Electric Car

Where are Southeast Asia’s electric-car startups?

Back in April, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a new product: Tesla Insurance.  He said it'd be here in about a month. Fast forward a few months (it took four), and the electric car company's own insurance program is a real thing.  Tesla Insurance was reveale…

A long time ago especially in the relative timeframe of the modern EV there was a promising, über-efficient electric car being developed by a company called Aptera. The three-wheeled, two-seat pod looked like the fuselage of a small plane. Time went on, and i…

Believe it or not, the electric car isn't exactly a new idea.  The first modern electric vehicle debuted in the 1800s, but the technology was sidelined as more popular internal combustion engine vehicles came to market after the turn of the century. In the d…

STUTTGART, Germany Automakers around the world are pushing hard for new networks that can charge electric cars fast. In Europe, some power companies and grid operators are testing whether it might be smarter and cheaper to move into the slow lane. A 15-month…

Like flesh-eating bacteria or Agent Smith in "The Matrix," once SUVs found a way into the automotive ecosystem, they became inexorable. In an interview with Autocar, Horacio Pagani admitted he's considered developing a jacked-up roustabout because "it is some…

Porsche’s upcoming all-electric Taycan has set a narrow, yet notable record lap time at the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife test track in Germany. The company said Monday the Porsche Taycan, which will debut Sept, 4., completed the 12.8-mile course in 7 minu…

Billionaire hedge fund manager David Einhorn called on Tesla CEO (TSLA) Elon Musk to resign over the companys dangerous solar panels at the heart of a dispute with Walmart (WMT). This week, the retail giant filed litigation against Tesla alleging "gross negl…

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess shot down rumors of a potential investment in electric car maker Tesla on Thursday, shortly after a German magazine claimed the VW boss was hot for the idea. Manager Magazin, whose English translation is unknown, reported that th…

Electric cars can look cool. Hyundai Hyundai is looking to the past for its latest design inspiration and the automaker provided a first look at the electric concept car scheduled for a debut at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show next month. Dubbed the Hyundai …