Electric Car

China-based electric car startup Byton has furloughed about half of the 450 employees who work at its North American headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., putting the release date of the automaker’s upcoming M-Byte vehicle into question. Byton told TechCrunch the furloughs were the result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The intention…

Pollution levels are connected to our driving behavior. Image: ROBYN BECK / AFP via Getty Image By Sasha Lekach2020-04-22 17:00:00 UTC For the first time in 34 years, the price of a barrel of oil has dropped to historic lows — below $0 somehow, confusingly — but that shouldn't erode…

Subaru, Toyota Should rumors from Japan prove true, we'll have a Subaru Evoltis next year. That's the rumored name for the brand's first electric car, likely the SUV coming from a Toyota partnership previously confirmed last year.The rumor comes from Japanese website Response, though the "Evoltis" name has a little…

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The Tesla Model 3. Hollis Johnson/Business Insider The Tesla Model 3 is definitely the best electric car I've ever driven.But the Model 3 has rivals, from Jaguar, Chevy, MINI, Nissan, and BMW — and I've also driven all those cars.Some of the competition has been around longer than the Model…

Published: April 17, 2020 at 3:33 p.m. ET Tesla is a controversial company, but it’s certainly boosting these ETFs Tesla CEO Elon Musk, known for watching the price of his company’s stock very closely. AFP/Getty Images Is Cathie Wood having the last laugh? Wood, the founder and chief investment officer…

Porsche’s most affordable all-electric car, the 2020 Taycan 4S, has arrived at dealers and will begin shipping to customers imminently, the German automaker has confirmed. Third iteration of Porsche’s Taycan range, the new EV may be the de-facto entry-level model right now, but it’ll still do 0-60 mph in as…

Karma Automotive’s first all-electric car has been confirmed, though we’ll need to wait some time before we can check out the Revero GTE from behind the wheel. The fourth iteration of the Revero series, it’s the first to ditch the hybrid range-extending gas engine and switch entirely to an all-electric…

This article is part of a series tracking the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on major businesses, and will be updated. It was originally published on April 15.Tesla Inc. is benefiting from hopes that it is nimbler than its Detroit peers to weather the economic destruction ignited by the novel…

FILE PHOTO: The company logo is pictured on a Tesla Model X electric car in Berlin, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch(Reuters) - Tesla’s (TSLA.O) stock extended its recent rally on Wednesday following a surge in China car registrations and after Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of the electric car maker…