Electric Cars

After being bought out by EV conversion experts AMP in 2013, Ohio-based step van manufacturer Workhorse started offering its customers extended-range electric drivetrains in its load luggers. Now, Workhorse is looking to expand into the lucrative light-duty pickup market and has previewed its first...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Tuesday that the company’s next major plant, referred to as a Gigafactory, will be located in Europe. Musk made the announcement at a press conference in Germany following Tesla’s announcement that it was acquiring German automation systems...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] on Tuesday announced it has entered an agreement to buy privately-owned Grohmann Engineering. Upon completion of the deal, estimated to be in early 2017, the company will be rebranded Tesla Grohmann Automation. Based in Prüm, Germany, Grohmann Engineering develops automated...

Chinese tech giant LeEco, the backer of American electric car startup Faraday Future, is running low on cash, its CEO and founder Jia Yueting has revealed. In a letter to employees, obtained by Bloomberg, Yueting said the company’s recent expansion, in particular into auto manufacturing, has...

Anyone ordering a new Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S can now add a glass roof option. It costs $1,500 and not only blocks out 98 percent of UV rays but also keeps cabin temperatures cool, thanks in part to protective layers within the glass. The same glass is used for the panoramic windshield of the...

A critical component of a successful racing team is its ability to accumulate and understand many points of data. Motorsports engineers thrive on racing data, as it helps them figure out how to make the car and driver a faster symbiotic unit. In the still fairly virgin world of the Formula E...

Californian tuner Unplugged Performance burst on the scene in 2014 with a range of upgrades for the Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S. This is a company that specializes in Tesla products and deals primarily with aesthetic mods. Unplugged Performance is now turning its attention to the Model X and on...

The rebooted Fisker has revealed its upcoming electric sedan, labeled the EMotion. The car looks almost nothing like the Karma sedan from the previous incarnation of Fisker. We’d even say its aggressive look is more like what Fisker design boss and founder Henrik Fisker introduced on the...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] CEO Elon Musk on Friday unveiled two new products, one from Tesla and another from SolarCity, the solar home installation firm Tesla is hoping to acquire and headed by Musk’s cousin Lyndon Rive. Tesla’s new product is a second-generation Powerwall home energy storage...

Mercedes-Benz on Thursday confirmed plans for 10 electric cars by 2025. That’s less than the 30 electric cars the Volkswagen Group is planning for the same date, though it’s still significant considering the smaller volumes of the luxury segment in which Mercedes competes. The first of...

The Truth About Cars have an in-depth and interesting story about some—let's say, inconsistencies—associated with media coverage of designer Henrik Fisker's latest venture. Specifically, the comment box below many articles about Fisker Inc. We highly recommend hitting the link and...

Henrik Fisker in October announced he was starting a new car company under the Fisker name. His former effort, Fisker Automotive, went bankrupt in 2013, its assets later sold to China’s Wanxiang which used them to start the new company Karma. The new Fisker is based in California and is...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] on Wednesday made the announcement that its cars can be ordered with the hardware necessary for full self-driving, i.e. Level 5 autonomy, the ultimate goal where no driver involvement is required whatsoever. Tesla still hasn’t developed the software to make all the hardware...

Chinese tech giant LeEco on Wednesday organized its first major press conference in the United States, mainly to talk about new smartphone and television products. The event took place in San Francisco and was hosted by LeEco CEO, Chairman and founder Jia Yueting. LeEco made its name in online...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] and its battery partner Panasonic have signed a letter of intent over a deal to manufacture solar cells and modules in Buffalo, New York. The deal would see Panasonic begin production of solar products at a plant in Buffalo in 2017, with Tesla providing a long-term purchase...

New patent drawings depicting futuristic concept cars have turned up in the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s database. The drawings, found by Autoblog and Motor1, were filed by Volkswagen and most likely depict planned concepts for the automaker’s future electric car...

Audi’s electric SUV due in 2018 will simply be known as the e-tron, CEO Rupert Stadler has confirmed. His comments signal the end of rumors the vehicle was to feature "Q6" in the name, theorized since it will be an SUV sized between the Q5 and Q7. The new naming strategy mimics Audi’s...

It was in September that Chinese electric car startup NextEV released a teaser shot for a supercar the company is currently working on. The first photo and some new details have since surfaced on Chinese website Autohome. The single photo reveals a two-seater coupe with similar proportions to a...

Audi’s R8 e-tron launched at the 2015 Geneva auto show has been canceled. It’s not clear how many have actually been delivered but an Audi spokesman confirmed to Car and Driver that the number is “fewer than 100.” We bet it’s a lot fewer than 100, considering the...

Tesla [NSDQ:TSLA] in mid-July announced the entry-level 60D option for the Model X. Its arrival helped bring the price of entry for the electric SUV down to $75,200. Just three months later, the 60D is no longer available, meaning the entry-level Model X is now the 75D, which starts at $86,700...