Tesla Cybertruck Looks Like the Inside of Elon Musk’s Brain

Yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed his company’s newest vehicle: The Cybertruck. This thing. Photo: Tesla Yes, it sounds like something from an episode of Doctor Who. Yes, it kind of looks like something from an episode of Doctor Who, as well. WEEEEE-oooooooooooo-WEeeeeeeee-oooooohhhh, der der der derderderderderrrrrr Photo: Paul Hudson The Cybertruck is Musk and…

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The most contentious part of the bill is the additional $4,500 credit that would be offered exclusively for EVs built with unionized labor… With Toyota’s help, Tesla may just be able to launch the affordable, compact electric car it promised… GM may be able to topple Tesla in the EV market by doing what it’s…

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In case you missed it, Tesla CEO Elon Musk awkwardly danced his way onstage at a Model 3 event at the brand’s Shanghai plant yesterday. The crowd cheered him on as he casually tossed his jacket to the side, bopped his head, and eventually transitioned into the “Walk Like an Egyptian” move, for some strange…

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Elon Musk: “Maybe We’ll Make a Flying Car”

“Also, I might just start breeding dragons.” A lot of people are projecting things they plan on doing for fun in the future today, particularly with the announcement that Microsoft will be dropping The Master Chief Collection in November (if you’re anything like me, then you’re pretty jacked at the idea of getting to play…

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Elon Musk and Tesla Get South Park Treatment

Elon Musk and Tesla get South Park treatment in last night’s episode With appearances on both The Price is Right and South Park, this week Tesla is really cornering the stoner television market. We are guessing Elon Musk won’t be too thrilled about the latter “endorsement,” though. In last night’s automotive-themed South Park episode, “Handicar,”…

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Tesla Model E Walks Out on Elon, Blames the Sex

Tesla Model E calls Musk sex-obsessed, Musk drinks to numb the pain. Anyone lusting after what was to be the more affordable, all-electric model from Tesla, the Tesla Model E, will have to go unsatisfied—for now. While Tesla likely just has plans to name the economical EV something different, all we know for sure is…

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Tesla has quite the following — and quite the sense of humor.… A lot of people are projecting things they plan on doing for… A few months back, New Jersey effectively banned the sale of Tesla… It would appear that Elon Musk is not looking to put all… Last week, it was put forth by…

Tesla Stores: What Are They and How Are They Different Than Dealerships?

Since the day Elon Musk brought Tesla into the automotive world, he has been reshaping the way we look at the car-buying process. Traditionally, car dealerships have been individually-owned franchises. Automotive manufacturers supply the dealership with inventory and they sell them for a profit. In fact, many states have legislation requiring car sales to be this way….

Naked Tesla Driver Is Naked

Sometimes you come into work to write about Nissan’s latest innovations, and then sometimes you come into work to write about a naked Tesla driver terrorizing the Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles. Today it’s the latter for me. The naked Tesla driver, with Elon Musk’s face strategically hiding the goods On Tuesday of this…

Tesla Stores: What Are They and How Are They Different Than Dealerships?

Since the day Elon Musk brought Tesla into the automotive world, he has been reshaping the way we look at the car-buying process. Traditionally, car dealerships have been individually-owned franchises. Automotive manufacturers supply the dealership with inventory and they sell them for a profit. In fact, many states have legislation requiring car sales to be this way….

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Thursday afternoon, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., took to Twitter to… Earlier this week, newly-inaugurated President Trump hosted breakfasts and morning meetings with leaders of… Tomorrow, in the waning days of the Obama Administration, the White House… Earlier this year, President Obama made a surprise appearance on Zach Galifianakis’ comedy…

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Tesla Model S P85D, AWD Models, Autopilot Revealed

Tesla Model S P85D: Looks like the Model S, just way faster We may have waited through almost the whole of Thursday, but Elon Musk finally gave us the D, and it is much bigger than we thought it would be. Turns out that the long promised “D” denotes the dual motors that will allow…

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Dayton’s Proto BuildBar Hosts DeLorean Club of Ohio Meet Up

Doug Menkhaus’ “PWR O LUV” 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 parked outside of Dayton, Ohio’s Proto BuildBar As a recent BBC article pointed out, long before anyone in California had ever uttered the term “Silicon Valley,” the nucleus of technological breakthroughs in America was situated in the comparatively quaint city of Dayton, Ohio. In the early part…

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In what’s hailed as a battle of underdogs, the Lincoln Navigator Black… Each year, the editors at MotorTrend review the latest safety ratings to… Subaru’s Vice President of Marketing, Alan Bethke, scored a top ten spot on MotorTrend’s 2019 Power List for his work on the Subaru “Love” campaign.… MotorTrend recently announced its coveted 2020…

The Auto Industry’s Response to Black Lives Matter Protests

Protestors have been making their voices heard worldwide Photo: Taymaz Valley via CC Over the last two weeks, many in the nation have come together in protest of reported police brutality against black individuals following the death of George Floyd. While some automakers are adamantly speaking up in support of the Black Lives Matter movement,…

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Truck shoppers considering a GMC Sierra EV purchase will have a pair… The Chevrolet Silverado EV is powering up for 2025 with a new… Production has finally started for the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV — and… The eagerly anticipated GMC Sierra EV pickup truck will arrive this summer… General Motors is in the midst of…

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If the early response to the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning is any… “The kitchen and the chef, they have not created a real business yet or a real world yet, but they’re trying to trade the recipes. And the chef is saying that, ‘Well, our recipe is going to become the standard of the world…

Panasonic Investing $256 Million in Tesla's Solar Cell Production

Photo:Tesla Motors Panasonic this week announced plans to invest an amount exceeding $256 million into Tesla Motors’ Buffalo-based manufacturing facility, funding the development and production of photovoltaic cells and modules as part of a solar partnership originally stuck between the two companies in October. According to a joint statement posted to Tesla’s blog, the PV…

Why Are EV Sales Slowing Down?

Photo: Chevrolet As we covered in a recent article, former Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda is having his “I told you so” moment with regard to electrification. After EV sales surged in 2021, it seemed the EV market was finally ready to go all-in on battery-electric technology, and many automakers either committed or deepened their existing…

Toyota Heads New Global ‘Hydrogen Council’ – Includes BMW, Honda, Hyundai

Photo: Maurizio Pesce Thirteen global industry leaders have joined together to form a new “Hydrogen Council” that will invest more than €1.4 billion ($1.5b) per year in hydrogen energy solutions and technologies. The council is comprised of Air Liquide, Alstom, Anglo American, BMW GROUP, Daimler, ENGIE, Honda, Hyundai Motor, Kawasaki, Royal Dutch Shell, The Linde…

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Tesla has quite the following — and quite the sense of humor.… Panasonic this week announced plans to invest an amount exceeding $256 million… Despite many of its own fans wishing Tesla Motors didn’t use a badge on… Well, we have a winner. Tesla is now the sole owner of… Anyone lusting after what was to be…

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F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E Lead Ford ZEVAS Nominees

Five Ford Motor Company vehicles are up for ZEVAS this November Photo: Ford Hey, have you heard the news? The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning has already been nominated for a major award. It’s up for Top Truck ZEV in the 2021 ZEVAS. Oh. Never heard of the ZEVAS? That’s because it’s brand-new. It’s Coming: You…

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In the arena of exploitation cinema, there is no genre that hasn’t… Could “Back to the Future II’s” Mr. Fusion ever be a reality?… General Motors has issued a recall on approximately 49,000 of its vehicles. The… Sitting proudly at the smaller end of Chevrolet’s SUV lineup is one… There were more cars and trucks sold…

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Google Driverless Car: No Steering Wheel, No Problem

Not every exciting new concept vehicle needs to rely on futuristic styling or sports car undertones. In fact, one of the most exciting concept vehicles ever built was just demonstrated by Google yesterday, and it looks like…I dunno…a pillbug? Some kind of Koala gondola? A character rejected from the next Cars movie for being just…

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Tesla Finally Reveals Affordable Model 3

The Tesla Model 3 is introduced to the world It’s been a long time in the works, but last night Tesla Motors unveiled its newest vehicle, the Model 3. This premium EV will allow the American carmaker to reach a larger number of drivers, thanks to its more affordable $35,000 price tag—right around half of…

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Some snacks don’t take well to the road. Today, we talk about Warheads, why they’re bad in cars, and why they’re particularly bad for me.… Driving through the city of Los Angeles, James Corden brought Shawn Mendes… A couple in Hayward, California missed one strange wake up call on Tuesday morning.… Honda has shown off a roadster…

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Tesla has quite the following — and quite the sense of humor.… As if the world needed another reason to dislike General Motors (notorious… It’s something of a rite of passage for celebrities to appear in… Tesla and Panasonic have announced a deal that will see their partnership… A lot of people are projecting things…

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Mary Barra Is One of the Most Influential People of 2021

Mary Barra Photo: John F. Martin for General Motors Time magazine named General Motors CEO Mary Barra to its list of The 100 Most Influential People Of 2021. This comes just a few months after General Motors landed on the 2021 Time100 Most Influential Companies list. An Upcoming EV: Take a look at the 2024…

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Electron Power, Crossover Body: Meet All the New Plug-ins Available Today

Plug-in vehicles so far have generally all come in the same flavor: small passenger cars with limited electric range. However, this has been at odds with what people at large actually want to buy, which are crossovers. So, as the electric market has matured, automakers are finally, slowly introducing electron power into their ranges of crossovers….

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The Life, Death, and Legend of the DeLorean DMC-12

The iconic metallic DeLorean on display Caption: Robbie Shade via CC Imagine that someone asked you, “What’s the weirdest thing that happened in the 1980s?” You would probably say Madonna, and you would be correct. When asked this question about the automotive industry, the DeLorean DMC-12 comes to mind. Before you learn about the DMC-12,…

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As Tesla Stock Plummets, Toyota Chairman Says He Was Right on EVs

Photo: Toyota As most automakers bet heavily on EVs, Toyota was widely criticized for its more reserved approach to electrification. Now, with Tesla stock plummeting and EV adoption slowing, chairman and former CEO Akio Toyoda says that “people are waking up to reality” that there isn’t a single answer to carbon emission reduction. Related: Why…

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Rapid climate change is threatening a vital transportation network in Canada’s remote… With a new law passed at the end of May, British Columbia… When the weather gets hot, so does the black surfaces of our… In 2012, the Obama Administration set up historic regulations that required automakers to… While the automotive industry has a whole…

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The Corolla Cross is built on MTM’s “Apollo” assembly line while an upcoming, yet-to-be-announced Mazda SUV will be built on its “Discovery” assembly line.… Since 1996, TMMWV has made nearly 20 million powertrains — averaging at a little over 92 powertrains per minute.… Toyoda believes that “in pursuing carbon neutrality, carbon is our enemy, not…

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For as much time and effort you put into creating a soothing,… Toyota is investing $9.3 million in new solar arrays across its plants… If there’s one thing Trump is likely to take seriously during his… Thirteen global industry leaders have joined together to form a new “Hydrogen… One month ago, General Motors set an…

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In support of consistent nationwide vehicle emissions standards, GM recently backed out of a high-profile Trump lawsuit against California in favor of an expected Biden plan.… On March 26, Mitsubishi Motors North America announced that Yoichi Yokozawa would… When President Donald Trump laid out his massive $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan… Writing about green cars lately…

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BMW’s i3 and i8 vehicles stand out in the automotive industry due… It seems that every few months, there’s a fresh rumor about BMW… If you’re shopping for a used hybrid or electric car and find… BMW’s mission to expand its electric lineup is certainly no secret. The… Plug-in vehicles have continued their rising trend,…

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The Elite gets the dual-motor setup right out of the box, but it’s also the least efficient… The Prologue may be very appropriately named — a taste of that electrified future, but not exactly the whole entrée… The all-new 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV delivers sleek and sporty looks, a… The high price of electric vehicles…

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