Electric Car

The process of making a new car involves a constant tug-of-war between designers who want to create sleek new shapes, and engineers who need to figure out how to package the powertrain, electronics, and airbags — not to mention people — within those shapes. T…

Tesla Inc. investors cheered the electric car makers delivery numbers, but Wall Street analysts werent as impressed, as some analysts expressed concern that todays gain came at the expense of profitability and demand down the road. The stock TSLA, +5.16%  …

Perhaps more worrying is that Tesla cut prices several times to stimulate sales, moves likely to hurt its bottom line. When you cut prices to hit sales targets, you dont show that you are on the path to sustained profits, said Erik Gordon, a business profess…

Lucid Motors, the electric vehicle startup backed by Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund, has hired Peter Hochholdinger to head up manufacturing operations just a week after news leaked the automotive executive had left a similar post at Tesla. Hochholdinger…

The rolling hills of Northern California appeared before me; the river where gold was first discovered in the 1800s rushed past. But all I wanted to do was gawk at the electronic dashboard behind the wheel. I was in an all-electric Chevrolet Bolt, driving fr…

Tesla may release second-quarter delivery figures in the coming week that sate Wall Street's expectations. But the automaker's future profitability and questionable underlying demand remain fundamental wildcards. That's what a cadre of equity analysts at i…

Next week, Tesla(NASDAQ:TSLA) investors will get a timely update on the company's latest vehicle deliveries. The electric-car maker reports quarterly production and deliveries within three days of each quarter's end. This means investors should get insight in…

McLaren has created the 720S Ride-On, a replica of the popular performance car in the Super Series McLaren A month ago, I took my niece and nephew, twins age 9, to the McLaren Automotive headquarters on the outskirts of London here in the UK. The boy twin …

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Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin The BMW Isetta 300 bubble car from the 1960s. Electric cars might need to be this small to be affordable and easy to charge. Getty Battery cars face many barriers to suc…