Mercedes-Benz gave car buyers a glimpse of the top-end of its electric model plans, showing off a sleek silver battery-powered concept version to complement the flagship S-Class sedan.
After a bumpy start for sister brand Audi’s e-Tron, the Taycan is for the time being the flag-carrier in VW’s massive drive to unseat e-car pioneer Tesla.
When manufacturers are unveiling cars that can’t be driven for years to come, and the very people able to afford them are over the hype anyway, it raises the question: have we reached peak supercar?
Zimbabweans are relying on Tesla to help them pay their bills. Amid power outages of as long as 18 hours a day, Econet Wireless is turning to the Palo Alto, California-based automaker for batteries that can keep its base stations running.
BMW’s first electric Mini will hit the streets by the end of the year, targeting urban buyers and giving the German manufacturer more ammunition to compete with Volkswagen and Tesla.
For Elon Musk and Tesla, the blows from Wall Street came one after another this week – a relentless barrage that left the stock so beaten up that some now wonder if it can ever regain its status as the ultimate 21st century disrupter.
Tesla expects to have full self-driving cars in which humans will not have to touch the steering wheel by around the second quarter of next year.
Elon Musk is in a rare public dispute with a critical supplier, Panasonic, the company that makes all of the lithium-ion battery cells that power Tesla’s electric vehicles.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission said it’s “stunning” that Elon Musk didn’t seek pre-approval of any of his tweets about Tesla in the months since he was ordered by a judge to do so.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled a cheaper electric crossover SUV, the Model Y, in a bid to regain momentum after a rough start to the year.