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…
Elon Musk, seen here as a South Park character, took his trademark humility to the Detroit Auto Show this week Tesla CEO and gilded redditor, Elon Musk, didn’t have much to show off at this year’s 2015 North American International Auto Show, but that didn’t stop him from going to Detroit anyway to complain about…
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…
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, is known for making pretty big announcements and boldly going where other auto CEOs don’t even dream of going. For instance, he recently promised that we’ll have fully self-driving Teslas within the next six years, and he even joked that he might be interested in making a flying car. Musk also…
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…
“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…
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,”…
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…
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…
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….
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…
The Chevy Bolt EV Chevrolet is very excited about its upcoming Bolt, but that excitement comes with some concerns. As interest appears to be fading in electric vehicles, will the Bolt’s $30,000 cost and 200-mile range be enough to attract car shoppers? Will it be able to compete with Elon Musk’s similarly priced Tesla Model…
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….
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…
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…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk standing next to a Telsa Model S Photo: Maurizio Pesce If there’s one thing Trump is likely to take seriously during his presidency, it’s US manufacturing jobs. It was the platform he ran on during the election and during the transition he had already met with top American executives on several…
Tesla just delivered a fully autonomous Model Y without a driver—something that’s never been seen before! This groundbreaking moment hints at a future where self-driving cars are the norm. Curious about what’s next?
Tesla’s leadership shake-up and plummeting sales raise pressing questions.
The Ford F-150 all-electric prototype Photo: Ford With production set to spark up in mid-2022, we should be getting our first glimpses of the all-electric Ford F-150 any ol’ time now. When that day comes, it may very well be introduced under a familiar name: the Ford F-150 Lightning. F-150 Wins Again: Latest F-150 named…
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…
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…
Strap in for plenty of innuendos and pop culture references It’s been 10 months since the news broke that John Cena and Kat Dennings were set to star in an adult animated comedy series on YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red). The first trailer for the show wasn’t released until May 18, but Dennings and Cena…
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,…
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…
President Joe Biden called for electrified vehicles to account for half of all new sales in the U.S. by 2030 This week, President Joe Biden announced a goal that 50 percent of all new vehicles sold in the United States by 2030 be emissions-free electrified vehicles. He was joined on the White House lawn by,…
With so many major car manufacturers and tech companies in the self-driving car race, it’s hard to keep up with each one’s progress. Each one has a different proposed release date for their self-driving car contribution. Some manufacturers have modified those proposed release dates based on how fast or slow the technology development and design…
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…
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…
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…
Oh hey ho-hum another award for the Mustang Mach-E what do ya know Photo: Ford WardsAuto released its list of the 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems for 2021, and it should come as no surprise that Ford is well-represented. In a year where half of the list included battery-electric propulsion systems, it’s the furthest…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Photo: Ralph Hutter via Unsplash Democrats are attempting to move a bill through Congress that would allow American customers who purchase an electric vehicle to get $12,500 back on their taxes, up from $7,500 currently. However, the bill has several stipulations that have turned it into a partisan issue. Among The Big Three: History of…
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…
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…
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….
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,…
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…
If there’s one thing Trump is likely to take seriously during his… Last week, we briefly discussed how CO2 emissions involved in the production… One month ago, General Motors set an ambitious green energy goal to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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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