Autonomous or self-driving vehicle technologies can now be tested in the state of California without there being direct passenger/engineer oversight … in some instances. This follows Governor Jerry Brown signing a new bill covering the topic. That makes for a rather important milestone — it was, after all, right around 4 years ago that … [continued]
It’s a public secret of sorts that some of Apple’s electric car and autonomous driving research is based out of a relatively nondescript complex located in Sunnyvale, California. What actually goes on in the complex (175 San Gabriel Dr) isn’t something as publicly known, though there are reports of noise … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Apple has spent more money on the research and development of electric, autonomous vehicles in the last few years than it did on the development of the iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch — combined. So, needless to say, the company clearly has big plans for future … [continued]
A number of recent hires at Apple make it appear that the company has begun putting further resources into the development of electric vehicle charging technology. For what purpose, though? Will it be for use by the electric vehicle (EV) that the company is essentially known to be developing? Or as a … [continued]
(Note that we’ve had a reader telling us more or less the same for the past several months.) Originally published on EV Obsession. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently published a new article stating that the Apple Car (iCar?) will be built in Austria by the firm Magna. The … [continued]
If you haven’t had enough electric vehicle news this past week, here’s a big helping of more. Tesla New Tesla Model X Pictures Retrieved from scouring the pages of the Tesla Motors Club forum (and particularly this thread), below are new (or relatively new) pictures of the Tesla Model X. I’ll … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. There’s been a lot of buzz as of late about a possible Apple electric car. Much of it has been concerning the potential that the offering will be a fully autonomous one (a likely possibility from the looks of it) . Going by a recent interview … [continued]
I know I just dropped a massive EV news roundup on you two days ago, but here’s more just from the past couple of days… Nissan LEAF #1 In Norway Again My trip to Florida for the EV Technology & Transportation Summit has delayed this report a bit, but I squeezed … [continued]
Been missing these? Most of the stories below come from sister sites EV Obsession and Gas2, but there are a lot of others as well. Scroll through the headlines below and click any that grab your attention. (Maybe save this for the weekend, though… there are a lot here.) Electric Car Shopping: Chevy … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. You can always count on Tesla CEO Elon Musk for some good comments. The guy seems to have a bit of a golden touch as far as PR goes. That said, if you’re a relatively honest person, then you’re pretty much always going to end up … [continued]
