After range anxiety, fast charging to get more people into EVs. It looks like Tesla Motors plans to attack the issue even better in the coming year. Elon Musk has teased that the next generation is Superchargers will be pushing somewhere above 350kW. Musk fielded some questions over Twitter, Fred Lambert suggesting that Supercharger […]
Dec 28 2016 | Posted in
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California has forced Uber to remove its self-driving vehicles from the road, canceling the company’s controversial pilot program in San Francisco after a week of embarrassing reports of traffic violations and repeated legal threats from state officials. The California department of motor vehicles (DMV) announced late on Wednesday that it had revoked the registration of […]
BMW has announced pricing on the all-new 2017 5 Series sedan. Let’s me honest we all like seeing the showroom during the holidays!. The car is set to make its public debut in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit before it hits showrooms on February 11. Prices haven’t changed all that […]
Dec 22 2016 | Posted in
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Honda’s 2017 CR-V, compatible with CarPlay and Android Auto, goes on sale today at dealerships in the United States. The fifth-generation SUV has a suggested starting price of $24,045. he 2017 Honda CR-V has a couple of powertrains for the different trims levels. The base trim LX will be equipped with the same 2.4-liter naturally […]
Dec 22 2016 | Posted in
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TDK Corp has agreed to acquire InvenSense for $1.33 billion in cash. TDK is a Japan-based maker of electronic components. InvenSense is a U.S. company that primarily makes gyroscopic motion sensors for mobile devices. Its sensors are most often found in smartphones from Apple and Samsung. The gyroscopes enable games and other apps that require […]
Car maker Tesla has decided that people will have to pay a fine if they don’t pick up their Tesla vehicles from Supercharger charging stations after the vehicles have been fully charged. The idea is that when Tesla owners enter a Supercharger site, an empty charger should be ready and waiting for them to pull […]
General Motors plans to debut redesigned versions of the Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Terrain at the Detroit auto show in January, a person with knowledge of the automaker’s plans said today. The two crossovers are expected to go on sale in late 2017, after the launch of the Chevy Equinox, a sibling of the Terrain. […]
Dec 14 2016 | Posted in
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Uber has expanded its self-driving pilot program to San Francisco, the company said at a press event on Tuesday. The program — which was first introduced in Pittsburgh in September — will launch in San Francisco with a handful of Volvo XC90 SUVs and Ford Focus sedans equipped with autonomous driving systems. The vehicles are […]
General Motors made its first sales of the Chevrolet Bolt EV today, beginning a new era of more affordable, longer-range electric vehicles and fulfilling its promise to launch the vehicle before the end of 2016. The automaker also committed to making the Bolt available nationwide by mid-2017. Chevy dealerships in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
Dec 13 2016 | Posted in
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has announced that pricing for the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan will start at $38,990, including shipping. The Giulia, which was first shown to journalists in June 2015, went into production in Europe earlier this year. It is the first of what FCA says will be a stable of new Alfa Romeos […]