January 2022

Mercedes Vision EQXX: 621-mile EV concept charts the brand’s future

Although the Mercedes-Benz EQS is a flagship already showing the world how luxurious long-range electric cars can be, it’s just the ice breaker. The company’s true next-level EV innovation is due to arrive in 2024, and it was revealed on Monday in the form of the Vision EQXX concept. While the EQS fastback and EQE […]

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F-150 Lightning orders, Mercedes EQXX, Tesla recalls and deliveries: Today’s Car News

Mercedes previews tech and design details for its volume EV models coming in a couple years. Ford will soon let some F-150 Lightning reservation-holders spec their trucks. Tesla delivers a new record in 2021 but faces some big recalls that aren’t over-the-air. Should CO2 regulations focus more on the oil industry? And what car got

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Tesla catches flak for opening a store in Xinjiang, which already has Ford and GM showrooms and a VW car plant

Tesla’s new showroom in China’s highly-controversial Xinjiang region has attracted a lot of criticism from American rights and trade groups, with some noting that the presence of the store suggests that the EV maker and its CEO, Elon Musk, are “supporting genocide.” The Xinjiang region is controversial due to the country’s treatment of the ethnic

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475,000 US Tesla vehicles will need a service visit for safety recall issues

One of Tesla’s strengths is that it has been able to quickly deploy over-the-air fixes for some safety-related issues. But the new recall issues encompassing 475,318 vehicles will require navigating Tesla’s service system and some manner of in-person inspection—even if that might be curbside in some cases. The automaker is recalling 356,309… Source: Green Car

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Ford doubles its F-150 Lightning production target again to 150k units per year

It appears that Ford is getting more and more serious about ramping its upcoming all-electric pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning. In a recent post on Twitter, Ford CEO Jim Farley noted that due to the overwhelming demand for the vehicle, the veteran automaker is now doubling its production plan again to 150,000 trucks per year. 

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