In motorsport, Formula E is still new to a lot of sports fans. It was conceived as being net zero carbon right from the start, and it is an organization that is trying to advance electric vehicle (EV) technology while providing a competitive racing spectacle — after all, that’s what … [continued]
We’ve looked at the top selling electric vehicles and top selling EV brands in the United States. We’ve looked at overall auto industry sales trends in the US. We’ve looked at how much more electric vehicles have grown compared to fossil fuel vehicles (which have shrunk). Now, let’s complete this … [continued]
I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time! I recall the first time I saw Google self-driving vehicles on the streets of Palo Alto — in 2012! You can view some really old, bad video footage of the car here and here. Of course, Waymo wasn’t a thing … [continued]
Jaguar has taken the wraps off its Type 00 concept car to decidedly mixed reviews. It is not a design one can be noncommittal about.
Jaguar is dead. Long live Jaguar! New branding and a new marketing campaign will try to save the once proud brand, but is it too late?
After three other US auto market reports for the 2nd quarter of 2024, I’m on to the last one, and it’s my favorite one. This one looks at the share of different auto brands’ and auto groups’ sales that are electric*. This report is more fleshed out than ever this … [continued]
20,000 JLR partners and colleagues now trained in electrification and digital 95 per cent of global retail partner technician workforce now EV trained Training underway for 11,000 JLR manufacturing colleagues to build BEVs JLR opened an additional 950 electrification roles in FY24, growing the skills base As part of its … [continued]
Land Rovers and Range Rovers occupy the same place that massive pickup trucks do in North American car culture. They are vastly outsized, overpowered, heavy machines which pretend to be working vehicles, but are remarkably often driven in cities to pick up lattes.
One of the biggest stories of 2023 has been Tesla’s NACS connector. Not only did Tesla offer it up as a charging standard other manufacturers could use, but it eventually managed to sign deals with many of them for access to the Supercharger network. In story after story after story, … [continued]
There are always a large number of stories we put on our story sheet for writers that don’t get covered. And some of those are big stories that I wish we had covered. New UK DriveElectric Hub to Give Real-Time EV Cost and Carbon Data As electric vehicles (EVs) get … [continued]
