It’s no secret that Tesla has been working on a Performance version of the updated Model 3 that debuted last year, but details have been very much unofficial, as well as few and far between. Until now. As it turns out, some Tesla-provided details have been lurking online for God knows how long–you just…
Dubai got what was measured to be an entire year’s worth of rain in a single day—the heaviest rainfall it’s seen in 75 years. Since it’s such a rare occurrence, the city isn’t designed with enough drainage to cope with this much rain. Therefore, many streets became flooded and cars got stranded. But this…
Maserati might have the first U.S. electric convertible in years. Mercedes adds lower-priced versions of its eSprinter. GMC sets the price, range, and more for the arrival of its Sierra EV pickup. And we look at how the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N gamifies its interface to actually make driving more enjoyable. This and more, here…
BMW seems keen on maintaining its sales momentum from the last quarter by offering some pretty sweet incentives both when buying and leasing a new EV. In Q1 2024, the German luxury automaker saw its all-electric numbers go up by 61% compared to the same period last year. After making the four-door i4 the…
The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring—the longest-range version of the Air luxury sedan—gets some small but notable changes for the current model year, Lucid announced Wednesday in a press release.
The Grand Touring is the second Air model to get a heat pump, after the high-performance Sapphire. As previously shown in other EVs, a heat…
Tesla considered giving its Cybertruck pickup diagonal-driving capability similar to what you'd find in the GMC Hummer EV but scrapped the idea after finding the feature useless in the real world, Tesla engineer Wes Morrill said in a post on X. "Does anyone know when this feature is practically useful? Genuinely curious," Morrill said…
Mercedes-Benz is scrapping extended-range EV powertrains after tests of prototypes, according to an Autocar report citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the matter.
Mercedes built and tested some prototypes based on existing models, "concluded that the range-extender drivetrain is a transitional technology with a relatively short-term benefit in terms of sales and comparatively high production…
Mercedes-Benz Cars reports 463,000 global car sales during the first quarter of 2024, 8% less than a year ago. A similar decline concerns all-electric car sales. In Q1, all-electric car sales of Mercedes-Benz and Smart (an electric-only brand) amounted to roughly 47,500 (down 8% year-over-year). It's about 10% of the company's total passenger car sales.…
Legacy automakers are still losing thousands of dollars on many EV sales, according to newly published analysis from the Boston Consulting Group.
BCG estimates that most automakers lose around $6,000 on each EV they effectively sell for $50,000, that price accounting for any tax credits or other incentives the customer might be eligible for. …
Lotus has just announced it is opening the US order books for its fully electric super SUV, the Eletre. Think of it as an electric alternative to the Lamborghini Urus, complete with a similarly daring design, a flamboyant and high-class interior, and a sub-3-second sprint time to 62 mph (100 km/h) in its most powerful…