Electric Car

Tesla will likely start installing the chip it designed to one day make its cars autonomous on vehicles that don't already have it near the end of this year, CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday. "End of Q4, most likely," Musk said on Twitter after being asked whe…

Volkswagen and Ford previously established an alliance focused on commercial vehicles, but the two automakers may also work together on electric cars, according to a new report. Reuters reports that VW and Ford have reached an “outline agreement” to share ele…

This is the Polestar 1, the premier car and halo product from the new premium electric car brand Polestar The venue for the Polestar 1 drive is in stark contrast with this hybrid-electric performance car. Beaconsfield, on the edge of London, is one of those…

It took 20 years to break the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb record. And it happened twice in the same weekend. The new record holder is Volkswagen’s ID R electric race car. The vehicle, driven by driver Romain Dumas, broke the record by completing th…

Enlarge/ An illustration of VW's MEB modular electric vehicle architecture. VW is gearing up to put MEB-based vehicles into mass production in the next 18 month. 2 with 2 posters participating On Friday morning, Reuters reported that the collaborative alli…

Genesis is currently hard at working developing an all-new electric vehicle that’s set to take the fight to Tesla. Hyundai’s premium brand will base its future electric vehicles around a common architecture and both a zero-emissions sedan and SUV are in the …

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…