@charles_rqi What does the door release button that the safety chaperones have access to do? Does it brake? Flag a particular scenario to the Tesla team? Thanks!
Tomorrow night's #Tesla#EV "Robotaxi event" will be eagerly watched.
But there appears to be little indication the company has actually solved the very difficult challenges of safe, robust, autonomous vehicles ... as @InsideEVs details in a superb piece.
https://t.co/qfNpl7g2fO
No, the Hyundai Kona Electric doesn't have the crazy spaceship specs of the Ioniq 5 or Ioniq 6. But it's still charming and easy to use—and there are some reasons we like it better. Our review:
https://t.co/exWT3bvpOT
EV cost of ownership is critical and often misunderstood. This tool from @EnergyInnovLLC that I wrote about for @InsideEVs shows how much drivers who go electric can save on fueling.
It can be a lot. Over $80 per fill up, depending on the state!
Filling up your vehicle with #electricity is cheaper than gas - here's how much an #EV could save you.
https://t.co/ac0LrWHeVw by @T_Levin in @InsideEVs
Spoke with @T_Levin about the many, many areas that @Tesla could look at if it wants to improve its US standing. While still the largest US EV automaker by far, the company has put the brakes on new models and upgrades for consumers.
Check out his piece: https://t.co/At1bkDzc7l
Pikes Peak efforts are usually years in the making. Not so at Hyundai, which put together a team around the Ioniq 5 N in just six months.
Then it ate Tesla's lunch.
Here's the story of how Hyundai spun up a team and won on one of racing's biggest stages: https://t.co/ZvtJPKsWDa
There's been a lot of EV slowdown talk, and some of it's warranted. But look at the global, long-term picture, and a clear trend emerges that gets less airtime: EV sales will keep skyrocketing, as sales of regular gas cars dwindle to new lows.
Good thread on some big takeaways:
People may think we're in an "EV slowdown." But the facts say otherwise, @T_Levin reports: it's not looking good for internal combustion. https://t.co/nzZjartyhw
There it is. There were only a couple of models that Biden's new 100% tariff on Chinese EVs would impact in the near term, one being the Volvo EX30.
Fortunately for those who might like a stylish $35,000 EV someday (me!), the EX30 is delayed by a year, not canceled altogether.
Surprising deal today between @Rivian and @VW. But it makes a lot of sense.
VW is struggling with software but has $$. Rivian needs money to scale but excels at software. Win-win?
https://t.co/BdrceXYkuZ
@JesseJenkins Agreed. I just wonder how challenging it will be from a marketing/consumer education standpoint. It's a novel way of thinking about fueling and unclear if Ram can actually convince people to buy this. Especially given that the best use case is people who are least likely to go EV
New from me @InsideEVs a review of a car we don’t get here: the @Zeekr 007.
For the TL, DR folks — it’s fantastic and once again proves just how cooked we are. It offers Lucid Air like driving dynamics in a package that is cheaper than a Model 3.
https://t.co/vqxnVK4Ido
Just how good are these new electric, software-driven cars in China, compared to their “foreign” competitors?
Reporter Kevin Williams (@gaytonaUSA) puts it plainly: “Western automakers are cooked. And a lot of this is probably their damn fault.”
https://t.co/ciQnLZjelt