control…
Read articleJuly 3, 2017
Tesla delivered 22K vehicles in Q2, 47K in the first half of 2017
Tesla has delivered 22,000 cars during the second quarter of 2017, the company revealed today. That includes 12,000 Model S vehicles and 10,000 Model X SUVs, adding up…
Read articleJune 27, 2017
Uber now lets you request a ride for someone else
Uber is adding a new feature that lets you specify someone else in your phone’s contact book as the rider for the trip. It was always possible to…
Read articleJune 21, 2017
Volvo’s Polestar is now its own company focused on performance EVs
Volvo tuner Polestar, which the carmaker acquired in 2015 to build its own race-ready Volve cars, is now being set up as its own separate company within the…
Read articleJune 21, 2017
Mayor of London’s plan for city transport aims for zero emissions by 2050
London could be a lot more green by 2050 – Mayor Sadiq Khan has outlined a plan for transportation service (via Engadget) in the city that would make…
Read articleJune 20, 2017
Tesla reportedly nears agreement to build a vehicle factory in China
Tesla’s next Gigafactory could be in China, according to a report from Bloomberg. The electric car maker is in talks to build its vehicles in the country for…
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