January 2022

Vietnam’s VinFast reveals EVs, plans factories in US and Germany

Vietnamese automaker VinFast is growing its planned EV lineup to five models, and plans to open factories in the United States and Germany, alongside an existing factory in its home country. The automaker unveiled three new models at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week. The VF5, VF6, and VF7 crossovers join the VF8 […]

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First 15 Tesla Semi units to be delivered to PepsiCo by end of January: report

Last November, PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta surprised the electric vehicle community when he noted during an appearance on CNBC that his company was looking forward to the first deliveries of the Tesla Semi in Q4 2021. The statement was quite shocking since even Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been very conservative about the release date of the

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Tesla sets bold goals for its vehicles’ safety in recent Giga Shanghai video

Tesla China has released another informative video, this time providing a close look into Giga Shanghai and the vehicles that it builds. The video, which is quite extensive at eight minutes, provided details on how Tesla goes above and beyond to ensure the safety of its vehicles’ passengers. Tesla China’s video stated that strong yet

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Tesla releases Model S Plaid Track Mode details as it rolls out to North America

Tesla is officially rolling out the Plaid Track Mode to all Model S Plaid vehicles across North America this week. Tesla developed a few cool features for Plaid Track Mode, listed below.  Optimized Powertrain Cooling  When Plaid Track Mode is engaged, the temperature of the battery pack and motors are dropped. When the Model S Plaid starts

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Tesla’s 200 MWh Megapack installation in Angleton, TX is ready for the next big freeze

Tesla recently uploaded a video introducing its latest energy storage project in Angleton, Texas. Tesla installed 81 Megapacks in Angleton totaling 200 MWh of energy. According to Tesla, the Megapack storage project will allow Angleton to participate in the energy storage market and support the Texas grid during outages. Tesla’s video reminded people of the Texas Big

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Volkswagen will launch EV Bus under ID. platform on March 9

German automaker Volkswagen will launch an all-electric take on its infamous microbus from the 1950s on March 9. The all-electric Volkswagen ID.BUZZ will be the latest edition to the automaker’s expanding fleet of electric cars. Volkswagen Auto Group CEO Herbert Diess Tweeted earlier today that “The Legend returns on 03/09/22!” The graphic then showed an

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SpaceX kicks off jam-packed new year with Starlink launch and Falcon landing

SpaceX has successfully completed its first launch – a Starlink mission – of 2022, kicking off the most ambitious annual launch manifest in the company’s history and marking the world’s first orbital launch of the year. Right on schedule, thrice-flown Falcon 9 booster B1062 lifted off on its fourth orbital class mission at 4:49 pm

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